Romans 10:1-4
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.
Israel’s Unbelief
1 Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. 2 I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. 3 For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. 4 For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.
There has always been a relationship between Christian believers and those of the Jewish faith. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob … the God of Moses … The Law Giver … The God of the Old Testament … is the same God for both Christians and Jews. We share a common beginning, faith wise.
Never the less, the common beginning does not mean a common ending. We are separated, as sheep from goats, based on what we do with Jesus. Paul’s prayer was then and ours should be today is for the salvation of Israel. Where the faith of Jews and Christians take a fork in the road is on belief that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah. Only those, Jews or Gentiles, “…who believe in Him are made right with God.”
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