God of the Jews and Gentiles Romans 3:29

Paul the apostle told the people in Rome, God set forth Jesus, “to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believes in Jesus”, and he asked, Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No: but by the law of faith.” He continued by concluding, “that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law”, and in chapter three and verse twenty-nine of Romans, Paul asked whether he is “the God of the Jews...and of the Gentiles?” where we read:

Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

The verse begins, “Is he the God of the Jews only?” Paul began with the words, “is he the God” which means “Is God the Godhead and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “of the Jews” or “people who belong to the Jewish nation as respects to birth, origin and religion” “only” which means “solely and alone”? Paul rhetorically asked whether “God” was “the God” of the people belonging to the Jewish nation only.

The verse continues, “is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:” Paul added the words, “is he not also” or “is God not, by no means and not at all” “of the Gentiles” which means “of the multitude associated, living together, of the same nature or genus who are heathen or foreign to the Jewish nation”? “Yes” or “verily, truly, assuredly and even so”, “of the Gentiles” which refers to “the multitude associated, living together, of the same nature or genus who are heathen or foreign to the Jewish nation” “also” or “even so and indeed”. Paul declared “God” to the “the God of the Gentiles” as well as the “God of the Jews”.

When we meditate upon these words of Paul, we see how God made Himself available to all people regardless of whether they are “Jews or Gentiles”. Everyone may receive “salvation” through God's Son Jesus Christ for the “forgiveness” of “sins”, and since He is available to all, let everyone who reads these words know they have ample opportunity to receive Him as their “Savior and Lord”.

Next time Paul tells the people in Rome,“it it one God” who “shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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