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and that the Gentiles might glorify God for <\/strong>His<\/em><\/strong><\/span> mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, and sing to Your name.”<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n All Christians are members of the same body.<\/p>\n The Greek word translated \u201cGentiles<\/span>\u201d is ethnos<\/em><\/span>, which refers to \u201ca group of people belonging together and living together.\u201d In classical Greek this word is also used in reference to a flock of sheep or a swarm of bees. In New Testament Greek (Koin\u0113 Greek), however, it generally refers to a race of people and is often translated as \u201cnation.\u201d When used by Jews it almost always refers to the all people who are not Jewish, thus the term \u201cGentile.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cConfess<\/span>\u201d is from exomologe\u014d<\/em><\/span>, which is made up of ek<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cout\u201d but used here as an intensifier and homologe\u014d<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cto have the same mind about something.\u201d Homologe<\/em>\u014d <\/span>is usually translated \u201cconfess.\u201d Thus, exomologe\u014d<\/em><\/span> means \u201cto express complete agreement\u201d or \u201cto profess.\u201d<\/p>\n Whereas the Jews received the fulfillment of their promises in the incarnation of Jesus Christ and His death on the Cross (see previous verse), we Gentile believers did not have those promises made to us. We have been brought to God through Jesus Christ, not because He was promised to us but because of His mercy in forgiving our sins through the blood of the spotless Lamb of God. As a result of that mercy, we Gentile believers now glorify God. Before we received this mercy, we were unable to glorify God because we did not know Him. But because of His mercy, and through His grace, we are now also partakers of the intimate fellowship with Almighty God, which results in our own proclamation of glory and praise to God.<\/p>\n At this point Paul quotes a passage from the Psalms:<\/p>\n Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name. <\/span>(Psalms 18:49<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n In the Psalms the praises of God come among the Gentiles as well as among the Jews; hence, the Jewish converts in the church in Rome should not look down upon the Gentile converts because God has included both in His family and has made both part of His body and His bride. Paul expresses it this way in his letter to the Ephesians,<\/p>\n But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is<\/span>,<\/em> the law of commandments contained<\/em> <\/span>in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from<\/em> <\/span>the two, thus<\/em> <\/span>making peace,<\/span> (Ephesians 2:13-15<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n So if God has made the Jewish believers and the Gentile believers one through the blood of Christ, then we should accept each other as fellow heirs and not be concerned that we celebrate this marvelous salvation in different manners.<\/p>\n There is no room for racism or ethnic discrimination among Christians. We are all nothing more than sinners saved by grace, and we are all part of the body of Christ.<\/p>\n In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\nTruth to Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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