Paul clearly is turning his focus to the Jew, the visible child of God, the member of the covenant community. In Paul’s discussion in Romans 1:19-32 of the necessity of the Gospel, the most natural question was this: While the Gentile could never save themselves from God’s wrath on account of their immoral living, what about the Jew-, the member of the visible people of God? They have been the recipients of God’s special favor (Romans 2:4). They have been the caretakers of God’s Word (Romans 2:20). They alone have been given the promise that “God would be their God and they would be His people” (Genesis 17:7-8; Matthew 1:21, 23). For two thousand years they have been a guide to the spiritually blind (Romans 2:19). After all they’ve done, certainly they aren’t the recipients of God’s wrath... Are They?
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