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To: Roman_War_Criminal; wardaddy

“He’s the exception however. I’m speaking of the early “early” Church. As the Church spread, it’s Gentile population grew as well naturally.”

Paul was expressly appointed to spread the Gospel to the Gentiles. You find this in Ephesians 3 and Romans 1 and Acts 22. That was his mission and in the Acts passage Christ in a vision orders Paul to leave Jerusalem.

62 posted on 09/26/2018 10:59:41 AM PDT by Pelham (Non-Hispanic whites decreased from about 78% of CaliforniaÂ’s population in 1970 to 38.0% in 2015)

Yes, I’m well aware of Paul’s mission.

Ephesians 3:1-7

1 This is why I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ for you Gentiles.

2 You’ve heard, of course, about the responsibility to distribute God’s grace, which God gave to me for you, right? 3 God showed me his secret plan[a] in a revelation, as I mentioned briefly before (4 when you read this, you’ll understand my insight into the secret plan[b] about Christ). 5 Earlier generations didn’t know this hidden plan that God has now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets through the Spirit. 6 This plan is that the Gentiles would be coheirs and parts of the same body, and that they would share with the Jews in the promises of God in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 7 I became a servant of the gospel because of the grace that God showed me through the exercise of his power.

63 posted on 09/26/2018 3:18:28 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)