Calvary Chapel San Antonio

We want to be liked, accepted. We want others to think well of us. We've been taught that we deserve to be happy. But in this verse Paul assumes we are different by virtue of our new birth…

Never take your faith for granted!  Never presume that you are superior because God is blessing for the moment.  Continuing in your faith, continuing with God's heart toward the people of God, proves who you really are…

Jews worked hard for God's favor by trying to observe the law.  Paul did so the most earnestly.  Yet he says he earned it (as one of the elect).  The difference?  Grace vs. law.  Here's what happens when we work trying to please God…

God chose Paul when he was a persecutor of Christ. If god did not reject a murderer like Paul, his reasoning is that He cannot, will not, reject Israel whom He also chose thus he concludes…