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schizophrenic. At the very least, he sees them as being in doubt and

unbelief.

This is our biggest problem in the church: we simply don’t
believe the gospel of God. We don’t believe God.

Gentiles vs. Jews

There is something else about all of this that is very interesting

that I mentioned before, but it warrants repeating. Paul says it is ‘safe

and good’ for us when things are repeated (Phil 3:1).

In Romans 2:14 Paul says, “For when the Gentiles, who do NOT

have the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, they are a

law unto themselves.” Did you see it? We Gentiles do NOT have the

law! This is a fascinating turn of events in our modern culture because

most Christian Gentiles tend to live by the law.

Paul, during the first century church, battled with those who

preached the Old Covenant law after the cross of Christ. This

included contention with the other apostles: Peter, James and John

(see Galatians 2). But he was careful not to allow the law to influence

the Gentiles — those who were not born Jews. It is even said they
divided their approach to ministry: Paul was sent to the Gentiles

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