Yes they have been trusted with the very words of God... but keep reading...
Romans 3:9What then? Are we Jews[SUP]a[/SUP] any better off?[SUP]b[/SUP] No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
19Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20For by works of the law no human being[SUP]c[/SUP] will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
The Jews are under the law.
Gentiles are under the law of their own heart. (Romans 2)
21But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
So the "oracles of God" were given to bear witness to the righteousness of God apart from the law, not through the law. This is a key distinction. So yes, the Jews are blessed, because they are the example and witness of our need for a Savior.
29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Notice Paul saying that whether circumcised or not circumcised we are justified through faith. It is here that Paul puts Gentiles and Jews on equal ground. All are in Christ. And in Christ there is no male, female, Jew or Greek (Gentile).
Let's go on to Chapter 4... Upholding the Law through Faith...
9Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Notice Paul is attaching circumcised (Jews) with uncircumcised (Gentiles). How does he attach them? Through faith. And through faith. Righteousness.
11He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.
Now, here Paul drives his point home. Circumcision did not create righteousness, it was proof of righteousness because of his faith. It is the seal of righteousness through faith rather than the cause of righteousness.
The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Okay so you have to get this, it's so beautiful, Abraham was made to be the Father of ALL. Those who are Jews and those who are not Jews. Why Abraham though?
13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Why is this KEY? Because Abraham was not given the Law. Moses was.
23But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
So the words it was counted to him as righteousness, is actually written to us as well. We who believe in Him who raised Jesus and us in Him. Who was delivered for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
Okay this is key. All the things that made us an enemy of God, Jesus took on Him and died, and then every promise in Christ? He took on Him and received us in Him so we might be JUSTIFIED before God. To be justified as something outside of Christ? Is filthy rags, we need a wedding garment.
Romans 5
1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we[SUP]a[/SUP] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Where people trip us in the "through our Lord Jesus Christ". This is actually pointing us to the "In Christ" reality which I have continually stressed and showed Paul stressing. It is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And where is Paul? His life is hid in Christ. To understand this, we must understand that Christ is the Truth, Way, and Life to the Father. All things move, exist, and have their being in Him, we are actually in Christ if we are believer. And because we are in Him, we have eternal life. He is the mediator that has brought us to peace with God.
This reality takes us back to the beginning of it all with God, Adam, Eve, and a serpent.
Will we choose the KNOWLEDGE of Good and Evil or the Tree of Life?
But God surely doesn't want you to be like Him... He knows if you eat from the tree of knowledge....
Does knowledge make you like Him or does Faith? Are you still trying to cover yourselves with fig leaves (religion) or are you letting yourself be covered by His righteousness (Christ)? Are you the older brother or the younger brother? Will you lose your life to find it? Will you die to sin? Will you live to God?
C.
Romans 3:9What then? Are we Jews[SUP]a[/SUP] any better off?[SUP]b[/SUP] No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, 10as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
19Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20For by works of the law no human being[SUP]c[/SUP] will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
The Jews are under the law.
Gentiles are under the law of their own heart. (Romans 2)
21But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
So the "oracles of God" were given to bear witness to the righteousness of God apart from the law, not through the law. This is a key distinction. So yes, the Jews are blessed, because they are the example and witness of our need for a Savior.
29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
Notice Paul saying that whether circumcised or not circumcised we are justified through faith. It is here that Paul puts Gentiles and Jews on equal ground. All are in Christ. And in Christ there is no male, female, Jew or Greek (Gentile).
Let's go on to Chapter 4... Upholding the Law through Faith...
9Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
Notice Paul is attaching circumcised (Jews) with uncircumcised (Gentiles). How does he attach them? Through faith. And through faith. Righteousness.
11He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.
Now, here Paul drives his point home. Circumcision did not create righteousness, it was proof of righteousness because of his faith. It is the seal of righteousness through faith rather than the cause of righteousness.
The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Okay so you have to get this, it's so beautiful, Abraham was made to be the Father of ALL. Those who are Jews and those who are not Jews. Why Abraham though?
13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
Why is this KEY? Because Abraham was not given the Law. Moses was.
23But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
So the words it was counted to him as righteousness, is actually written to us as well. We who believe in Him who raised Jesus and us in Him. Who was delivered for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
Okay this is key. All the things that made us an enemy of God, Jesus took on Him and died, and then every promise in Christ? He took on Him and received us in Him so we might be JUSTIFIED before God. To be justified as something outside of Christ? Is filthy rags, we need a wedding garment.
Romans 5
1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we[SUP]a[/SUP] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Where people trip us in the "through our Lord Jesus Christ". This is actually pointing us to the "In Christ" reality which I have continually stressed and showed Paul stressing. It is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And where is Paul? His life is hid in Christ. To understand this, we must understand that Christ is the Truth, Way, and Life to the Father. All things move, exist, and have their being in Him, we are actually in Christ if we are believer. And because we are in Him, we have eternal life. He is the mediator that has brought us to peace with God.
This reality takes us back to the beginning of it all with God, Adam, Eve, and a serpent.
Will we choose the KNOWLEDGE of Good and Evil or the Tree of Life?
But God surely doesn't want you to be like Him... He knows if you eat from the tree of knowledge....
Does knowledge make you like Him or does Faith? Are you still trying to cover yourselves with fig leaves (religion) or are you letting yourself be covered by His righteousness (Christ)? Are you the older brother or the younger brother? Will you lose your life to find it? Will you die to sin? Will you live to God?
C.
the oracles of God
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel
which spake to him in [the mount Sina], and with our fathers:
who received the lively oracles [ to give unto us ] Acts 7:38
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need
that one teach you again which be the first principles of
[the oracles of God]; and are become such as have
need of milk, and not of strong meat. Hebrews 5:12
If any man speak, let him speak as [the oracles of God];
if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth:
that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:11
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Much every way:chiefly, because that unto them
were committed [the oracles of God]. Romans 3:2
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel
which spake to him in [the mount Sina], and with our fathers:
who received the lively oracles [ to give unto us ] Acts 7:38
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need
that one teach you again which be the first principles of
[the oracles of God]; and are become such as have
need of milk, and not of strong meat. Hebrews 5:12
If any man speak, let him speak as [the oracles of God];
if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth:
that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:11
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Much every way:chiefly, because that unto them
were committed [the oracles of God]. Romans 3:2