Matthew 3:9 "And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham."
The Nature of a Gentile
Matthew 6:31-32 "For after all these things do the Gentiles seek. . . ." [food, drink, and clothing]
[In other words, Gentiles are not particularly spiritually minded.]
1st Corinthians 10:20 ". . . the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God. . . ."
[Gentiles are religious, but their religion is vain.]
Gentiles Become Jews, in Christ
1st Corinthians 12:1-2 "Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led."
[A "born again Christian" is no longer a Gentile, even though he was born that way the first time.]
John 10:14-16 "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."
Ephesians 2:11-22 "For he . . . hath made both one . . . that he might reconcile both unto God in one body. . . ."
3:1-6 ". . . Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel. . . ."
Acts 15:1-9 "And God, which knoweth the hearts . . . put no difference between us and them. . . ."
Romans 10:11-13 "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek . . . unto all that call upon him."
(Acts 8:26-38 ". . . and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.")
(Deuteronomy 23:1 "He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.")
(Isaiah 56:1-8 ". . . even unto them [the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths] will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters. . . .")
Exodus 12:48-49 ". . . a stranger [being circumcised] . . . shall be as one that is born in the land. . . ."
Leviticus 19:33-34 ". . . the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you. . . ."
Romans 11 ". . . thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed . . . into a good olive tree. . . ."
Ephesians 4:17-24 ". . . henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk . . . put off . . . the old man, which is corrupt. . . ."
[The "old man" is Gentile!]
1st Thessalonians 4:1-5 ". . . every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God. . . ."
1st Peter 4:3-6 "For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles . . . wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you. . . ." [They're still Gentiles!]
Prophecies That Gentiles Will Be Accepted
Deuteronomy 23:3-5 "An . . . Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord . . . for ever. . . ."
Ruth (1:4,16 & 4:13,17,21,22) [Kind David's great grandmother was a Moabite!] (Oh, the unsearchable riches of God!)
Nehemiah 13:1-3 [The prohibition has not been done away with!] (Draw a conclusion.)
HINT: (see Ruth 1:16 again) "thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. . . ." (Ruth became an Israelite.)
Genesis 12:3 ". . . and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
22:15-18 ". . . and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice."
Deuteronomy 32:18-21 "They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation."
Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."
66:4 "All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah."
102:15 "So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory."
v. 18-21 "This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord."
Isaiah 9:2 "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."
11:10 "And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious."
42:1 "Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles."
49:6 ". . . I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth."
54:1 "Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord."
55:5 "Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee."
60:3-5 "And the Gentiles shall come to thy light . . . the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee."
65:1-5 "I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name."
Jeremiah 3:17 "At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem. . . ."
Hosea 2:23 "
Zechariah 2:10-11 "
Luke 2:25-32 "A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel."
Gentiles Are Accepted
Matthew 12:17-21 "
Acts 10:45 "
11:1-18 "
13:46-48 "
14:27 "
15:7-14 "
26:16-18 "
28:28 "
Romans 9:22-30 "
10:19-20 "
11:1-21 "
15:9-12 "
Galatians 1:15-16 "
3:14 "