...he is rich in mercy to all that call upon him, according to the light they have and that "in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him." 25 Wesley here makes reference to Saint Peter's sermon in Joppa in which he emphasized the light that...

...is 'rich in mercy to all that call upon him,' 'according to the light they have'; and that 'in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him'" (3:296; cf. Rom. 10:12; 2 Cor. 8:12; Acts 10:35). How can saving faith be found in any sinful human...

...it? Anselm. No; for had the Jews all believed, yet the Gentiles would have been called; for "in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him." But since the Jews despised the apostles, this was the immediate occasion of their turning to the Gentiles....

...vision on the housetop at Joppa, declare: "I perceive that God is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him." (Acts 10:34-35) The Apostle Paul crossed over all the ancient boundaries of race and nationality when...

...happy in the love of God. This evinces the truth that •God is no respecter of persons but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him.' The society here consists of about a hundred members besides probationers; and I trust it will soon...

...great price in God's eyes. He despises all worldly glory, and accepts no man's person ; " but in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him." Indeed, if the judgment of God went by the same rale that man's doth, we might value ourselves by these...