![]() ![]() Look at verse 11 (Romans 11:11) : So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.In verse 11 Paul begins with a question and this question refers back to the previous section.Salvation comes to the gentiles to make Israel desire a relationship with Jesus (verses 11-12).In Romans 11:1-10 Paul shared that God did preserve a remnant.God had spoken through the prophets that gentiles would be grafted in and that Jesus would be a stumbling block to the Jewish people (Romans 9:30-33 specific about Jesus being a stumbling block). In Romans 9 and 10 Paul was showing that God is being consistent with His promises.In Romans 10:1-2 Paul also shared his heart for Israel.In the beginning of Romans 9, Paul said that he would be willing to be accursed for the sake of his brethren (Romans 9:3).Beginning in Romans 9:1-6 Paul has been answering the question of the people of Israel, the Jewish people.Gentiles are grafted in to a rich faith going back to the Patriarchs.ĭon’t be arrogant about your salvation and do not take God’s kindness lightly. Otherwise I cannot see anything ‘chosen’ about them.” As far as my experience goes, they are no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. “For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.”Įinstein, who was Jewish and who declined an offer to be the state of Israel’s second president, also rejected the idea that the Jews are God’s favoured people. In the letter, he states: “The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. ![]() The letter went on public sale a year later and has remained in private hands ever since. James Randerson says:Įinstein penned letter on January 3, 1954, to the philosopher Eric Gutkind who had sent him a copy of his book Choose Life: The Biblical Call to Revolt. Prepared and preached by Pastor Steve Rhodes for and at Bethel Friends Church in Poland, OH on Sunday, August 29, 2021Īlbert Einstein wrote things that suggested he had some sort of belief in God, but he also wrote of his own unbelief.
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