For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly...But a Jew is one inwardly...by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
Romans 2:28-29 ESV
The word Jew comes from Yehudah, which means "praised". He who has a circumcised heart is truly praised of God, not someone who is merely physically circumcised.
This doesn't mean that one born a Jew isn't really a Jew. Paul was speaking metaphorically, playing on the root meaning of Yehudah. He wasn't saying God had rejected the genetic descendants of either Jacob or Judah.
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Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
Romans 2:27 ESV
A gentile who keeps the Law in his heart is better than a Jew who is properly circumcised but doesn't follow the rest of the Law. Imperfect obedience in faith is better than obedience to the letter of the law without real faith.
Everybody who prayed at the inauguration either cited or referenced the Old Testament. Keep doing that. Genesis to Revelation to the Kingdom, brothers and sisters!
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So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
Romans 2:26 ESV
If a gentile comes to faith and keeps the commandments, even though he wasn't born as a Jew, he is as a Jew (a praise) in the eyes of God, and God sees him as a party to the covenants. (And the only commandments Paul could have been talking about are those of the Law of Moses.)
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It just makes sense that humility, love, compassion, and mercy are the building blocks of our God’s Kingdom. At least, that’s what we learn from scripture, but it’s not always what we exhibit in daily life. Tony Boyatt can talk about from experience! We have heard about it in the music Tony and The Exodus Road Band have shared over the years. Now Tony is calling fellow believers to follow Messiah Yeshua’s example so that we can make progress in healing His people and the communities where His people are gathered.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/229....2194/episodes/164504
It just makes sense that humility, love, compassion, and mercy are the building blocks of our God’s Kingdom. At least, that’s what we learn from scripture, but it’s not always what we exhibit in daily life. Tony Boyatt can talk about from experience! We have heard about it in the music Tony and The Exodus Road Band have shared over the years. Now Tony is calling fellow believers to follow Messiah Yeshua’s example so that we can make progress in healing His people and the communities where His people are gathered.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/229....2194/episodes/164504
Question 150: Was Mary, the mother of Yeshua, from the tribe of Judah?
Answer:
It is not proved, except inferentially. The Jews, in constructing their genealogical tables, reckoned wholly by males. Some of the best modern authorities however, observing all the rules followed by the Hebrews in genealogies, have reached the conclusion that in Zorobabel the lines of Solomon and Nathan unite and that Joseph and Mary are therefore of the same tribe and family, being both descendants of David in the line of Solomon and that both have in them the blood of Nathan. David's son, Joseph, has descent from Abiud (Matthew 1:13) and Mary from Rhesa (Luke 3:27), sons of Zorobabel. The genealogies of Matthew and Luke are parts of one perfect whole; the former bearing the descent of Mary and Joseph from Solomon - the latter the descent of both from Nathan.
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