Deep Compassion For My Kinsmen

This morning we return to the book of Romans and pick up where we left off
in previous studies of chapters 6-8. Chapter 9 follows and flows from what
Paul said in the earlier chapters of his letter, but particularly chapter 8
where he described wonderful truth that applies to everyone who is “in
Christ” (8:1), who are “in the Spirit” (8:9), who are “sons of God” (8:12-23),
who are helped in prayer by the Holy Spirit (8:26-28), and are secure “in
Christ” (8:31-39). Paul’s heart is full of gratitude unto God for these things,
but he is also in “great sorrow and unceasing grief” (9:2). Why? Because of
his own “kinsmen according to the flesh,” the Jewish people who are not
saved!