Romans 9

Paul speaking.

I feel very sad because the people of my own race, the Jewish people, who are called the Israelites, were God’s chosen people, yet they rejected Jesus as the Messiah.

God chose them to reveal His miracles, His Law and the way He wanted to be worshipped’.

And Jesus was a direct descendant of the Israelites.  He was one of them.

Yet, instead of recognising Jesus as the long awaited Messiah, they rejected Him and killed Him on the Cross.

Then they continued on, blindly, still trying to become right with God through their own works and by keeping the Law.

While the people who were not Israelites, but who loved and believed in Jesus as the Messiah and started living by faith in Him, receive the incredible blessings that were originally intended for the Israelites.

So now, even though the Israelites are literally descendants of Abraham, they are no longer considered his ‘true’ children when they choose not to put their faith in Jesus.

The people who believe in Jesus and put their faith in them – they have become the ‘true’ children of Abraham.

To help understand this a bit more, think of the situation where a child has been adopted by loving parents.  Although they are not the child’s biological parents, they become the ‘true’ parents of the child because they have loved and adopted the child as their own.

Whereas, if that family had a biological child who grew up and chose to rebel against them, the child is effectively rejecting them as parents and it is as if he was no longer their child.

While the parents still love him, he does not love them.

At any time, he is welcome to come home and accept his parents love again, but the parents do not force him.  The rebellious child is free to make their own choices.

God adopts us as His children and that we are now considered heirs with Jesus Christ and God is our Father.

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