Did You Know That All Who Worship Christ Become Adopted?

To Find Out How This Is Accomplished, See Below

Minister Paul J Bern
5 min readFeb 9, 2024

(Romans chapter 9, verses 1 -13)

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In today’s study we will be tackling part 1 of Romans chapter 9. This chapter is a little bit more lengthy than some, and so I will break it up into 2 halves for the sake of brevity. As we begin part one today, the apostle Paul is still elaborating on what we now call the end of chapter eight. “We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us”, wrote Paul at the close of last week’s study. This means all believers and Christ followers are formidable powerhouses in their spirits, with unbreakable willpower, and with inner strength of body, mind and spirit unachievable by human means. Today we will continue to examine these Scriptures verse by verse in order to better our understanding (mine included, since I learn something new every time I write or read another one of these studies). So let’s get started at verse one, shall we?

This Week’s Bible Verses for Study and Memorization

I speak the truth in Christ — I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit — I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoptions as sons; theirs

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Minister Paul J Bern

Rev. Paul J. Bern is a Web pastor and blogger on The Social Gospel Blog on Medium and Substack. Longtime Atlanta Ga. resident; stroke survivor; piano player