1. textbox center Lost in God’s House Romans 9:1-5

2. textbox center For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. Matthew 24:21

3. textbox center 1. Difficult times demand we deal with difficult texts.

4. textbox center Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. Romans 11:22

5. textbox center I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit Romans 9:1

6. textbox center 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart… [over] 4 the people of Israel. Romans 9:2-4

7. textbox center Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart!… 22 My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding… Jeremiah 4:19-22

8. textbox center 1. Difficult times demand we deal with difficult texts. 2. Does Jewish unbelief today pain you?

9. textbox center Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they who love you be secure. Psalm 122:6

10. textbox center I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. Genesis 12:3

11. textbox center For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel… Romans 9:3-4

12. textbox center But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written. Exodus 32:32

13. textbox center 1. Difficult times demand we deal with difficult texts. 2. Does Jewish unbelief today pain you? 3. The Gospel is a love willing to trade places.

14. textbox center …a conspiracy and bound themselves in an oath to not eat or drink until they had killed Paul. Acts 23:12

15. textbox center Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one… 26 I have constantly been on the move. I have been in danger… from my own countrymen…. 2 Corinthians 11:24, 26

16. textbox center 1. Difficult times demand we deal with difficult texts. 2. Does Jewish unbelief today pain you? 3. The Gospel is a love willing to trade places. 4. Enemy love is the more excellent way.

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18. textbox center …Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs is the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised Amen. Romans 9:4-5

19. textbox center 1. Difficult times demand we deal with difficult texts. 2. Does Jewish unbelief today pain you? 3. The Gospel is a love willing to trade places. 4. Enemy love is the more excellent way. 5. The priority of God has always been Jew first, then Gentile.

20. textbox center For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. Romans 1:16

21. textbox center 1. Difficult times demand we deal with difficult texts. 2. Does Jewish unbelief today pain you? 3. The Gospel is a love willing to trade places. 4. Enemy love is the more excellent way. 5. The priority of God has always been Jew first, then Gentile. 6. Advantages don’t save people, Jesus does.

22. textbox center All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people… Isaiah 65:2

23. textbox center 1. Difficult times demand we deal with difficult texts. 2. Does Jewish unbelief today pain you? 3. The Gospel is a love willing to trade places. 4. Enemy love is the more excellent way. 5. The priority of God has always been Jew first, then Gentile. 6. Advantages don’t save people, Jesus does. 7. Whether Jesus is God or not is something we have to accept or reject.