How did God bear witness that He accepted the Gentiles in Acts 15:8?
God, who knows the hearts, bore witness to the Gentiles by purifying their hearts by faith, demonstrating His acceptance. Peter recalled that the Gentiles heard the word of the Gospel by his mouth and believed, not through repentance and baptism, showing God had done the work.
Les explains that in Acts 15:8 Peter recalls how God, who knows the hearts, bore witness to the Gentiles by purifying their hearts by faith. This was God's witness to Peter that He had done it. Earlier, Peter said the Gentiles by his mouth heard the word of the Gospel and believed—not repent and be baptized. Peter then asks why test God by putting a yoke on the disciples that neither the fathers nor they were able to bear, calling it a burden. He concludes that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved even as they. Les adds that Peter likely forgot most of this in later years, because he still could not give in to the fact that Paul's Gospel had superseded his position.
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
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What did God show Peter by bearing witness in Acts 15:8?
God, who knows the hearts, bore witness to Peter that He Himself had purified the Gentiles' hearts by faith.