INTRODUCTION

Every true and honest Bible student readily confesses that the Bible identifies the Jewish people as the people of God. Unfortunately, the Jews repeatedly provoked the Lord to jealousy. In judgment for their indiscretions, the Lord promised to move the Jewish people to jealousy as He showed His favour unto a people “which are not a people.”  According to the apostle Paul, this was fulfilled when the Lord turned to the Gentiles offering them salvation through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 10:19But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
See All...; Romans 11:11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
See All...). This jealousy was not to be permanent. One day the Lord will again turn back to the Jewish people after the Rapture of the church.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): God has always loved His chosen people and always will (1 Chronicles 17:21-22 [21] And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? [22] For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
  See All...). The Jews did not recognize Jesus as their Messiah and continued following the Law. Before he got saved, Paul felt the same way (Acts 26:9-11 [9] I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. [10] Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. [11] And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
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• (For everyone): How did the Jewish people respond when the apostles began to preach Jesus Christ to the Gentiles? How could things have been different for the Jewish people?
• How should we respond to the Jewish people? Should we despise them for rejecting Jesus Christ? Or should we preach the gospel to them in hopes that they will repent and trust Christ?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to give you a heart for the Jewish people.
• Thank the Lord for giving you an opportunity to be saved.

HYMN

ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS’ NAME

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