A Hunger for Lost Souls

Brothers and Sisters in the Lord:
It pained Apostle Paul that his own people, the Jews, the ones who were the first to be offered salvation, had treated their glorious and gracious salvation with contempt. He knew how Jesus cried for them. He knew they had killed the Holy One of God. He knew they had joined in a conspiracy with Rome to do so. But yet, he longed to see them return …return from trying to save themselves by works and return to salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

To begin that process of seeing them return, he showed them the grave danger they were in! What he was doing here was "like dipping the nail tip in oil so it could be driven in better. (Henry) Hear about this today.

Our headings are:

1. Sad because his brothers were lost and under God's eternal curse.
2. Sad because his brothers ignored God's Old Testament covenant blessings.
3. Sad because his brothers ignored God's New Testament covenant blessings.

Our goals are:
That you will learn to pine for the lost, pray for them, and then proclaim the message of hope to them.