Romans

Last week we red the Bible book Romans; it says a lot about the bond  we have with Israel.

We as Christians need to understand the relation we have with Israel, they are our oldest brother.

Most of them probably don't see it like that but as christians we know that they are the chosen people .

The Gospel was first for them and second for us , the gentiles.

To me Romans answers a lot of questions i had about the Israelian people.

Are they saved? They killed The Christ? U need to be surcumsised ?

And what about sin , everything is forgiven ? also the sins we are going to do in the future?

How do i look at the whole picture? sin….

Still people have a lot of different opinions about these topics , i want to see what Paul says about it.

He says about Abraham in Romans 4:11 that he received the sign of circumcision , a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still

uncircumcised .

So his faith was important to God , not the fact that was circumcised or not …right?

If anyone who reads this and think im not right with the things im saying ; please let me know !

i don't want to "lead" myself on the wrong track or others .

By one man, Adam , sin came into the world, by sin came death.

In this way death came to all men, because all sinned.

By one Savior Jesus, we are saved from sin.

When i really look into it and read the scripture again and again , The Holy Spirit is opening up my mind and letting me understand the scripture more and more.

it also helps for me to see it visually , Octavio showed in class how we where sinners because of Adam and how we are saved trough Jesus.

We are not under the burden of sin anymore.

I think thats a important thing to realize because i often see myself as a sinner and not as someone saved by Christ.

Now realizing that i am a child of God and Jesus made the way clear for us to go to God is helpful in the way i think , react to people and talk to God in prayer.

I like to read about  the Israelian people in Romans.

I sometimes wonder ; they are His chosen people and most of them don't believe in Jesus.

Are they going to hell ?

I don't have the answer to that, in scriptures it talks about that they are blinded, they cant see the truth .

But in Roman 11:25 he says ; "Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the gentiles has come in"

26 " And so all Israel will be saved as it is written; The deliverer will come from Zion, he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

27 " And this is my covenant with them when i take away there sins"

I know you have to look at the whole story and not just take some parts out of it , but as for me these words are important.

And i hope to learn much more about it.

And yes it where Jews who put Him on the cross, but becous of all of oure sins ( everybody in this whole world , dos not matter if you are Jew or not)  He had to die on the cross

So did the Jews put Him on the cross?

Weakness of the church might be the mixing up with The Old with The New Testament, and by New i mean Jesus teaching.

 Thinking that circumcision is still needed.

Thinking sometimes that we are better than everybody else.

We must remember that we were sinners and we are saved by Him .

Not of oure own but by the grace of God.

Some don't know the relation between Christians and Jews, i think thats important to know.

But some do know and that can also be a strength.

So the opposite to me is there strength.

To know we live by grace , we are saved by Him.

We know oure oldest brother.

And in 1:8 Paul says that there faith is being reported all over the world.

If that happens more people might be getting curious and want to know what there faith is all about.

And perhaps get to know Jesus.

A strength to know is that God is not unjust ( Roman 9:14)

Offcourse there is so much more to get out of Roman, but these things stood out for me.