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No, Peter and Paul are not the only ones, but in Peter we have the perfect example, the quintessential case study. Even as a man who enjoyed walking in the inner circle of Christ, one who witnessed His persecution, torture, and then crucifixion at the hands of the religious elite with all their hypocrisy, and had himself faced persecution as their captive—Peter still had erroneous religious beliefs baked into his psyche. He was sure that he would have nothing to do with Gentiles because Yahweh wanted nothing to do with Gentiles. He definitely did not inherit that mindset from his Jewish Scriptures; they teach quite the opposite. Peter, however, is about to become the pioneer of the proper perspective; you will not avoid the Gentiles, rather you will go to the Gentiles with this message; “Yahweh is not prejudice; Y’shua is for everyone!”
Peter was holding on to his engrained thoughts, persistent religious tendencies and incessant behaviors. And he would have never ministered to the Gentiles if Yahweh did not intervene. God initiated Peter’s transformation by first exposing his enmeshed beliefs. That helped him break old habits and make better choices. And God used prophecy to soften his sclerotic mentality… ”Old men shall dream dreams; young men shall see visions.” Yahweh gave Peter a vision and this was its ultimate fruit. “I’m God’s work of art. I’ve been created by God and empowered in Christ to obey His Word and the specific calling on my life. This calling was prepared for me beforehand with the expressed purpose that I walk in it.” And so he did; he went to the gentiles and told them, “Yahweh is not prejudice; Y’shua is for everyone!” God has prepared dreams and visions for you as well—it is time for you to walk in them!
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