What was James's classic statement in Acts 15 about God and the Gentiles?
James's classic statement in Acts 15 was that God would call out from among the Gentiles a people for His name. He recognized Paul had a ministry among Gentiles that Peter and the eleven did not know, and this calling continued for over 1900 years while Israel was blinded.
Les explains that James, in Acts 15, recognized Paul indeed had a ministry among the Gentiles that Peter and the eleven knew nothing of. James made the classic statement that yes, God is going to call out of the Gentiles a people for His name. Les points out this is what God has been doing for 1900 and some years, while Israel has been blinded. God did not wait until the end of Israel's 40 years of testing to start calling out a people for His name. Now there is the stirring of the nation and preparing them for God to pick up where He left off.