Good morning church!!! Today we are reading Romans Chapter 9. So,
everything is good and happy now, right? See, Paul is a Jew who
believes in Jesus, but, unfortunately, not all Jews are like him.
Even though Jesus and his original followers were Jewish and their
message was first given to the Jewish people, Christianity is
increasingly becoming a Gentile religion. Jews are just not getting
the message. He thinks everyone needs to believe in
Jesus—both Jews and Gentiles—so what's going to happen to all the
Jews who don't believe? Let's see…First, the Jewish people are
obviously very special to God. He gave them the patriarchs and the
law and his promises. Tons of good things have come from them.
BagelsBut, Paul concludes, the ones who haven't accepted Jesus
aren't truly God's people then. This means that being born Jewish
isn't enough to get in good with God. You can't just follow God's
law; you have to believe in his promise. Paul goes back to Abraham
again. Abraham believed God when he promised that he would have a
son. And that son, Isaac, was the second born, but God liked him
better. Way to play favorites, Lord. The same goes for Rebecca, who
had twins, Jacob and Esau. Even though Esau was the first-born, God
took a shining to Jacob. He created the world and he can do
what he wants with it. When a potter makes a clay bowl, does the
bowl start complaining? No. So if God lets evil people be evil in
order to show off his wrath, what's it to you? And maybe God smiles
on certain people sometimes. He can totally do that if he wants to.
Even the Bible says that God loves non-Jews and that not all Jews
are going be saved. We're sure that's in there somewhere. Some
Gentiles, who weren't trying to do right by God, have now ended up
believing. Some Jews, who are supposed to be doing what God asks,
have rejected him. A special thanks to www.shmoop.com
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