Gal 2:11\u00a0 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face,\u00a0because he was to be blamed.<\/strong>
\nGal 2:12\u00a0\u00a0For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,\u00a0fearing them which were of the circumcision<\/u>.<\/strong>
\nGal 2:13\u00a0 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him;\u00a0insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.<\/strong>
\nGal 2:14\u00a0 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before\u00a0them<\/em>\u00a0all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews<\/strong>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Peter typifies each of us when we put the fear of men above our fear of God. Think for a moment what confusion such hypocrisy had to have placed into the minds of the Gentiles at Antioch who knew that this was the apostle whom the holy spirit had chosen to be the first to bring the gospel to the Gentiles at the house of Cornelius. \u201cAnd all the other Jews [Christian Jews] dissembled [they all played the hypocrite along with Peter] insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation [their hypocrisy].\u201d<\/p>\n

Why did Peter cave to \u201ccertain\u2026 that\u2026 came from James\u201d? The answer is always the same\u2026 \u201cfearing them which were of the circumcision.\u201d That is the same as saying in today\u2019s society, \u2018fearing those who are still in a Babylonian society \u201cobserving days, months, times and years\u201d, and it all boils down to fearing what men will think of us more than we fear what God has told us to do:<\/p>\n

Gal 4:1\u00a0 Now I say,\u00a0That<\/em>\u00a0the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
\nGal 4:2\u00a0 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
\nGal 4:3\u00a0 Even so we, when we were children [G3516: \u2018nepios<\/em>\u2019 \u201ccarnal babes in Christ\u201d, 1Co 3:1-4], were in bondage under the elements [G4747: \u2018stoicheion<\/em>\u2019] of the world:
\nGal 4:4\u00a0 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
\nGal 4:5\u00a0 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons [G5206: \u2018uihothesia<\/em>\u2019 mature sons of God].
\nGal 4:6\u00a0 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
\nGal 4:7\u00a0 Wherefore\u00a0thou art no more a servant [of sin], but a son;<\/strong>\u00a0and if a son,\u00a0then an heir of God through Christ.<\/strong>
\nGal 4:8\u00a0 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
\nGal 4:9\u00a0 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements [G4747: \u2018stoicheion<\/em>\u2019], whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? [What are these\u00a0\u2018stoicheion\u2019<\/em>, these \u2018elements of the world\u2019?]
\nGal 4:10\u00a0\u00a0Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years<\/strong>.
\nGal 4:11\u00a0\u00a0I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This revelation by the holy spirit at that time was more than many Jewish Christians could yet accept. Breaking the sabbath as Christ did is something they simply cannot follow yet.<\/p>\n

Joh 5:18\u00a0 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The apostles themselves did not consider healing a lame man to be breaking the sabbath, but Christ confesses to \u201cprofaning the sabbath day\u201d in Matthew 12:<\/p>\n

Mat 12:1\u00a0 At that time Jesus\u00a0went on the sabbath day through the corn<\/strong>; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
\nMat 12:2\u00a0 But when the Pharisees saw\u00a0it,<\/em>\u00a0they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
\nMat 12:3\u00a0 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
\nMat 12:4\u00a0 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread,\u00a0which was not lawful\u00a0<\/u>for him to eat<\/strong>, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
\nMat 12:5\u00a0 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath<\/u>, and are blameless? [What is Christ\u2019s defense? Does He deny profaning the sabbath? Absolutely not! Here is His defense of \u201cprofaning the sabbath day\u201d:]<\/strong>
\nMat 12:6\u00a0 But I say unto you, That\u00a0in this place is\u00a0one<\/em>\u00a0greater than the temple.<\/strong>
\nMat 12:7\u00a0 But if ye had known what\u00a0this<\/em> meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
\nMat 12:8\u00a0 For\u00a0the Son of man is\u00a0Lord even of the sabbath day<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Paul makes clear that the law of Moses is a carnal commandment, which is no more spiritual than the law of the Gentiles:<\/p>\n

Rom 2:14\u00a0 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law [\u201cnot<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0made for a righteous man\u201d (1Ti 1:9)], do by nature the things contained in the law,\u00a0these, having not the law,\u00a0are a law unto themselves<\/u><\/strong>:
\nRom 2:15\u00a0 Which shew the work of the law [\u201ca carnal commandment\u201d (Heb 7:16)] written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and\u00a0their<\/em> thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The keeping of the carnal traditions of the law of Moses was still very much a part of the early church throughout the entire book of Acts. Keeping the traditions of men is still one thing which separates those who fear God from those who fear men:<\/p>\n

Pro 29:25\u00a0 The fear of man\u00a0bringeth a snare<\/strong>: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is the man who \u201cputs his trust in the Lord\u201d and does not fear what men think of him who \u201cesteems every day alike\u201d in:<\/p>\n

Rom 14:1\u00a0 Him that is\u00a0weak in the faith<\/strong>\u00a0receive ye,\u00a0but<\/em>\u00a0not to doubtful disputations.
\nRom 14:2\u00a0 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another,\u00a0who is weak<\/u>, eateth herbs.<\/strong>
\nRom 14:3\u00a0 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not;\u00a0and let not him which eateth not [is weak in the faith] judge him that eateth:\u00a0for God hath received him.<\/strong>
\nRom 14:4\u00a0 Who art thou that judgest [speaking to the weak in the faith] another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth.\u00a0Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand<\/strong>.
\nRom 14:5\u00a0 One man [who is weak in the faith] esteemeth one day above another: another [who is not weak in the faith, who fears God more than men (Gal 4:9-10)] esteemeth every day\u00a0alike.<\/em>\u00a0Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind [\u201cWe then that are strong ought to bear [with] the infirmities of the weak\u201d (Rom 15:1)].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The beast within every man wants to please men and fit in with society. It is as natural as breathing. Peter was chosen by the holy spirit to demonstrate to us that we must be willing to go against the traditions of the great harlot system into which we are all born. Peter is also used of the holy spirit to show us that it is a great struggle for him and for us to come out of this world\u201d (Rev 18:4). Peter\u2019s hypocrisy and weakness typify each of us in our natural state.<\/p>\n

At this moment, Peter is being made by the spirit to accompany six other Jews to the house of a Gentile Roman centurion, and now Peter is accepting what the Lord is revealing to him and to the whole world:<\/p>\n

Rom 2:28\u00a0 For he is\u00a0not<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither\u00a0is that<\/em> circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
\nRom 2:29\u00a0 But he\u00a0is<\/u><\/em>\u00a0a Jew<\/u><\/strong>, which is one\u00a0inwardly<\/u>;\u00a0and circumcision\u00a0is that<\/em>\u00a0of the heart, in the spirit,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0not<\/u>\u00a0in the letter<\/strong>; whose praise\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0not of men<\/strong>, but of God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is now required to become a part of the household of God, and to become a spiritual \u2018Jew\u2019, is to simply fear God and be obedient to the Words of Christ as Peter tells everyone in Cornelius\u2019s house:<\/p>\n

Act 10:35\u00a0 But in every nation\u00a0he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness<\/u>, is accepted with him.<\/strong>
\nAct 10:36\u00a0 The word which\u00a0God<\/em>\u00a0sent [first] unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)<\/strong>
\nAct 10:37\u00a0 That word,\u00a0I say,<\/em>\u00a0ye know<\/u>, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter is well aware that the gospel of Christ, and the witness John the Baptist gave of Christ, was known by Cornelius and by all societies of the Roman Empire because of all the miracles Christ had performed while on this earth, and because of what had happened on the day of Pentecost when the Jews from all over the Roman empire had \u201cheard the wonderful works of God in their own tongue.\u201d Peter is not speaking to people who have never before heard of Christ and His doctrines. Let\u2019s read these last two verses again:<\/p>\n

Act 10:36\u00a0\u00a0The word which God<\/em>\u00a0sent unto the children of Israel<\/strong>, preaching peace\u00a0by Jesus Christ<\/strong>: (he is Lord of all:)
\nAct 10:37\u00a0\u00a0That word<\/u>,\u00a0I say,<\/em> ye know<\/u>, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe baptism that John preached\u201d was a big \u2018splash in the pan\u2019 at that time. However, no one in the history of mankind has affected the lives of all mankind to the extent that the life of Christ has. Christ Himself set an example for all men. His crucifixion and His love for even those who crucified Him is the most powerful weapon against all His enemies and \u201c[Christ] is love\u201d:<\/p>\n

1Co 13:4\u00a0 Love suffereth long,\u00a0and<\/em> is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
\n1Co 13:5\u00a0 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
\n1Co 13:6\u00a0 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth;
\n1Co 13:7\u00a0 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.<\/p>\n

1Jn 4:16\u00a0 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.\u00a0God is love<\/strong>; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is the voice of the True Shepherd, but that is not the doctrine of the law of Moses, which taught \u201can eye for and eye\u201d and \u201chate thine enemy\u201d. The contrast between the law of Moses and the law of faith, also called the law of Christ, is stark, and the story of the life and doctrine of Christ, at the time Peter was in the house of Cornelius, has been and is being spread all over the Roman empire not just by the apostles, but by those from all over the world who came to Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost and heard in their own tongue \u201cthe mighty works of God\u201d as we are told in:<\/p>\n

Act 2:1\u00a0 And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.
\nAct 2:2\u00a0 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
\nAct 2:3\u00a0 And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.
\nAct 2:4\u00a0 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
\nAct 2:5\u00a0 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
\nAct 2:6\u00a0\u00a0And\u00a0when this sound was heard<\/u>, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking\u00a0in his own language<\/u>.<\/strong>
\nAct 2:7\u00a0 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galilaeans?
\nAct 2:8\u00a0 And how hear we, every man\u00a0in our own language wherein we were born?<\/strong>
\nAct 2:9\u00a0 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,
\nAct 2:10\u00a0 in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and sojourners from Rome,\u00a0both Jews and proselytes<\/strong>,
\nAct 2:11\u00a0 Cretans and Arabians,\u00a0we hear them speaking in our tongues\u00a0the mighty works of God.<\/u><\/strong>
\nAct 2:12\u00a0 And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What was it all these nations heard that day \u201cIn our tongues\u201d? This is what Peter tells us they heard that day:<\/p>\n

Act 10:38\u00a0 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing\u00a0all that were oppressed<\/u>\u00a0of the devil; for God was with him.<\/strong>
\nAct 10:39\u00a0 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:<\/strong>
\nAct 10:40\u00a0 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;<\/strong>
\nAct 10:41\u00a0\u00a0Not to all the people<\/u>, but unto witnesses chosen before of God,\u00a0even<\/u><\/em>\u00a0to us<\/u>, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This fulfills Christ\u2019s own words concerning the coming of His kingdom within us (Luk 17-20-21).<\/p>\n

Luk 17:20\u00a0 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
\nLuk 17:21\u00a0 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.<\/p>\n

Mat 26:29\u00a0 But I say unto you,\u00a0I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the drinking of the wine signifies our fiery trials in this life, but it had to be done in the natural realm first.<\/p>\n

\u201cNor to all the people, but\u2026 even to us [the] few chosen\u201d:<\/p>\n

Mat 20:16\u00a0 So the last shall be first, and the first last:\u00a0for many be called,\u00a0but few chosen.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mat 22:14\u00a0 For many are called,\u00a0but few\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0chosen<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Act 10:42\u00a0 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God\u00a0to be<\/em>\u00a0the Judge of quick and dead.<\/strong>
\nAct 10:43\u00a0 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name\u00a0whosoever believeth in him<\/u>\u00a0shall receive remission of sins.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before this very moment Peter understood those words to apply only to physical Jews. Peter is just now verbalizing the meaning of the thrice repeated vision he had been given in the house of Simon the tanner in Joppa. It is at this point that the holy spirit does something which makes the words Peter just spoke to be undeniably true:<\/p>\n

Act 10:44\u00a0 While Peter yet spake\u00a0these words<\/u>, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.<\/strong>
\nAct 10:45\u00a0 And\u00a0they of the circumcision which believed\u00a0were astonished<\/u>, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.<\/strong>
\nAct 10:46\u00a0 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,<\/strong><\/p>\n

By this means the Lord has shown Peter and the six Jews who accompanied him that this event in the house of the Gentile, Cornelius, a Roman centurion, is the very same work of the Lord which took place on the day of Pentecost. The only difference being that it is now \u201cthey of the circumcision which believed\u201d who are the \u201cunbelievers [for whom] tongues are a sign\u201d:<\/p>\n

1Co 14:22\u00a0 Wherefore\u00a0tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe,\u00a0but to them that believe not<\/u><\/strong>: but prophesying serveth<\/em>\u00a0not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Until this very moment \u201cthey which were of the circumcision\u201d did not believe that the gospel was for anyone other than the Jews.<\/p>\n

As Peter tells the Jews at Jerusalem in our next chapter:<\/p>\n

Act 11:15\u00a0 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them,\u00a0as on us at the beginning.<\/strong>
\nAct 11:16\u00a0 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but\u00a0ye<\/u>\u00a0shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.<\/strong>
\nAct 11:17\u00a0 Forasmuch then as\u00a0God gave them the like gift as\u00a0he did<\/em>\u00a0unto us<\/strong>, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Lord has now made it indisputably clear that \u201cye shall be baptized with the holy ghost\u201d applies to the Gentiles who are in Christ just as much as it applies to \u201cthey of the circumcision which believed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it will be decades later, in the book of Ephesian in chapter two, before it will finally be revealed that \u201cthe middle wall of partition\u201d between the Jews and the Gentiles is now being taken down:<\/p>\n

Eph 2:13\u00a0 But\u00a0now<\/u>\u00a0in Christ<\/strong>\u00a0Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
\nEph 2:14\u00a0 For he is our peace,\u00a0who hath made<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0[Aorist tense, \u2018is making\u2019]\u00a0both one,\u00a0and hath broken down the middle wall of partition\u00a0between us<\/em><\/u>;<\/strong>
\nEph 2:15\u00a0\u00a0Having abolished in his flesh the enmity,\u00a0even<\/em>\u00a0the law of commandments contained<\/em>\u00a0in ordinances [the ordinances the Jews were still under according to the letter to the Gentiles in Acts 15]; for to make in himself\u00a0of twain one new man<\/u>,\u00a0so<\/em>\u00a0making peace;<\/strong>
\nEph 2:16\u00a0 And that he might reconcile both unto God\u00a0in one body<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is this same book of Ephesians which revealed that the outward ritual of water baptism is not at all what cleanses us:<\/p>\n

Eph 5:26\u00a0 That he might sanctify and cleanse it [\u201cthe church\u201d verse 25] with the washing of water by the word<\/u>,<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The whole church has not yet been given to know this and so Peter does what should be done under those immature circumstances:<\/p>\n

Act 10:47\u00a0 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?<\/strong>
\nAct 10:48\u00a0 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The only formula given for baptism is \u201cin the name of the Lord\u201d. It is not \u2018in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost\u2019 as we have been led to believe by the prophets of the great whore. Here is the link to the article which shows The Truth of this question:<\/p>\n

Is God a Trinity?<\/a><\/p>\n

The three thousand who were added to the church on the day of Pentecost were all \u201cbaptized in the name of Jesus Christ\u201d:<\/p>\n

Act 2:38\u00a0 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you\u00a0in the name of Jesus Christ<\/strong>\u00a0for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The men of Ephesus were \u201cbaptized in the name of the Lord Jesus\u201d:<\/p>\n

Act 19:4\u00a0 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

Act 19:5\u00a0 When they heard\u00a0this,<\/em>\u00a0they were baptized\u00a0in the name of the Lord Jesus.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Everywhere the formula for being baptized is mentioned in scripture, it is \u201cin the name of the Lord Jesus\u2019 or \u2018in the name of Jesus Christ\u2019. There is not one instance in scripture where anyone is baptized \u2018in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the holy ghost\u2019!<\/p>\n

We can only imagine the sweet fellowship that was shared between Peter and the six Jewish men who had accompanied him to the house of the Gentile, Cornelius, for those \u201ccertain days\u201d as they discussed this \u201cwonderful work of the Lord\u201d:<\/p>\n

Psa 107:8\u00a0 Oh that\u00a0men<\/em>\u00a0would praise the LORD\u00a0for<\/em>\u00a0his goodness,\u00a0and for<\/em>\u00a0his wonderful works to the children of men!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next week we will learn how this all went down with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. It is not exaggerating to call this event one of the \u201cmighty [spiritual] earthquakes, mentioned in the book of Revelation, being lived out in the lives of all the Christian Jews in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Rev 11:19\u00a0 And\u00a0the temple of God was opened<\/strong>\u00a0in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings,\u00a0and an earthquake, and great hail.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This \u2018opened temple\u2019 now includes Gentiles who are not circumcised outwardly but who are circumcised inwardly of the spirit (Rom 2:28-29)]. This undeniable event, which was without any doubt, a work of the holy spirit, was contrary to the law of Moses:<\/p>\n

Rom 2:28\u00a0 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither\u00a0is that<\/em>\u00a0circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
\nRom 2:29\u00a0 But he\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision\u00a0is that<\/em>\u00a0of the heart, in the spirit,\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0not in the letter; whose praise\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0not of men, but of God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That was a hard pill for the Jewish Christians to swallow, so to speak. It was as hard, or even harder, to believe than \u201cany good thing [can] come out of Nazareth\u201d:<\/p>\n

Joh 1:45\u00a0 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
\nJoh 1:46\u00a0 And Nathanael said unto him,\u00a0Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth<\/strong>? Philip saith unto him,\u00a0Come and see<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is what the Lord will say to the whole world when He reveals to them His bride, with whom He will rule this earth for a thousand years, and then \u2018judge angels\u2019 in the lake of fire\/ white throne judgment\/ second death: \u201cCome see what I have made of those who were not wise, mighty, or noble in this world. Come and see how I have made the foolish, the weak, base and despised of this world into My blessed and beautiful bride and wife.\u201d<\/p>\n

1Co 1:26\u00a0 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,\u00a0are called:<\/em>
\n1Co 1:27\u00a0\u00a0But God hath chosen<\/strong>\u00a0the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
\n1Co 1:28\u00a0 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen,\u00a0yea,<\/em>\u00a0and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
\n1Co 1:29\u00a0\u00a0That no flesh should glory in his presence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rev 20:4\u00a0 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and\u00a0I saw<\/em>\u00a0the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received\u00a0his<\/em>\u00a0mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;\u00a0and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years<\/strong>.
\nRev 20:5\u00a0 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0the first resurrection.
\nRev 20:6\u00a0\u00a0Blessed and holy\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0he that hath part in the first resurrection<\/strong>: on such the second death hath no power,\u00a0but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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