Sunday School

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Jesus prophesied to take the gospel from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria and to the end of the earth.  Against cultural prejudices and biases, God invited the rest of the world into covenant with Him. 

As the church continued to grow into Gentile nations, a major point of discussion arose concerning how to treat Gentile Christians.  The apostles followed the Spirit, maintained unity, and preserved the new covenant for all people, an example to us still today.

The outpouring of God's Spirit on the Samaritans was yet another sign of God's desire to be in covenant with all of humanity.  This new covenant, which Jeremiah prophesied would be written in their hearts, was now being poured out on a notorious fore of the Jews--the Samaritans.

God recruited a zealous Pharisee named Saul to preach the gospel to Gentiles, setting up the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 12 to bless all nations through the Jews.