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Students prayed together in small groups during recent campus day of prayer. down from Adam and Eve, had be­ come fragmentized in their rebel­ lion against Cod at the tower of Babel. is a Gentile believer can certainly say he is a spiritual son or daugh­ ter of Abraham who was born as a Gentile, too.

It is true that in this age who­ ever accepts Christ enters into a special relationship, adopted into God's family. Certainly, however, in salvation we do not change na­ tionalities. We do not become a part of the nation, strictly speaking which is properly referred to in Scripture as Cod's "Chosen Peo­ ple." One who is a Jew has des­ cended not only from Abraham but also through Isaac, Jacob and ac­ tually Judah. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness and he received this blessing. One who Page 10

There is another difference be­ tween the terms "Jew" and "Israel­ ite." At one time the latter word was used to refer to both parts of the nation, north and south, until the time of the division of the king­ dom. The two tribes remaining loyal in the south to the line of David were separated from those of the other ten tribes who went into idolatry and bondage earlier. All of these terms can have at one time a very narrow meaning, while at other times a very broad repre­ sentation.

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