Sharing is Caring

            “What then shall we say?”       [Romans 9:14-29]     We have already meditated on Paul's heart for the Israelites, centered on Romans 9:1-13, under the title of “Inseparable love.”   We learned that because of God's inseparable love, Paul had "great sorrow" and "unceasing anguish" toward his brothers, the people of Israel, his kinsmen according to the flesh.   Why did Paul have great sorrow and unceasing anguish when he thought of the Israelites?   The reason was the unbelief of the Israelites who refused to believe in Jesus.   Even though there were privileges that God gave only to the Israelites, they did not accept the only begotten Son as their own Savior.   Therefore, Paul had great sorrow and unceasing anguish.   However, in the meantime, there was something that comforted his heart.   It was the word of God's covenant that could not be failed (v. 6).   The core ...