Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-14

The merits of the Jews and Gentiles |
were dissimilar.
Text: Romans 3rd Chapter, 1st Verse. |
What advantage then hath the |
Jew, or what profit is there in circum-
cision?"
Q) We have shown that the Abra-
hamic covenant survived Pentecost (2I |
and that the old church came through |
the change of dispensations without
losing her identity (3) and that the
change of dispensations did not alter
the relation existing between the chur
ches. We assert then first there was at
the beginning of the dispensation of re-
ligion such thing known as the king
dom of Heaven and two distinct classes
of men to be taught, towit: church
members and non-church members.
Jews and Gentiles, the one called the
circumcision and the other the uncir
cumcision. To the Jews all of the
privileges of the church had been
granted but to the other they were de-
MED. The fact that the Jews had su-
perior advantage has much to do with
the discussion before us. Paul asks
What advantage hath the Jews or
what profit is there in circumcision?"
He answers the question this much ev-
cry way chiefly because that unto them
were committed the oracles of God.
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Jew had the advantage and now on this
is based the dissimilarity of the wants
of the two classes. A distinction is
seen in Romans 3rd Both Seeing it is
one God which shall justify the Cir
cumcision by faith and the uncircumci-
sion through faith. The Jew had faith,
faith cometh by hearing and the Jew
had heard all his life about coming
Christ. Before Christ came faith
looking to a coming Christ was justi-
| flying. With all the Jew had heard he
had never learned to know his Christ
by the name of Jesus of Nazareth. He
needed only to be convinced that this
Jesus was the one for whom he so long
looked and when he became thus con-
vinced that Jesus is the promised
Christ, the faitn that he had already had
centered on the proper object and he
was justified. Hence the burden of the
apostles preaching to the Jew was to
make this one point to be understood
namely that this Jesus is the Christ.
| The Jews faith reached completion on
learning to know Christ by the name OF
Jesus and he learned it for the first
time in the very first sentence of the
New Testament but it is at this point
also that the Gentiles faith began he
learns the name for the first thing.
The Jew reached the top round of the
ladder when he learned the name and
was made acquainted With the man Je-
sus But the Gentle is but beginning
to ascend the ladder when he learns the
name and is introduced to the man Je
sus or the Gentile's faith begins when
the Jews faith reached completion.
Dissimilarity is seen again in Galations
8: %. Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ
that we might be justified by faith. The
Gentiles were not brought to Christ
by the law but by the gospel. He did
not have the law; he was heathen
and the law was done away before Sal
vation was offered to him at all. Again
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ready Christ said to the Jews 81 know
that ye are Abraham's seed" the Gen.
tiles were to become such. Galations
Srd, 7th, know ye therefore that they
which are of faith the same are the
children of Abraham in verse 29th and
if ye be Christ's then are ye Abraham
seed. In Romans 4: 11-12 And he re-
ceived the sign of circumcision, seal
of the righteousness of the faith which
he had yet being uncircumcized that he
might be the father of all them that be
lieye though they be not circumcised
that righteousness might be imputed to
them also and the Father of circumci-
sion to them which are not of the cir
cumcision only but who walk in the
steps of that faith of our Father Abra-
ham which he had being yet uncircum-
cised. See Romans 8, 4-10 also Ro-
mans A: 9-24, Galauions 3: 1928, read it
The Jews were to remain the children
of Abraham, the Gentiles were to be-
come his children so the family of Alb
raham was never to be broken up
Again John 10; 16. Other sheep have
which are not of this fold them also
must bring and they shall hear my
voice and there shall be one fold and
one shepherd. Israel was always Gods
flock, there is difference between
keeping those in which are already IN
and bringing in those that never were
in Peter was keeping Jews in and
Paul's work was that of bringing in the
other sheep or Gentiles. Again the