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Bob Utley · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Utley - Eating in the ancient Near East was a kind of covenant of fellowship. Jesus had been accused of a similar breach of tradition in Matt. 9:11; 11:19; Luke 5:30; 15:2. Chuck Smith on ate with them - In that mid-eastern culture, to eat with a person was tantamount to becoming one with them. which is why the Jew would never eat with a Gentile.
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Utley comments "This shows the pattern of the early Apostles’ approach to theology: quote Jesus, use Jesus’ example, or quote the OT (cf. Matt. 3:11; Acts 1:5+). Peter is establishing that the Lord Himself foresaw this development (i.e. sign)." Acts 11:17 "Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?" KJV Acts 11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? if God gave to them the same gift Acts 11:15; Acts 15:8,9; Mt 20:14,15; Ro 9:15,16,23,24; 11:34-36 who was I that I could stand in God's way?" Acts 10:47; Job 9:12-14; 33:13; 40:2,8,9; Daniel 4:35; Romans 9:20-26 IT IS BEST NOT TO STAND IN GOD'S WAY Therefore if - This "if" does not introduce doubt but is a first class condition and assumes what follows is true. If (when first class conditional) is translated "since" by some versions. (Acts 11:17NLT) God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ - The gift was the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit falling on the Gentiles (Acts 11:15) for in Acts 10:45 Luke recorded that "All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also." Gift (1431)(dorea from didomi = to give) refers to a free gift and emphasizes the gratis character of the gift. In the present case the Holy Spirit was bestowed freely, without price or merit, but by God's grace (His unmerited favor). Believing (4100)(pisteuo) in this context indicates that the Gentiles believed in their hearts, not just their heads. We have to intellectually hear the truth, but if that is all that happens to a person, then all that individual possesses is intellectual faith. Head knowledge of Christ never saved anyone! One must believe in his or her heart (cf Ro 10:9,10+), and it is a belief that is shown to be genuine by subsequently bringing forth good works (compare Eph 2:8-9 with Eph 2:10). In this particular unique time in history in the house of Cornelius, it was not good works by the Gentiles that demonstrated that their faith was genuine, but it was God's "work" of sending His Holy Spirit and causing the Gentiles to give visible, audible evidence (and one might argue these were their "good woks") indicating that they had indeed been saved and had received the same gift that the Jews had received at Pentecost. Lord (kurios) Jesus (Iesous) Christ (Christos) - This is the first of 63 NT uses of Jesus' full Name. Lord Jesus Christ is used 4x in Acts - Acts 11:17, Acts 15:26, Acts 20:21, Acts 28:31. Peter used the same irrefutable, factual argument to defuse the tension at the Jerusalem Council show down in Acts 15 when Jewish legalists (Acts 15:5+) were calling for Gentile converts to be circumcised and observe the Law of Moses. Luke records... After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe. 8 “And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; 9 and He made no distinction between (same word diakrino used 3x in Acts 10:20, Acts 11:2, 12) us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith. 10 “Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? (Acts 15:7-10+) Who was I that I could stand in God's way - (NET = "who was I to hinder God?"; NIV = Who was I to think that I could oppose God?) This rhetorical question parallels Peter's rhetorical question in Acts 15:10 (see above). This is always a good question to ask ourselves! Stand in...way (hinder, prevent) (2967)(koluo) means to keep back something from someone. Koluo is used in Acts 10:47+ (Surely no one can refuse the water) and also used by the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:36+ (“Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”) So who could stand in God's way now that He had clearly opened wide the door to the Gentiles to receive the Gospel without having to first become practitioners of Judaism? Answer? No one, including these Jews who had come to contend with Peter. John
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Utley - It is not always certain whether their function is primarily foretelling, as here, or forth-telling, as in 1 Cor. 14 and Acts 2:17 (cf. Acts 13:6; 15:32; 1 Cor. 12:28; 14:1–5, 29–33; Eph. 2:20; 4:10). Warren