It s category there are only 3 categories of people from God s vantage point there s not all of the different races that we talk about there s only 3 categories of people Jew Gentile and then what is called the Ekla sea or the church made up of both saved Jews and Gentiles so from God s category he divided the world up to the Jews and then everyone else are gentiles it doesn t make any difference what color you are what background you are you re a gentile I m a gentile some of you are Jewish by natural birth now when you come to Christ you re a new creature in Christ and the early gospel went only to Jews 1st to the Jew then to the Gentiles and Cornelius was as far as we know the 1st Gentile convert and so from God s vantage point he divides the world up Jude Gentile an echo c.-a called the Church of Jesus Christ made up of both Jew and Gentile so unlike a Jewish person would think if I become the opposite of a Jews a Christian no the opposite of a Jew is a gentile and you got lost Ge
In some circumstances tortured beaten and even killed I think it s hard to even think that way in today s world but it s happening it s absolutely no surprise that there is a startling rise in persecution toward the church around the world some of you may remember the story of a pastor who was unfairly detained in Turkey in 2016 praise God when not long ago he was able to return to the United States after 2 years in captivity our guest today is that faithful servant and his wife. Who have gone through those harrowing events to remain committed to sharing the gospel of Christ his name pastor Andrew Bronson his wife Norene pastor Bronson is the founder of its more Resurrection Church in Turkey where he served for 23 years Pastor Bronson s highly anticipated new book coming out this fall God s hostage is married again to his wife Norine who is here they have 3 children thank you both for taking special time to join us here on family talking so I think it s just a Bronson Norene I want to
Open your Bibles to 1st Kings Chapter 9 the 1st Kings Chapter 9 we re picking back up where we left off several weeks ago in our study entitled wise among fools and because I know how I am and how forgetful we can be I want to review with you very quickly and remind you all the way back to what we started talking about in August that if anyone lacks wisdom he can ask of God and God will give freely to you the problem and having wisdom is not that God doesn t want to give it to you in fact God It wants to give you wisdom and God loves it when he s People come and ask Lord would you give me was them. So God gives us wisdom. That s when we face the problem Solomon s our example Solomon was the the guy who did write man I mean he has a dream and God comes to him and God says you can have anything you want. And Solomon says. Most think he was a maybe even a teenager at this time he says I know what I want I want wisdom because I m going to rule these people and I m not I don t have what i
I. Had an experience of speaking in tongues for the 1st time according to what she was saying to me and I had a question on. First Corinthians 13 where it says Chapter 14 verse 2 where Paul is saying that he is it speaks in an unknown tongue because not into men but on to God and I was understood standing tongues to be. Speaking in foreign languages so that other people could understand the Gospel at Pentecost but then there s this other verse that says. That they can speak to God speaking mysteries or I mean just need some clarification on. Well then I think it s very clear was talking about if if if I was sitting there and was talking in a language that you didn t understand and that I didn t understand because that s that s what I understand the tongues is if you re not understanding what you re saying you re merely proclaiming the gospel in the language of a person who doesn t understand the language you re speaking in. That you would say if you re speaking to me and in this langu
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