Guest Speaker - Dr. Jeff Cranston

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsman according to the flesh…

Romans 9:1-2 

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

Psalm 119:136

Rivers of tears gush from my eyes because people disobey your instructions.

Jeremiah 9:1

If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for all my people…

Luke 19:41

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it…

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh…

1 John 3:5

…He appeared in order to take away sins…

Romans 9:4

…who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises…

1 Corinthians 11:25

This cup is the new covenant between God and his people – an agreement confirmed with my blood.

Romans 9:5

…whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

My conscience needs to operate in submission and subjection to the Holy Spirit.

Question: Am I willing to share God’s heart for my people?