Sermons Podcast

"Believe me, friends, all I want for Israel is what's best for Israel:salvation, nothing less. I want it with all my heart and pray to God for it all the time. I readily admit that the Jews are impressively energetic regarding God––but they are doing everything exactly backwards. They don't seem to realize that this comprehensive setting–things–right that is salvation is God's business, and a most flourishing business it is. Right across the street they set up their own salvation shops and noisily hawk their wares. After all these years of refusing to really deal with God on his terms, insisting instead on making their own deals, they have nothing to show for it. The earlier revelation was intended simply to get us ready for the Messiah, who then puts everything right for those who trust him to do it. Moses wrote that anyone who insists on using the law code to live right before God soon discovers it's not so easy––every detail of life regulated by fine print! But trusting God to shape the right living in us