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revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
[
Romans 1:16, 17
.] It is of this gospel of Christ, equally efficacious
for Jew and Gentile, that Paul in his epistle to the Romans declared he
was not ashamed.
When this gospel shall be presented in its fulness to the Jews, many
will accept Christ as the Messiah. Among Christian ministers there
are only a few who feel called upon to labor for the Jewish people; but
to those who have been often passed by, as well as to all others, the
message of mercy and hope in Christ is to come.
In the closing proclamation of the gospel, when special work is to
be done for classes of people hitherto neglected, God expects His mes-
sengers to take particular interest in the Jewish people whom they find
in all parts of the earth. As the Old Testament Scriptures are blended
with the New in an explanation of Jehovah’s eternal purpose, this will
be to many of the Jews as the dawn of a new creation, the resurrection
of the soul. As they see the Christ of the gospel dispensation portrayed
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in the pages of the Old Testament Scriptures, and perceive how clearly
the New Testament explains the Old, their slumbering faculties will be
aroused, and they will recognize Christ as the Saviour of the world.
Many will by faith receive Him as their Redeemer. To them will be
fulfilled the words, “As many as received Him, to them gave He power
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.”
[
John 1:12
.]
Among the Jews are some who, like Saul of Tarsus, are mighty
in the Scriptures, and these will proclaim with wonderful power the
immutability of the law of God. The God of Israel will bring this to
pass in our day. His arm is not shortened that it cannot save. As His
servants labor in faith for those who have long been neglected and
despised, His salvation will be revealed.
“Thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the
house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face
now wax pale. But when he seeth his children, the work of Mine
hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify My name, and sanctify
the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. They also that
erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured
shall learn doctrine.” [
Isaiah 29:22-24
.]—
The Acts of the Apostles,
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