Introduction:  The majority if not all of us in this place are Gentiles.  As such there are some things that the scripture has to say about our very nature.  Knowledge of these things can keep the Christian from slipping into the old Gentile habits, and the same knowledge can point the lost Gentile to his need for a Saviour.

1. THE PRACTICAL NATURE OF GENTILES
1. Gentiles are Materialistic (Matthew 6:31-32 [31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? [32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
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2. Gentiles Thrive on Authority (Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
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3. Gentiles are Gullible (Acts 14:2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
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4. Gentiles are Vain (Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
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2. THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF GENTILES
1. Gentiles are Sinners (Romans 3:9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
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2. Gentiles are Known for Their Sinful Pleasures (1 Corinthians 5:1It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
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3. Gentiles are Notorious for Pagan Worship (1 Corinthians 10:20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
   See All...; 1 Corinthians 12:2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
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4. Gentiles are Outsiders (Ephesians 2:11-12 [11] Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; [12] That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
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3. THE NEED OF THE GENTILES
1. The Closing Opportunity (Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
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2. The Light of the Gentiles (Isaiah 11:10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
   See All...; Ephesians 2:12-17 [12] That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: [13] But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. [14] For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; [15] Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; [16] And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: [17] And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
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Conclusion:  Are you manifesting the life of a Gentile?  Do you see these same things popping up in your heart and mind?  Fight it with all you have.  If you are saved you belong to Jesus Christ and you need not surrender to your Gentile nature.