Israel Moments | The Jews Are Our Enemies

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Israel Moment #12 - The Jews Are Our Enemies
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Hello this is Pastor Steven Anderson from Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. A lot of those that believe that the Jews are still God’s chosen people or that the physical nation of Israel over in the Middle East represents God’s people, they will take you to Romans chapter 11 to try to prove that. And one of the verses that they will use is verse 28, where the Bible reads “As concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes, but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father’s sakes, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” And they will say “see right there, according to that, they are still God’s chosen people.” But let’s look at that a little more carefully. If these people are the people of God, then why would God call them our enemies? Notice the first thing he says there in verse 28. “As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes.”
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Now people will tell you today, “Oh, the Jews are our friends. The Jews are our allies, we are Judeo-Christian, Israel is a great ally.” But hold on a second, what does the Bible say? The Bible says in verse 28, “As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes. So if I said today, well “the Jews are my enemies”... people would freak out today! But isn’t that what the Bible Just said in Romans 11:28? But listen to the rest of the verse. It says “But as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father’s sakes.” Now what does it mean to be “beloved”? Just take the “be” off the beginning, it means to “be loved”! That’s what beloved means; it means “to be loved”. So, are the Jews today, are the children of Israel today loved? Are they beloved? Yes they are, of course.
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Now, I love the Jews today. I love the children of Israel today. God loves the children, they are beloved of God. But wait a minute. Does that make them God’s people? No it doesn’t. Does that mean they are not our enemies? No it doesn’t. See the Bible is real clear here. They are enemies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s far from being God’s people, or a holy nation, or God’s chosen people. No, he said they are enemies of the gospel of Jesus Christ. But, they are beloved for the Father’s sake. So here is my attitude toward the Jews today. I love them, but I consider them enemies of the Gospel. I love them, but they’re an enemy. You say “well that doesn’t make any sense!” Well doesn’t the Bible say “love your enemies”? Jesus said “love your enemies”. He says the Jews are enemies of the gospel but we should still love them, we shouldn’t hate Jews, but we shouldn’t lie and say that they are God’s chosen people when they are not.
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So again, people are just looking for this verse, and they are just taking the part that they want to see. “Oh, they’re beloved for the Father’s sakes”. No-one is arguing with that. We all know that God loves them. God wants them saved. You know, Jesus loves the little children of the world, but that doesn’t make them God’s chosen people. And that doesn’t make the nation of Israel the people of God.
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Main Scripture/s Romans 11:28
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