Bill,

I was well pleased to see that post.

As in all earlier letters and conversation, I do tremble at the those scriptures laid out in the order that they were.

I have a few questions:

Did not the unbelieving Jews, reject and fight against the gospel, as did Saul before he met Jesus on the road to Damascus?

And in so doing, did they not bring that judgment upon themselves:

Acts 13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

  46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

So that they were thus, then, not going to be saved?

However, was not the gospel then turned to the Gentiles, who had been worshipping false gods?

Were not those Gentiles, who believed the gospel, then saved?

They were not saved because they had attained God's righteousness, from their own works, as neither were the Jews able to do so, were they?

They were not worthy to be saved, because of who they were, correct?

Any worth, was it not of the LORD, he chose them, he loved them, he made them righteous who believed the gospel?

II Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.