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Charles Spurgeon, called the Prince of Preachers, had some strong words for those who substituted to church for Israel in the Old Testament.

It's time for the line of fire with your host, biblical scholar and cultural commentator Dr. Michael Brown.

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And now, here's your host, Dr. Michael Brown.

This is the line of fire.

This is Michael Brown.

Delighted to be with you on thoroughly Jewish Thursday.

So I've got a question, an honest question, friends.

If you are a follower of Jesus, securing your relationship with him,

securing your forgiveness of sins, secure in the relationship with him, securing your forgiveness of sins,

secure in the love of God for you. Maybe you are a Gentile believer, which be the vast

majority of the church worldwide, and you know God's love for you, you know that you are a son

or daughter of God, there's no higher calling than that why is it that

sometimes when I talk about God's purposes for Israel it makes them feel

insecure I mean Gentile Christians are well what's the God's purpose for me then

or are you you just carnal in your thing why can't it be that you can be a Gentile

follower of Jesus have equal status with me as a

Jewish follower of Jesus, just like there's no male or female, even though we're still men and

women? There's no Jew or Gentile, even though we're still Jews or Gentiles. There's no distinction

in Jesus. There's no caste system. There's no class system. We're one in him. We will be with him forever and ever and

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