God Chooses Gentiles
Rom 9:25,26 As he says in Hosea: "I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people; and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one," (Hos 2:23) and, "It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’" (Hos 1:10)
"Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)— remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ." Eph 2:11-13 "Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God" Eph 2:19
This idea really upset Jews who thought it was all about being Jewish. One's ethnicity has no relevance with regards to having a righteous standing with God. Rather, you "are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus" Gal 3:26 regardless of background or upbringing.
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Rom 9:25,26 As he says in Hosea: "I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people; and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one," (Hos 2:23) and, "It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’" (Hos 1:10)
"Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)— remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ." Eph 2:11-13 "Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God" Eph 2:19
This idea really upset Jews who thought it was all about being Jewish. One's ethnicity has no relevance with regards to having a righteous standing with God. Rather, you "are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus" Gal 3:26 regardless of background or upbringing.
The Berean Christian Bible Study Resources