The relationship between Christians and Jews over the centuries has been a turbulent one. It was in a Jewish culture that Jesus came and lived and if you read the accounts in the Gospels and Acts, you cannot miss the antagonism between the Jewish leaders and Jesus and also the early Christians. 

On the one hand, over the centuries, Christians have committed some abhorrent crimes against the Jews, who they blame for killing Jesus. 

On the other hand, some of the most vocal supporters of the Jewish people and of the nation of Israel are Christians. 

But the Jews are God's special people, and God promised Abraham, right at the start that He will bless those who bless Israel, and those who curse Israel He will curse (cf. Genesis 12:3). We cannot simply dismiss the Jews or their relationship with God out of hand. How they fit into God's plan of salvation is something which Paul is going to unpick in the chapters 9-11.

This morning, we start our consideration of what Paul says ...

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