A Lament for Israel

“I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh.” (Romans 9:2-3 NRSV)

Read Romans 9:1-5

In the preceding chapters of Romans, the Apostle Paul passionately writes about the significance of being justified by God through Jesus Christ. God’s promises are realized through faith and not by following the law. These radical words are even more drastic because they are written by Paul, a Jew from birth. And yet, Paul could no longer live solely under the teachings of the Torah. In Christ, he had been freed from relying on the law to earn God’s favor.

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