12. READ: ACTS 26:1-29
b. What did the Lord say the people would receive?
Answer: The Lord said He was sending Paul to the Jews and Gentiles "so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Me," (verse 18).
Luke 24:46-47: "He [Jesus] told them, This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
1 Corinthians 6:11: "And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
From The Acts of the Apostles From Jerusalem to Rome by Wayne Jackson:
Remission of sins is obtained at the point of one's initial obedience to the Gospel, i.e., when he identifies with the Lord's burial and resurrection by being immersed in water ([Acts] 2:38; 22:16). The "inheritance" is the promise of eternal life. This hope far transcends any material ambition entertained by those of the nation of Israel. The inheritance is shared by all who "are sanctified," i.e., made holy, set apart for God's service, by virtue of the faith they exercise toward Christ. Paul wants to drive home the point that no one can be right with God apart from faith in Jesus of Nazareth. This is a hard fact that the Jews are going to have to confront. And remember this: Faith is not a mere mental exercise; it is active obedience in submitting to the Lord's Will. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews is an illuminating commentary on the nature of obedient faith.
It is also interesting to note, at verse 18, the association between receiving "remission of sins" and being "sanctified." That same connection is made by the apostle in his letter to the Ephesians. "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself up for it; that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the Word..." ([Ephesians] 5:25-26).