<html><head></head><body><div><div><div>Romans 9;6-8<div><br></div><div><b>6. &nbsp;But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel&nbsp;belong to Israel,</b></div><div><b>7. &nbsp;and not all are&nbsp;children of Abraham&nbsp;because they are his descendants; but “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”</b></div><div><b>8. &nbsp;This means that it is not the children of the flesh, who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.<br></b><br>When we are <i>“born anew” </i>(John 3;3), born of the water and the Spirit, Abraham becomes our father and we become children of God, children of the Promise. &nbsp;All true Believers are the true Israel, we are the true Jews so to speak.</div><div><br></div><div>Just as God through Abraham, Isaac,&nbsp;Jacob (Israel), and their line of descent through King David, were chosen by God to bring forth the Messiah into this world; so too are we.</div><div><br></div><div>Our calling in Christ is to bring forth Christ to this world,&nbsp;by living the Gospel out in our own daily lives.</div><div>This is what the&nbsp;<i>“children of God” </i>did, AND this is what we children of God do.</div><div><br></div><div>I love the Christmas Carol, ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ LSB, #361, st.4:</div><div><br></div><div>4. &nbsp;O holy Child of Bethlehem, <u>Descend</u>&nbsp;to us we pray,&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Cast out our sin, and enter in, <u>Be born in us today,</u></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;We hear the Christmas angels <u>The great glad tidings tell,</u></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Immanuel!</div><div><br></div><div>When we read, <i>“descend to us”</i>&nbsp;this is a play on words…it means both, ‘come down to us from heaven’,</div><div>But it also means, ‘let us display&nbsp;the spiritual DNA of the true Israel to this world, let Christ come forth from us.’</div><div><br></div><div>We must never be content to have Christ come and forgive us only, but if we are true children of God, Christ must be allowed to come through us into this world. &nbsp;The line of descent must keep giving birth so that all the true Israel may be gathered in. &nbsp;If we fail to recognize how God desires to use us, we forfeit our place in the family, the woman’s seed is still being brought forth&nbsp;from the womb of the Church, the Baptismal fount.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Heavenly Father, we praise You that You have made us Your own dear children. &nbsp;Bless us to recognize Your Spirit within us yearning to be fruitful. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric/Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a Day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we, broken-hearted, contrite, forgiven, believing children, ARE the true Israel,&nbsp;His.</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>

Romans 9;6-8
6.  But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,7.  and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”8.  This means that it is not the children of the flesh, who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.

When we are “born anew” (John 3;3), born of the water and the Spirit, Abraham becomes our father and we become children of God, children of the Promise.  All true Believers are the true Israel, we are the true Jews so to speak.
Just as God through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel), and their line of descent through King David, were chosen by God to bring forth the Messiah into this world; so too are we.
Our calling in Christ is to bring forth Christ to this world, by living the Gospel out in our own daily lives.This is what the “children of God” did, AND this is what we children of God do.
I love the Christmas Carol, ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ LSB, #361, st.4:
4.  O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us we pray,      Cast out our sin, and enter in, Be born in us today,     We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell,     O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Immanuel!
When we read, “descend to us” this is a play on words…it means both, ‘come down to us from heaven’,But it also means, ‘let us display the spiritual DNA of the true Israel to this world, let Christ come forth from us.’
We must never be content to have Christ come and forgive us only, but if we are true children of God, Christ must be allowed to come through us into this world.  The line of descent must keep giving birth so that all the true Israel may be gathered in.  If we fail to recognize how God desires to use us, we forfeit our place in the family, the woman’s seed is still being brought forth from the womb of the Church, the Baptismal fount.
Prayer:  Merciful Heavenly Father, we praise You that You have made us Your own dear children.  Bless us to recognize Your Spirit within us yearning to be fruitful.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/Eric/Grandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a Day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we, broken-hearted, contrite, forgiven, believing children, ARE the true Israel, His.  

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