Section 6
was wrought into them, becoming their very ele ment, the Gentiles became a corporate offering to God, an offering that had been saturated with Christ and permeated with His divine essence. Hence, they were presented to God for His satis faction.
THE COMMUNICATION IN LOVE
Out of the ministering of Christ to the na tions and the offering of them as a sacrifice to God, developed the fellowship of love, the com munication in love between the Gentiles and Jewish saints (15:25-28, 30, 32). The Gentile saints communicated with the Jewish saints by the means of giving practical, material things. Formerly, in the eyes of the Jews, the Gentiles were swine; now they have become saints, a fragrant offering to God. Thus, the Gentile be lievers had it in their heart to care for the mate rial needs of their Jewish brothers, and they offered their own possessions as the expression of their desire to take care of the needs of the saints in Judea. When the Apostle Paul came to the Gentiles, he came with Christ and minis tered Christ into them. When he returned from them to Judea, he returned with material pos sessions for the needy saints. Paul came with