ADDRESSES ON ROMANS
Department. And there we train young men and women to take the Gospel to the Jewish people. "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!' ' Would you like to have beautiful feet, my Christian friend? Most people would; they go to shoe shops and try to get their feet into shoes much too small for them, all because they desire beautiful feet. Well. here is a way to have beautiful feet in God's sight. "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good ~hings" '.":"'\ "to the Jew first, and also to the Greek" (Rom. 9:15; 1:16) . ) Let me say again that if we ever expect to win the Jew, we must love him. When we think of the persecution he has suffered in the name of Christianity, it is no wonder he has long hated the name we bear. But no real Christian will ever hate one of God's chosen people. Let us remember that! Again, if we expect to win the Jew, we must know our Bibles. We must be able, like Paul. to use the Jewish Scrip~ tures to point him to the Messiah of Israel and the Saviour of the world. Such chapters as the fifty~third of Isaiah and the twenty~second Psalm are convincing portraits of our suffering Saviour and risen Lord. And as we pray, the Holy Spirit will drive the message home. Some day we shall be walking the streets of glory. I trust that then we shall meet some Jews whom we have led to Christ. I imagine many of us will meet Gentiles whom we have led to the Lord, but I want to lead at least a few of the Jews to my Saviour. Don't you? A WARNING AND AN EXHORTATION TO ISRAEL 10:16~21 In verses 16~2 l Paul turns from the Christians. whose business it is to take the Gospel to the Jews, and addresses those Israelites who are under the sound of the Gospel. He issues a note of warning to them, telling them that Isaiah and Page 200)
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