It's Still a Gift: The Christian as Reprobate

Buzz King: Grace & Joy thru Scripture

A student once asked me for advice on how he should react to his family, especially his father, who did not approve of him being baptized a Christian. I gave him a lesson that I learned from Acts. In this book, we see "the Way" spread to Jews in Jerusalem and then to Gentiles outward in the Roman Empire. There is a turning point midway through Acts that is carefully engineered by God when the first Gentile, Cornelius the Centurion, is converted. We learn from this what a great gift it is to have faith...