Can Gentiles, strangers, and foreigners be saved according to Scripture? In this sermon, we go directly to the Bible—from the Law of Moses to the Prophets and Revelation—to examine what God says about people from outside Israel who turn to Him.

Long before Paul wrote about Gentiles being grafted in, the Torah established that the stranger who joined himself to God could worship among Israel and was accountable to the same law. Numbers 15:15 declares, “You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.” Exodus 12:48–49 likewise says that the stranger who joined Israel and kept the Passover would be “as one that is born in the land.”

We examine Numbers 15:15, Leviticus 19:34, Exodus 12:48–49, Numbers 15:29–30, Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 14:1, Isaiah 56:6–7, Esther 8:17, Ruth 1:16, Ezekiel 14:7, Zechariah 14:16, and Revelation 21:24 to show the consistent biblical message: God calls His people to be a light to the nations, and people from the nations can turn to the Most High, join themselves to Him, worship Him, and receive salvation.

This message is also a warning against allowing hatred, bitterness, or a desire for vengeance to become our doctrine. Vengeance belongs to the Lord. We are called to walk in righteousness, love our neighbors, preach God's truth, and be a light to the world.

The Gentiles can be saved.

The stranger can join himself to the LORD.

God's house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.

Receive this message in the name of Christ. Amen.