History in the Bible Shows Us What Happened! It is All About Faith! The Gentiles Accepted and Became Instruments for God!

On the following sabbath

almost the whole city

gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy

and with violent abuse contradicted what Paul said.

Both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said,

“It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first,

but since you reject it

and condemn yourselves as unworthy of eternal life,

we now turn to the Gentiles.

For so the Lord has commanded us,

I have made you a light to the Gentiles,

that you may be an instrument of salvation

to the ends of the earth.”

The Gentiles were delighted when they heard this

and glorified the word of the Lord.

All who were destined for eternal life came to believe,

and the word of the Lord continued to spread

through the whole region.

The Jews, however, incited the women of prominence who were worshipers

and the leading men of the city,

stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas,

and expelled them from their territory.

So they shook the dust from their feet in protest against them

and went to Iconium.

The disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

~Acts 13:44-52

Jesus sent His disciples after He was murder/crucified to be disciples for the world. Even if His own people did not accept Him, He instructed to teach the entire world, even gentiles about Jesus and what He offers and promises. Many today still follow Jesus! He is all we can follow! We cannot follow or trust our governments, elected, and powers that be. Today there is so much hate and sin in our world. Many do not want to turn from this hate and sin. Some will follow Jesus, but some won't. God knows this. He gave the disciples of Jesus some instructions to follow. Sometimes you just have to apply what we learn from the Bible and readings like this, history has proven itself. We all know this. We have to try to save all and give the information about the good news of Jesus, the Salvation of the world! God gave us Jesus, He is our example, our model of how to live, we are to reflect Jesus in all we do. We are to obey God, follow His 10 Commandments, the teachings of Jesus, and be people of good will. We need to stop sinning and hating. Stop all the greed, corruption, and self-serving ways. We see so much today, so many do not want to hear the truth from Jesus, we see this in this reading today in the Bible. Be filled with joy in the Lord and the Holy Spirit! Those who follow Jesus are promised life eternal in Heaven with our God and Savior! Be a light for Christ!