The unsolvable riddle of our choices and faith decisions which are precious and crucial in God's sight AND God's decisive choices that are made before we are born that influence so much of our lives including our eternal destinations.

This mornings message on Romans 9:6-8 , we are looking at "Grace not Race"

That while God chose people from Abrahams line to carry the promise, the fact that not all descendants of Abraham were children of the promise and that God included people who were not children of Abraham to be children of God means that we are saved by Grace not Race.

In this episode in the continuing series on Romans, we are looking at the past Blessings, current status, and future prophecies of the Jewish people.

Today we start our Winter series in Romans by looking at Paul's broken heart for the Jewish people who had rejected the gospel in Romans 9:1-3.

1. Paul's broken heart for the lost Jewish people

2. His willingness to do anything to save his compatriots

3.The reality of the plight of the eternally Lost and the hope of the Gospel.

At the end of the segment of Romans chapters 9-11, Paul writes a hymn of praise (a doxology) due to his discussion and  enthusiasm of what he understands of God's plans for both Jews and Christians.  Today we begin our winter season of studying the book of Romans by exploring this doxology and reflecting on the place of praise in our lives too.

Romans 11:33-36

The need to be awake, alert and self-aware when living our Christian life.

In this weeks message we will look at the pursuit of becoming Christ-like. We will Look at:

We will be looking at Bitter waters of Marah and how the external circumstances of Israel's suffering revealed internal spiritual truths of their state.