Jews and Gentiles
Jews and Gentiles
We need to read 15:8-11. "For I say that Christ has become a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises given to the fathers, and for the nations to glorify God for His mercy, as it is written, Therefore I will confess to You among the nations and I will sing praise to Your name. And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with His people. And again, Praise the Lord, all the nations, and let all the peoples praise Him." In these verses we see that Christ is all- inclusive. Why has He become a servant of the circumcision, the Jews? He has become a ser vant of the Jews for the sake of the truth of God, to confirm the promises given to their fathers. However, verse 9 says that He is not only a ser vant for the circumcision, but "for the nations to glorify God for His mercy." For the circumci sion, the Jews, Christ is a servant for the truth of God, but for the nations He is a servant that the nations may glorify God for His mercy. Christ is all-inclusive. He is for the nations, the Gentiles, as well as for the circumcision, the Jews.
To the Jews, it is a matter of God's truth, for God has made promises to their fathers. Christ became a servant for them to confirm all the