READ Romans 9 COMMENTARY: : 3        For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. (331 “accursed” [anathema] means an oath, solemn, a votive offering, anything devoted to destruction, anything devoted to evil, or excommunicated.) DEVOTION:  Paul loved his fellow Jew. He loved them so much that if it was possible he would rather be sent to hell for eternity, so that, all his fellow Jews would become followers of Jesus Christ. We know that this was impossible because every individual has to make a personal decision to follow Jesus Christ. It is not a group decision it is an individual decision. We find that only a remnant of Israel is going to be saved because of their personal choice. Many of them thought because they were descendants of Abraham they…