From 205d7e6c9b72ec1a81eda8743cd55e3118e3ebcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 1LoisC Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:19:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update '45act/08.md' --- 45act/08.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/45act/08.md b/45act/08.md index 64433e6..9935dc6 100644 --- a/45act/08.md +++ b/45act/08.md @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ See: Word of God; Messiah (Christ); Son of God; Save (Salvation, Saved from Sins Scholars give several reasons why the apostles sent Peter and John to Samaria. - 1. The Jewish Christians in Jerusalem needed evidence that God accepted the Samaritans. The Jews in general did not accept the Samaritans because the Samaritans were a mixed race of Jews who married Gentiles (see: 2 Kings 17:26). So the apostles sent Peter and John to see the new work of God in Samaria. - - 1. It was necessary for the apostles from Jerusalem to welcome the Samaritan Christians. Then the Christians in Jerusalem would be able to fully include Samaritan Christians into the Christian community. The Christian community was only Jewish people until that time. - - 1. It was not necessary for the apostles from the Jerusalem church to welcome the Samaritan Christians. Luke did not write it was necessary. Later, Paul wrote other Christians who were not apostles baptized people (see: 1 Corinthians 1:14-17). +1. The Jewish Christians in Jerusalem needed evidence that God accepted the Samaritans. The Jews in general did not accept the Samaritans because the Samaritans were a mixed race of Jews who married Gentiles (see: 2 Kings 17:26). So the apostles sent Peter and John to see the new work of God in Samaria. - 1. God wanted to use the apostles when the first Gentiles received the Holy Spirit. +1. It was necessary for the apostles from Jerusalem to welcome the Samaritan Christians. Then the Christians in Jerusalem would be able to fully include Samaritan Christians into the Christian community. The Christian community was only Jewish people until that time. + +1. It was not necessary for the apostles from the Jerusalem church to welcome the Samaritan Christians. Luke did not write it was necessary. Later, Paul wrote other Christians who were not apostles baptized people (see: 1 Corinthians 1:14-17). + +1. God wanted to use the apostles when the first Gentiles received the Holy Spirit. See: Apostle; Samaria (Samaritan); Gentile; Baptize (Baptism); Holy Spirit