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| Daniel J. Musokwa |
I would encourage everyone who reads this to take some time and check out the preceding installments by clicking on the following links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 and Part 9
Daniel can be reached at: kainos.diatheke@gmail.com
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Rom 4:16 Therefore, the
promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed
to all Abraham's offspring - not only to THOSE WHO ARE OF THE
LAW(Jews) but also to THOSE WHO ARE OF THE
FAITH OF ABRAHAM(the church). He is the father of us all.
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This was God’s promise to Abraham and his offspring… well
guess what! Romans 4:16 lets me know that I am entitled to all of
Abraham’s blessings by faith in Jesus Christ. With me putting absolute faith in
Jesus Christ, God will bless all those who bless me, and curse all those who
curse me… I didn't ask for this, but I guess it came with the package, you
know, with being Abraham’s seed and all. Shadows and types my friends.
Furthermore…
Gal 3:29 If you belong to
Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according
to the promise.
And again…
Eph 3:6 This mystery is
that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together
with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in
the promise in Christ Jesus.
The holy Scriptures are replete with verses talking about
us believing Gentiles being co-heirs with the Jews! Remember, the Book of
Romans is very clear that “not all who are descendants of Israel are Israel,
and nor because of such, are they all Abraham’s children. It is NOT the
natural children who are God’s children – Romans 9.” Everything that
was promised to Abraham is now accessible to ALL believing Jews and believing
Gentiles together! Now, all believing Jews and Gentiles have a common spiritual
Jerusalem who is our mother (or our common spiritual abode or safe haven). This
is the Gospel of the Kingdom; “there is therefore now neither Jew nor Greek,
slave nor free… but Christ is all, and is in all!”
I know there is a lot of religious pressure to say “yes,
but God loves the Jews, they are His people.” Granted, but in what way exactly
does He love Benjamin Netanyahu more than He loves Ahmadinejad?
Be careful now friends. If the Israelis are His people, in the New Covenant,
what does that make the Fijians then? Do you honestly believe that in this New
Testament dispensation God could love one people MORE than or above all others?
John 3:16 "For God so
loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:17 For
God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the
world through him.
John 3:18 Whoever believes in
him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands
condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only
Son.
My Bible tells me “for God so loved the whole
WORLD that He gave His only son!” Verse 18 above says “whoever does
not believe stands condemned already because he has not
believed in the name of God's one and only Son.”
Does that description
fit the unbelieving Jew and Gentile of today? They do not believe in the name
of Jesus as God’s Messiah. Paul says that if they persist in unbelief, they
will not be grafted back into the commonwealth of the true Israel of God, the
church!
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Paul lamented for his people, the Israelites, that they
were missing out on something that was to be originally theirs… salvation at
the hands of a Jewish Messiah! The blessings of Abraham are at work in the Jews
(Isaac) and Arabs (Ishmael) to this day regardless of their spiritual
condition. This simply proves that God is faithful and that His gifts are
irrevocable. But we must love both sons, Isaac and Ishmael, and share with them
our spiritual blessings… even Jesus Christ.
Shalom!
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