Israel Moments | They are NOT All Israel which are of Israel

Israel Moment #45 - They are NOT All Israel which are of Israel
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Hello this is Pastor Steven Anderson from Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona. Today I want to talk about Galatians chapter 6, verses 15 and 16, where the Bible reads "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God." And I want to draw attention to that phrase, "the Israel of God'. Let's look at Romans chapter 9, verse 6 through 8, to see what God meant by that. It says "Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed." Notice in verse 6 He said "they are not all Israel which are of Israel."
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He is saying "just because they are physically descended from Israel the person, does not make them Israel in God's sight." That's why the Bible uses the term "behold, Israel AFTER THE FLESH." That's referring to the physical nation of Israel, the ethnic children of Israel. But then He contrasts that in Galatians 6 with "the Israel of God", the spiritual nation of Israel. And that spiritual nation of Israel is made up of all believers, Ephesians 2 made that crystal clear. In the very first Israel moment, I went over that. But here in Romans 9, He explains that the children of the flesh are not the children of God. It's the children of the promise that are counted for the seed, therefore they are not all Israel, which are of Israel.
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So when you look at a statement like "all Israel shall be saved", you have to ask yourself, "are we referring to the physical ethnic nation of Israel, or are we referring to the Israel of God, the spiritual nation of Israel?" Well it makes a lot more sense that it would be referring to the spiritual nation, because of course we know that the Israel of God is made up of all those who are saved, who are a new creature in Christ Jesus. Then it makes perfect sense. So the Bible says in Galatians chapter 6, "Peace be on the Israel of God." And some people will look at that and say that there are two peoples of God, "there's the physical nation of Israel, and there is the spiritual nation of Israel." But remember, the flesh profiteth nothing. It's meaningless in the New Testament to be a part of that physical nation of Israel. You've got to be a part of the spiritual nation in order to be a part of God's people. You've got to be a part of the Israel of God, NOT Israel according to the flesh.
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Main Scripture/s Galatians 6:15-16, Romans 9:6-8,
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