Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THE WORD”

Romans 1:16 — “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

God elected ethnic Jews to give His Word and His Law first. The gospel itself came to the Jew first. This was not because of their works, their devotion, or their national strength. It was because of divine election. The word elect—ekloge—means divine choosing. God chose them according to His purpose.

He chose them to be the people through whom the Messiah would come into the world. The Savior of the world came through Israel. That reality alone demonstrates that God cannot cast away a people He foreknew to be His.

Salvation has never rested in ethnic roots or heritage. No person is saved because of bloodline. Salvation is by grace through faith. That has always been true—both for Jews and for Gentiles. The same gospel that came to the Jew first now goes also to the Greek.

God is no more finished with Israel than He is finished saving every Gentile who is yet to believe. His preserving grace continues according to His sovereign will.

Call to Action
Give thanks that salvation rests in God’s choosing grace and not in heritage or effort. Rest in the gospel that saves by faith alone.