There are no Jews, no Greeks, etc (people of the church)

The church was established by Jesus. We worship God because of Him. During the Roman regime Emperor Constantine established a state church because he saw a vision of Christ. From then on if anyone decided they wouldn't become a Christian they would be put to death, However this cuts the against the grain of what God wanted. And with a church like this even if there is growth, the people become robots rather than growing in Christ to understand the love of and for God. But what Christians forget is that we are no better than anyone else, whether Roman or Gentiles. (Romans 3:9) and the bible speaks to all of us..Just as Christ called to His followers (Matthew 4:20-22) He calls to me and others. And He exhorts me to forget the past and follow Him. (Matthew 8:22)

I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD

• God tells me to have no others before Him. That includes well-meaning family, church friends and family, spiritual writers, and those who by their actions are God's children. God tells me that if I choose to put these ahead of Him rather than acting as His child, His princess, His yoke then I am being disobedient and not acknowledging that He is the one true God. (Duet 32:39) God tells me that when I focus on others; will for my life, it is much like the Jews focusing on the Temple and the legalism there. (2 Chronicles 7:14)

I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD

I also like to think of God as always being there for me, even when friends and family turn against me. (Job 19:19) And so He always looks with favor and is not ashamed of me when I fail but looks at me as His. He is the one who is in control and it is He who decides what the most fitting reward (inheritance) for us is, (Ps 47:4, Ps 78:68) And we are told to choose to love our brethren, especially in the house of the Lord, for these are His children. There are times when judgment has come on me and it hasn't been pretty. (Isaiah 30:30) But when I see what a mess I have done and a On the other hand He has inflicted diseases or allowed diseases to occur with those that enjoy sinning and will not follow Him. (Gen 12:17)