Subject: I just started reading the Bible and.... |
Bible Note: Hello Pete, What I believe Tim was saying (without putting words in his mouth)was ,Scripture definitely makes a distinction between Isreal and the Church- the Body of Christ. I think as you progress in your study you will find that to be evident. As an example: Eph. 2:12- "remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world." (NASB) I believe it rightly said that Romans is the "theology of the NT". The doctrine of condemnation is laid out in Rom. 1:18 - 3:20. Basically all of us- Jews or Gentiles- are guilty before God! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |