140518 Then What Advantage Has the Jew - a podcast by BibleTube

. LESSON 6 (May 18) .Romans 3:1-20Then What Advantage Has the Jew? Jewish brothers and sisters in Christ would have naturally pictured ungodly Gentiles as they read Paul's vivid description of those who "suppress the truth" by their unrighteousness in Romans 2. they would have heartily agreed with the declaration that such aliens to the commonwealth of Israel are "without excuse." But then Paul wrote what he did in Romans 2-establishing that both Gentile and Jew are guilty in the sight of God-and it would have been a tough pill for physical descendants of Abraham to swallow. Remember the conclusion of what we have as Romans 2. No one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God. (2:28-29) Beginning in Romans 3, Paul anticipates and answers a number of objections that might naturally come from Jews who have just been condemned by the Spirit of God inRomans 2 as hypocritical and relying on the wrong things. * "Then what advantage has the Jew?" (3:1)* "What is the value of circumcision?" (3:1) * "ls God unrighteous to inflict wrath on us?" (3:5) * 'Why not do evil that good may come?" (3:8) * "What then shall we say was gained by Abraham,our forefather according to the flesh?" (4:1) * "What then shall we say? That the law is sin?" (7:7) * 'Why does God still find fault? For who can resist his will?" (9:19) * "Has God rejected his people?" (11:1) Why do we find it so tempting and natural to immediately ask questions in an attemptto justify ourselves when we feel threatened or condemned? How have you seen others respond in this way? How have you responded in this way?

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