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He is the God of Everyone Excerpt The next two questions cover the same issue of Jewish distinctiveness from a different angle. Because the Gentiles worshiped false gods through idols, the Jews concluded that Yahweh, the true and living God ( Jer.  10:10 ), was  the God  of Jews only.  That was true in the sense that the Jews were the only people who acknowledged and worshiped Yahweh (except for a few proselyte Gentiles who joined with Judaism). But in reality Yahweh, as the Creator and Sovereign of all people, is the God of all people. Before God called Abraham and his descendants in the nation Israel to be His Chosen People ( Deut.  7:6 ) God dealt equally with all people. And even after God’s choice of Israel to be His special people, God made it plain ( e.g. , in the Book of Jonah ) that He is  the God of  everyone,  Gentiles  as well as Jews. And now since there is “no difference” among people for all are sinners ( Rom.  3:2...

He is the God of Everyone Excerpt The next two questions cover the same issue of Jewish distinctiveness from a different angle. Because the Gentiles worshiped false gods through idols, the Jews concluded that Yahweh , the true and living God ( Jer. 10:10 ), was the God of Jews only. That was true in the sense that the Jews were the only people who acknowledged and worshiped Yahweh (except for a few proselyte Gentiles who joined with Judaism). But in reality Yahweh , as the Creator and Sovereign of all people, is the God of all people . Before God called Abraham and his descendants in the nation Israel to be His Chosen People ( Deut. 7:6 ) God dealt equally with all people. And even after God’s choice of Israel to be His special people , God made it plain ( e.g. , in the Book of Jonah ) that He is the God of everyone , Gentiles as well as Jews. And now since there is “no difference” among people for all are sinners ( Rom. 3:23 ) and since the basis for salvation has been provi...

He is the God of Everyone Excerpt The next two questions cover the same issue of Jewish distinctiveness from a different angle. Because the Gentiles worshiped false gods through idols, the Jews concluded that Yahweh, the true and living God ( Jer. 10:10 ), was the God of Jews only. That was true in the sense that the Jews were the only people who acknowledged and worshiped Yahweh (except for a few proselyte Gentiles who joined with Judaism). But in reality Yahweh, as the Creator and Sovereign of all people is the God of all people. Before God called Abraham and his descendants in the nation Israel to be His Chosen People ( Deut. 7:6 ) God dealt equally with all people. And even after God’s choice of Israel to be His special people, God made it plain ( e.g. , in the Book of Jonah ) that He is the God of everyone, Gentiles as well as Jews. And now since there is “no difference” among people for all are sinners ( Rom. 3:23 ) and since the basis for salvation has been provided in the sac...

He is the God of Everyone Excerpt The next two questions cover the same issue of Jewish distinctiveness from a different angle. Because the Gentiles worshiped false gods through idols, the Jews concluded that Yahweh, the true and living God ( Jer. 10:10 ), was the God of Jews only. That was true in the sense that the Jews were the only people who acknowledged and worshiped Yahweh (except for a few proselyte Gentiles who joined with Judaism). But in reality Yahweh, as the Creator and Sovereign of all people is the God of all people. Before God called Abraham and his descendants in the nation Israel to be His Chosen People ( Deut. 7:6 ) God dealt equally with all people. And even after God’s choice of Israel to be His special people, God made it plain ( e.g. , in the Book of Jonah ) that He is the God of everyone, Gentiles as well as Jews. And now since there is “no difference” among people for all are sinners ( Rom. 3:23 ) and since the basis for salvation has been provided in the sacr...

He is the God of Everyone Romans 16:12-13 16:12–13 . Paul sent greetings jointly to Tryphena and Tryphosa, identifying them as those women who work hard ( “toil” ) in the Lord. Some believe they were sisters, possibly even twins. Then Persis, addressed as my dear friend ( lit. , “the one loved” ), was another woman who has worked very hard (“toiled much”) in the Lord. Interestingly four women were said to have “worked hard” (cf. Mary, v. 6). Whether Rufus is the same person mentioned in Mark 15:21 or not is uncertain. If so, then he, as a son of Simon of Cyrene, was a North African.   V 2, p 501  Paul said Rufus was chosen in the Lord, a statement true of every believer ( cf . Eph. 1:4 ). Consequently the word translated “chosen” may mean “eminent,” since it was given to Rufus as a statement of distinction. The greeting included Rufus’ mother who, Paul said, had also been a mother to him. Paul obviously did not say she was his actual mother, but he had been the r...

He is the God of Everyone Excerpt The next two questions cover the same issue of Jewish distinctiveness from a different angle. Because the Gentiles worshiped false gods through idols, the Jews concluded that Yahweh, the true and living God ( Jer.  10:10 ), was  the God  of Jews only.  That was true in the sense that the Jews were the only people who acknowledged and worshiped Yahweh (except for a few proselyte Gentiles who joined with Judaism). But in reality Yahweh, as the Creator and Sovereign of all people, is the God of all people. Before God called Abraham and his descendants in the nation Israel to be His Chosen People ( Deut.  7:6 ) God dealt equally with all people. And even after God’s choice of Israel to be His special people, God made it plain (e.g., in the Book of Jonah) that He is  the God of  everyone,  Gentiles  as well as Jews. And now since there is “no difference” among people for all are sinners ( Rom. 3:23 ) and s...