Acts 18:7-8

    Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. Crispus, the synagogue ruler, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized.

 

    One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city." So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

 

As Paul had said, he left the Corinthian Jews who had rejected God’s good news. He did not go far, though. He entered the home of a Gentile, Titius Justus, and began to minister from there. God’s good news was not bound! God’s gospel message is not intended for just one group or class or even nation of people! It goes out freely to all!

 

Although Paul had left the synagogue of the Jews and had turned to the Gentiles, the entire household of Crispus, the synagogue ruler, believed in the Lord. God does not limit His good intentions and works to just one group of people; but it is also important to see that when a group of people rejects God, He still accepts individuals from that group. God “accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right” (Acts 10:35). God is not in the business of accepting people based on their nationality, nor of rejecting people by nationality. From every nation, He calls some. No one needs to fear rejection by God if they will accept Jesus as Christ, even if their whole country rebels against Him. “The Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment” (2 Peter 2:9).

 

So many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.

 

Father, thank You that You do not show favoritism! Thank You for accepting me! Thank You for not rejecting me, or anyone else, just because of the group we live with. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23), but “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:15). Glorious truths! Beautiful promise! Thank You!