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the Jewish people and by being the overshadow ing One, the ruler, over the nations, He brings to gether the Jews and the nations and makes them one. I believe that should be the deepest concept of the Apostle Paul in writing this portion of Romans. Christ embraces both the Jews and the Gentiles. By being the root of the Jews and the overshadowing One of the nations, Christ embraces both peoples and brings them together for one Body, for one new man, the church.

Christ is all-inclusive and all-embracing. Since Christ is such an all-embracing One, bringing together the Jews and the Gentiles, we must re ceive all different believers according to this Christ. Consider Christ who is the root of one people and is the ruler, the overshadowing One, over another people. He is all-inclusive. In re ceiving the saints, we must likewise be all- embracing, receiving people from the East, West, South, and North. Whoever they are and what ever they are, we must embrace all believers together in one Body.

If we receive the saints in this way, we shall receive the Lord's blessing with hope, joy, and peace in believing. Therefore, Paul concluded this portion of Romans with the words, "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace

in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit" (v. 13). In receiving the believers in the way as instructed in this section of Romans, we experience the God of endurance and encouragement and the God of hope. In the proper church life, we will be filled with all joy and peace with faith. In such a church life, we experience the power of the Holy Spirit, and we abound in hope. The church life means a great deal to us. We all need to get into it and live in it.

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