The chapter opened with reminding us that God is not yet finished with the Jewish people. While they are currently under His discipline, the Jewish people will eventually repent and become useful in God’s hands. Eventually the Jews will repent as this age finishes and God will return to the wonderful purpose for ethnic Israel to be His tool in reaching a lost world! So pray for the Jews, support the Jewish people, and oppose the enemies of the Jewish people.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

The chapter opened with reminding us that God is not yet finished with the Jewish people. While they are currently under His discipline, the Jewish people will eventually repent and become useful in God’s hands. Eventually the Jews will repent as this age finishes and God will return to the wonderful purpose for ethnic Israel to be His tool in reaching a lost world!

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

This chapter opens with reminding us that God is not yet finished with the Jewish people. He has always had a remnant of believing Jews even in times of great rebellion, as in Elijah’s time. This fact was also true in Paul’s day and is true in our day. Eventually the remnant will grow as this age finishes and God will return to a wonderful purpose for ethnic Israel.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. While my current exposition is I Thessalonians, today's teaching is taken from Psalms 119:9-16. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Since the Gospel is the only way to be saved, there are two important implications for the believer. First, we need to understand that no one can be saved without actually hearing the Gospel. Second, hearing (while important) is not enough – one must also act the Gospel they hear. As we share the Gospel, God insures that people are convicted about the Gospel and understand the Gospel – but such conviction and understanding is not irresistible. We must choose to act on our understanding of the Gospel, to repent and believe!

Since the Gospel is the only way to be saved, there are two important implications for the believer. First, we need to understand that no one can be saved without actually hearing the Gospel – people need to Gospel content we have studied in Romans 1-5, the clarity about who Jesus is, why He came, the who/what/why of the Gospel content. Second, hearing (while important) is not enough – one must also act the Gospel they hear.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

No one has the choice of “whether” they will appear before God. Hebrews 9:27 reminds us that all will die and then face judgment. The choice before each person is “how” they will appear, what it is they are going to trust in to survive that inescapable encounter with the perfectly holy, righteous and just God! Choice #1 is the choice of self-righteousness, religious self-effort, believing (like the Jews) that we can “establish their own righteousness”. Choice #2 is the choice to accept our sin and hopeless "lostness", and decide to rest in the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ, credited to the life of all who repent and believe in the Gospel! God promises to all who make Choice #2 that they will never be put to shame, they will be saved, they will find eternal life with the Father. Choice #2 is open to all – have you chosen it?