Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues

his message, not by works, as we pick up in Romans chapter 11, verse 7. And now with today's study,

here's Pastor Chuck.

It is interesting that Paul makes reference here that they were seeking it by works.

And that continues to the present day. A Jew today is seeking to be accepted by God on the basis of his good works. Yom Kippur is not a day of sacrifice.

The priest entering in with the offering before the Lord in the Holy of Holies. But Yom Kippur is a day of

reflection as you sit and you reflect upon your good works

and upon your evil works and balancing the good works against the evil.

So it is a seeking acceptance by God on the basis of works.

Paul speaks about them doing it in his day.

They are doing it to the present day,

still seeking an acceptance by God

on the basis of their works.

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