Even when the perfection of the Holy Spirit invades our faulty personalities, our own imperfections can often shout the louder, and by listening to each other [people] instead of the Holy Spirit within them they could not hold onto the Truth, so Peter had to remind them of how Jesus came for the WHOLE of mankind - to those who receive the Truth. Acts 11 Amplified Bible (AMP) 11 Now the apostles (special messengers) and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard [with astonishment] that the Gentiles (heathen) also had received and accepted and welcomed the Word of God [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God]. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party [certain Jewish Christians] found fault with him [separating themselves from him in a hostile spirit, opposing and disputing and contending with him], 3 Saying, Why did you go to uncircumcised men and [even] eat with them? 4 But Peter began [at the beginning] and narrated and explained to them step by step [the whole list of events]. He said: 5 I was in the town of Joppa praying, and [falling] in a trance I saw a vision of something coming down from heaven, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners; and it descended until it came to me. … 16 Then I recalled the declaration of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptised with water, but you shall be baptised with (be placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit. 17 If then God gave to them the same Gift [equally] as He gave to us when we believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I and what power or authority had I to interfere or hinder or forbid or withstand God? 18 When they heard this, they were quieted and made no further objection. And they glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto [real] life [after resurrection].
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:02:01 +0000