In chapter 1 verse 16. Paul makes this statement, 'I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.' Here again, we are reminded of the priority of the nation Israel. The Gospel, which is God's power for salvation, comes first to the nation Israel and then it is offered to all mankind.
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“ Great Sermon! on Israel's Standing with God ” Gil had a great sermon today (Nov. 1, 2010) for the introduction of Chap. 9 of Romans. I wondered how it compared to this sermon that he preached two decades before. I was very pleasantly unsurprised in the similarities! Gil, like other good expositional preachers, uses the historical, grammatical, literal method of Biblical interpretation, listen to:
"Principles of Bible Interpretation"
http://www.sermonaudio.com/ser moninfo.asp?SID=92206122515
So, I'm pleased and not surprised that the major points of the sermons were the same. If the same verses were covered by any pastor who practices a coherent and accurate biblical interpretation either if he were just down the street from IHCC or on the other side of the world the sermons would have sound remarkably similar because that is what God would want.
So, give both sermons a hearing, and you will find out that God does have a plan for Israel and He will neither abandon the nation Israel nor Christians, if He abandons one He can just as easily abandon the other.
In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
