
Salvation under the law was based on works.
Salvation through Christ is based on grace through faith.
Then what advantage has the Jew? Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles (words) of God. What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? —Romans 3:1,2
ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
Material blessing to physical Jew
Eternal blessing to spiritual Jew
DAVIDIC COVENANT
Messiah, Savior of the world
For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree? —Romans 11:24
Read about the Parable of the Olive Tree in Romans 11.
If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? —Romans 3:3
I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed… —Romans 9:1,2,3
Moses said, “If You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me from Your book which You have written!” —Exodus 32:32
“It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. …Then the nations will know that I am the Lord…’” —Ezekiel 36:22,23
GOD KEEPS HIS UNCONDITIONAL COVENANTS
• For the honor of His great name
• For the Gentiles to see He alone is God
“All the nations of the earth will be gathered against (Israel).” —Zechariah 12:3
“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.” —Zechariah 12:10
…a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved… —Romans 11:25,26
Romans 1:16,17; 3:22-24; Acts 4:12; Exodus 32:30-33 Numbers 14:11-18; Ezekiel 36:19-25; Jeremiah 30:7
Zechariah 13:8,9; 14:1-4,9
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Books
Unmuzzled: Escaping Sexual Sin by J.S. Shelton
Videos & More
gracestl.org/weekend-resources
Discussion Questions
1. Dating advice for women: Watch how he treats other women, such as his mother or a waitress, to see how he will eventually treat you. What does God’s treatment of the Jews tell us about our future?
2. Tragically, many people throughout the last 2000 years have treated the Jews with hatred because Jewish leaders turned Jesus over to be crucified. How does God feel about the nation of Israel? About individual Jews? What is His calling upon them, and what does He call us to do about them?