Which prophet did James quote to show agreement with God calling out a people for His name?
James quoted the prophet Amos to confirm that God would call out a people for His name from among the Gentiles. In Acts, after Peter described God’s visit to the Gentiles, James cited Amos, saying God would rebuild the tabernacle of David after this calling out.
Les explains that after Peter quieted the opposing Jews and testified how God first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name, James answered and said the prophets agree. James went back to the book of Amos, quoting that after this calling out, God will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down, rebuild its ruins, and set it up. Les notes this concluded that God is indeed going to call out Gentiles for His name, though Gentiles do not come into the same intimate relationship Israel had when God called them My people; rather, Gentiles are more correctly referred to as His born ones.