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The Book of Romans

If there is any book in the New Testament that proves who the Gentiles really are, it is the
book of Romans. When you study this book, it sure seems like Paul is addressing a group of fel-
low Israelites! Starting in Romans 1:13, we find that Paul called the Romans Gentiles -- "Now I
do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered un-
til now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among THE OTHER GENTILES."
Since Paul refers to "other Gentiles," that would make the Roman Church Gentile also.

Moving now to Roman 2:14-15, Paul states that the Gentiles do BY NATURE the things
contained in the law, and that they were showing the works of the law "written in their hearts" :
"For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, BY NATURE do the things contained in the law,
these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law WRIT-
TEN IN THEIR HEARTS, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their
thoughts accusing or else excusing them." This passage also states that their CONSCIENCE was
bearing witness of this fact. WHO were these Gentiles?

In whom did YEHOVAH write the law in their hearts? According to Jeremiah 31:31 and
Hebrews 8:8 and 10, it was the House of Israel and the House of Judah! Notice these verses:

Jeremiah 31:31: "Behold, the days are coming, says YEHOVAH, when I will make a
new covenant with the HOUSE OF ISRAEL and with the house of Judah --"

Hebrews 8:8: "Because finding fault with them, He says: 'Behold, the days are coming,
says YEHOVAH, when I will make a NEW COVENANT with the HOUSE OF ISRAEL
and with the house of Judah --"

Hebrews 8:10: "For this is the COVENANT that I will make with the HOUSE OF
ISRAEL after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them
on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

Did you notice what YEHOVAH said in verse 10? "I will be their God, and they shall be
My people." This statement could only apply to a "people" called ISRAEL, since these were the
"people" that the covenants were made with and belonged to. Did you also notice that the new
covenant was made to BOTH the Houses of Israel AND Judah? These verses alone should prove
who the Gentiles are!

Now look at Romans 4:1 -- where Paul refers to Abraham OUR father "as pertaining to the
flesh": "What shall we say then that Abraham OUR father, AS PERTAINING TO THE FLESH,
hath found?" (KJV). What does this statement mean? The phrase "as pertaining to the flesh" could
only mean that Abraham was a REAL FLESH AND BLOOD BIOLOGICAL FATHER TO THE RO-
MAN "GENTILES"! Paul stated "Abraham OUR Father" when writing to the Romans, so the book
of Romans is clearly addressed to the Roman descendants of Abraham -- the Latini!

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