“What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:”
Romans 9:22 KJV
Paul is writing about the Jews that in the same way, although God has every right to unleash His anger and demonstrate His power, yet He is extremely patient with those who deserve wrath—vessels prepared for destruction. Mankind deceives themselves when their knowledge of their true identity becomes blurred by the flesh. They go away and immediately forget what manner of person they are! Paul’s noble birth carried no further significance when he discovered his spirit identity revealed in Christ. The recorded history of Israel prepares the prophetic stage of God’s dealing with global mankind. Faith and not flesh would be the medium of God’s dealing with man. Flesh reduces man to the senses and the soul realm, while faith’s substance reveals mankind’s true spirit identity. Truth immersed in agapé, ignites faith. To both the Jews and the non-Jews was the gospel preached, but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Let’s get every vestige of unbelief and let’s believe the truth of God’s Word with faith because of our identity in Christ. Amen!
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