Romans 9:4-5 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah,* who is over all, God blessed for ever.* Amen.
God's promises are always true. God always keeps God's promises. Thousands of years ago, thousands of years before Christ, God promised to Abraham that his descendants would be God's people. God promised that Israel would be God's chosen people, and that God's promises of life and hope would be for them. Those promises still hold true after Christ. Christianity doesn't mean that Jewish people need anything else. They've got the promise. They've got God's presence with them as their God. It was promised by God thousands of years ago and the promise is still alive today.
So why am I telling you this? Why does it matter for most of the people reading this message who are not Jewish. It matters for lots of reasons, for how we Christians relate to our Jewish sisters and brothers. But most of all, it matters because we need to know and to be reminded that God's promises are always true. God always keeps God's promises. Amen.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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