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Sunday Sermonette: Jews for Jesus

the epistle to the Romans was actually intended for the Jewish community in Rome, which Paul expected to be visiting soon. They in fact did not receive the letter before he arrived, although presumably he handed them a copy once he got there.

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the epistle to the Romans was actually intended for the Jewish community in Rome, which Paul expected to be visiting soon.

They in fact did not receive the letter before he arrived, although presumably he handed them a copy once he got there.

Anyway, chapter 11 continues the argument for salvation by belief, and in turn that belief is bestowed by election.

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the epistle to the Romans was actually intended for the Jewish community in Rome, which Paul expected to be visiting soon. They in fact did not receive the letter before he arrived, although presumably he handed them a copy once he got there. Anyway, chapter 11 continues the argument for salvation by belief, and in turn that belief is bestowed by election.

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  • Presumably he had read the Gospel of Luke, as Luke was his chronicler and likely his scribe, and one would think that his Gospel had been completed before he finished Acts in Rome.
  • 31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
  • 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36...

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There's no way to know if Paul ever read the Gospel of Matthew. In Matthew 25, Jesus propounds an entirely different path to salvation. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

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