Acts 28:25-28
25 So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, 26 saying, ‘Go to this people and say: “Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; And seeing you will see, and not perceive; 27 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.” ’ 28 “Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!”
God used Paul to try reach the chosen Jewish people first, but their hearts were hardened so they refused to hear with understanding and could not see the Messiah in their own scriptures. Their ears were deaf to the gospel as they turned to their own laws over time. So God turned to the nations promised through Abram to become as numerous as the stars or sand on a beach. Salvation came to us in part due to the spiritually deaf, dumb, and blind, but more so because God chose us out along with the remnant of Israel before time began. He alone opens eyes and ears of the hearts of men by His choice. Such grace in salvation!
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