And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
And God, who sees straight into everyone's heart, showed that he accepted them by giving them the Holy Spirit, the exact same way he did for us.
God doesn't play favorites, if your heart's real, you get the same Spirit everyone else does.
📚 Historical Context
In the early Christian church, during the Jerusalem Council around 49-50 AD, the apostles gathered to debate whether Gentile converts needed to follow Jewish laws, such as circumcision, to be fully accepted. Peter spoke from his experience, recalling how God had shown approval of the Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit during events like the conversion of Cornelius, just as He had done for Jewish believers. This affirmed that God's grace extended to all people based on faith, not ethnic or ritual requirements.
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