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To: DouglasKC
Act 15:16 'AFTER THIS I WILL RETURN AND WILL REBUILD THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID, WHICH HAS FALLEN DOWN; I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL SET IT UP;
Act 15:17 SO THAT THE REST OF MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD, EVEN ALL THE GENTILES WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, SAYS THE LORD WHO DOES ALL THESE THINGS.'

No one has even remotely suggested that gentiles aren't called to be part of the plan of salvation. This is a straw man. I think you were trying to prove that St Peter's assertion that gentiles need not be circumcised was based in Scripture... your citation above doesn't discuss this. Can you try again?

155 posted on 03/24/2013 8:34:21 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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No one has even remotely suggested that gentiles aren't called to be part of the plan of salvation. This is a straw man. I think you were trying to prove that St Peter's assertion that gentiles need not be circumcised was based in Scripture... your citation above doesn't discuss this. Can you try again

It wasn't about whether gentiles needed to be circumcised or not. It was about whether or not gentiles needed to be circumcised to be saved.

Act 15:1 And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

The answer was obvious to all after hearing testimony that of course gentiles could be saved without being circumcised. They then used scripture to verify that GENTILES were to be saved. They interpreted this with the obvious meaning...that God promised in the old testament that uncircumcised gentiles would be saved.

156 posted on 03/24/2013 9:36:53 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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