Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also
bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and
continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were
accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the
flesh:_
The apostle is eviden... [ Continue Reading ]
The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they
had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they
had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of right. No
man has any right to the grace of God. The terms are inconsistent.
There can be no right to... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul begins by expressing his great sorrow because the Jews had
rejected Christ.
Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also
bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and
continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were
accursed from... [ Continue Reading ]
The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they
had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they
had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of right. No
man has any right to the grace of God. The terms are inconsistent. But
that same grace deli... [ Continue Reading ]