The dispensation of God’s gospel of grace to the Gentiles through Paul.

Rom 1:1-2:16 Was Addressed all Christians in Rome

Rom 2:17-8:39 Was addressed to the Christian Jews concerning the Gentile Christians

Rom 9:1-11:36 Was addressed to Christian Gentiles concerning Christian Jews and the nation of Israel

Rom 12:1-16

Eph 3:2-6; 8 (6) Mystery: That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ and the unsearchable riches of Christ.

·       Rom 3:9 The Jews are no better than the Gentiles.

·       Rom 3:22-29 The Justifier of all who believe in Christ

·       Rom 10:12 ¶ For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

·       Rom 12:3 The  one body in Christ

Ø    Eph 3:9 The fellowship of the mystery

Ø    1Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Ø    Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Ø    1Co 12:25 That there should be no schism (breach of unity)in the body

Ø    Rom 12:1-16:27 Addresses how to avoid a schism. [Rom 14:1,19; 15:1-2,7; 1Cor 23]  

Eph 2:13-17 Through this gospel of grace God breaks down the wall of partition between Himself and all who are in Christ.

Note: Eph 2:17

Them that were afar off: the: Gentiles

Them that are nign: the Jews

·       The gospel of grace also breaks down the division between Jews and the Gentiles who are in Christ

How hard it must have been for the Jews to accept the fact that The LORD God Almighty, the Maker and Redeemer of Israel would declare that the “unclean” Gentiles (Heathen) are their fellowheirs of the unsearchable riches in Christ.

It had to be equally hard for the Gentiles to except the same concept concerning the Jews. In chapters 9-11 of Romans Paul is writing directly to Christian Gentiles in Rome concerning the Jews. The belief within the early churches that God was done with the Jews was had to be stopped.

Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

·       The Christian Gentiles should not think to highly of themselves as being above the Jews of the nation of Israelof them selves to

·       Ro 10:1, 11:1 Christian Gentiles should thank Israel that the gospel of God’s grace has come so freely to them.

Ø    So some of the Jews might be saved

2Pet 3:15-16 some things Paul wrote about were hard to be understood

·       Those who unlearned and unstable wrest or pervert the teaching of Paul and other scriptures unto their own destruction

·       Could it be they fought the concept of Christ as their savior, they could not accept the Gentiles could be equal to hem in Christ

2Peter 3:16 Peter’s epistles were written to Christian Jews who were scattered. Peter was concerned that the wicked would cause them to doubt what they had been taught believed and be dragged back under the yoke of the law.  

·       2Cor 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ