Romans 9:30-33 & 1 peter 2:8-11

Romans 9:30-33
Isreal’s unbelief
What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s standards, they were made right with God. And it was by faith that this took place. 31 But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded. 32 [...]

2 kings 4:1-7

1 One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”
2 “What can I do to help you?” [...]

Romans 9:25-33

verse 30 starts off a new section titled, “Isreal’s disbelief”.  I like how it has the no brainer verse in 31-32.  31 But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded. 32 Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by [...]

Romans 9:4-24

This is a pretty nice little tid-bit.  there is alot to take out of this scripture.  i have been reading little bits of this for a week or so, and the little bits  make no sense, but when i stepped back and looked at the whole picture i finally get what he is saying with [...]