ACTS: THE FULFILLMENT OF JOHN 1:11-12!

FAITH AND REPENTANCE RESULT FROM HEARING THE GOSPEL!

Romans 1:16-17 - For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ:  for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Gentile).  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:  as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

1 Corinthians 15:1-6 - Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:  and that He was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:  after that, He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep (have died).

THE GOSPEL SAVES ALL WHO RESPOND TO IT BY FAITH IN CHRIST!

Acts 11:13-18 - (An angel told Saul of Tarsus to)...Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; who shall tell thee words (the Gospel), whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.  And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.  Then remembered I the Word of the Lord, how that He said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.  Forasmuch then as God gave them the like Gift as He did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, that I could withstand God?  When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

Acts 15:7-11 - And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the Word of the Gospel, and believe.  And God, Who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as He did unto us; and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.  Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?  But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Acts 16:30-34 - (The Philippian jailor)...brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.  And they spoke unto him the Word of the Lord (the Gospel), and to all that were in his house.  And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.  And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.

Acts 20:17-21 - And from Miletus he (Paul) sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.  And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:  and how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks (Gentiles), repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 28:28-31 - (Paul speaking, said,) Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.  And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.  And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

BEFORE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST CAME, THERE WERE

TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE ON EARTH:  JEWS AND GENTILES. 

AT HIS SECOND COMING, THERE WILL STILL ONLY BE

TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE ON EARTH:  JEWS, GENTILES.

CHRISTIANS, JEWS AND GENTILES WHO ACCEPTED THE LORD JESUS,

WILL HAVE JOINED HIM IN HEAVEN IN THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH,

AND WILL RETURN WITH HIM TO REIGN IN HIS KINGDOM.

PUT YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WHILE YOU STILL CAN!