Sunday, January 31, 2021

God For All.

 Often in the Bible Old Testament we read of God allowing those who aren't Jews to join with the Jews- telling them they can partake if they are circumcised as the Jews. In the New Testament, Jesus, Himself taught that there should be no separation between people, that we are all one people. Paul, an apostle of Jesus' was specifically made one so he could bring the good news of salvation to those who were not of the Jewish faith. We read the Bible and we know that God would have us all be brothers and sisters to each other, not strangers, not segregated based upon anything. We are to love all without exception. Yet we are constantly finding reasons to divide us into groups using various criteria. We have to know that 'it is one God' over all. Yet, one God over all does not mean all worship that one God. People worship all sorts of gods, false gods all of them except that one God. May we comprehend that our one God would have us all worship Him and not their false gods. May we live with Christ in us, our hope, and reveal Christ in us to all.  All by His glory!


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Ro. 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also; 30 seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid; yea, we establish the law.


One God for All. There is but "one God and Father of all." Eph. 4:6. He "hath made of one blood all nations of men," "for we are also his offspring." Acts 16:26, 28. "There is no respect of persons with God." Rom. 2:11. "In every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." Acts 10:35. 


The Scripture saith: "Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek; for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him." Rom. 10:11, 12.


One Means of Justification for All. The fact that justification is only by faith, and that God "commandeth all men everywhere to repent" (Acts 17:30), shows that God regards Jew and Gentile alike. Nor is there any evidence that he ever did put any difference between them. A believing Gentile was always accounted righteous, and an unbelieving Jew was never considered by the Lord any better than any other unbeliever. 


Remember that Abraham, the father of the whole Jewish nation, was a Chaldean.


The Jews were related to the Chaldeans who remained in their native land, just as surely as they were to one another in the land of Canaan. Unfortunately,  they forgot this; but they are not the only ones in the world who have forgotten that all men are their brethren.


In the statement, "It is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith,"  there is no need of stumbling over the prepositions. Bear in mind how often we use the words "by" and "through" interchangeably, to indicate means, and there will be no difficulty. The emphatic word is "faith." Both circumcision and uncircumcision are justified through, or by means of, faith.


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