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

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

continues his message, Paul's knowledge of scripture as we pick up in Romans chapter 15 verse 8.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God

to confirm the promises made to the fathers. In other words, he came to the Jews because God

had made the promise to the fathers that he would send the Savior

unto them, the seat of David, the seat of Abraham. And so he came to minister unto those whom God

had made the promise

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for this cause

or as it is written.

And I love Paul.

He makes a statement and then he begins to back it up with scripture.

And when you can back up your statements with scripture, three or four references,

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