{"id":1890,"date":"2010-07-22T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T02:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2010-07-22T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T02:05:09","slug":"romans-92-continual-heartache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/romans-92-continual-heartache\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 9:2 \u2013 Continual Heartache"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romans 9:2 <\/strong>– Continual Heartache<\/span><\/h2>\n

that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Paul had deep seated and continual emotional pain because of his unbelieving brothers in the flesh (Jews).<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The word translated \u201csorrow<\/span>\u201d is lup\u0113<\/em><\/span>, which means \u201csadness, grief, heaviness, or sorrow.\u201d But this is not just common sorrow, Paul says it is megas<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cgreat or large.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGrief<\/span>\u201d is translated from odun\u0113<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cgrief, pain, or distress.\u201d And he says that this grief is adialeiptos<\/span><\/em>. This word is made up of a<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cnot\u201d and a form of dialeip\u014d<\/span><\/em>, meaning \u201cto leave spaces,\u201d that is \u201cto be intermittent.\u201d Hence, we can see that Paul has unceasing or continual grief in his heart. Now this doesn\u2019t mean that every waking moment of Paul\u2019s life is filled with sorrow; it means that it is a constantly recurring event for him.<\/p>\n

The word \u201cheart<\/span>\u201d is from the Greek word kardia <\/span><\/em>(from which we get our English word cardiac). It refers to the seat and center of human emotion and life.<\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

We saw in the previous verse that Paul is declaring an oath to the Jews. The current verse is the content of that oath. The thing he is swearing an oath about is his continual sorrow and great grief. He will tell us in the next verse that this great grief and unceasing sorrow are for his kinsmen in the flesh, that is, Jews. He will also say in the opening of the next chapter that his heart\u2019s desire and prayer for Israel is that they be saved. Paul is saying that he cannot shake this feeling of grief and sorrow whenever he thinks about the lost condition of many, many Jews. After all, they are the ones that God separated out and who received the books of Moses and the Prophets. God has given special attention to them and special revelation of Himself to them as well.<\/p>\n

But, alas, Paul knows that many of them are lost because they are relying on satisfying a set of legal requirements to be saved. Paul has spent a great deal of time and effort in the earlier chapters of this letter explaining that obeying the rules will not produce righteousness. Only the grace of God through faith in the Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ) will produce the righteousness they seek.<\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Now, let me ask you, are you relying on obedience to a set of rules or on certain church doctrines to save you? Are you depending on your baptism or your membership in the church to save you? If you are, you have missed the whole point of what Paul has been teaching in this letter to the Roman Christians. Paul will tell us in the next chapter \u201cthat if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.<\/span>\u201d We will get into exactly what this means when we come to that verse. For now, my message to you is not to depend on your church or your behavior to save you because they will fail you. Instead, fall on your knees confessing your inability to save yourself, believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for your sins, and confess Jesus the Christ, the Messiah, as your Savior and your Lord (Master).<\/p>\n

Only then will you be saved and know that you have been chosen. Then, get off your knees and praise God for His mercy and His grace, for He is worthy!<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2010 Will Krause. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

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