Romans 2:28-29
2:28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,
2:29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart
by the Spirit
and not by the written code.
This person’s
praise is not from people but from God.
Romans 9:4-7
9:4 who are Israelites. To them belong
the adoption as sons,
the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship,
and the promises.
9:5 To them belong the patriarchs,
and from them,
by human descent,
came the Christ,
who is God over all, blessed forever!
Amen.
9:6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
9:7 nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”
Psalms 135:4
135:4 Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel to be his special possession.
Isaiah 48:1-2
The Lord Appeals to the Exiles
48:1 Listen to this, O family of Jacob,
you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’
and are descended from Judah,
who take oaths in the name of the Lord,
and invoke the God of Israel –
but not in an honest and just manner.
48:2 Indeed, they live in the holy city;
they trust in the God of Israel,
whose name is the Lord who commands armies.
Matthew 3:9
3:9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Matthew 8:11-12
8:11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
in the kingdom of heaven,
8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
John 8:33
8:33 “We are descendants
of Abraham,” they replied,
“and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say,
‘You will become free’?”
John 8:2
8:2 Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach
them.
Colossians 1:22
1:22 but now he has reconciled you
by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –
Galatians 2:15
Jews and Gentiles are Justified by Faith
2:15 We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
Ephesians 2:11
New Life Corporately
2:11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh – who are called “uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the body by human hands –
Philippians 3:3-7
3:3 For we are the circumcision,
the ones who worship by the Spirit of God,
exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
3:4 – though mine too are significant.
If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials,
I have more:
3:5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.
3:6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
3:7 But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.
Revelation 2:9
2:9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering
and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know
the slander against you
by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue
of Satan.
Revelation 3:1
To the Church in Sardis
3:1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following:
“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation that you are alive, but in reality you are dead.
Revelation 3:9
3:9 Listen!
I am going to make those people from the synagogue
of Satan – who say they are Jews yet
are not, but are lying – Look, I will make
them come and bow down
at your feet and acknowledge
that I have loved you.