"For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision. No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people." Romans 2:28-29 This passage of Scripture tells me that I am a Jew.  I am a Jew not because of my birth parents, but it is because we share the same adoptive Father, Jesus Christ.  In God's great mercy and grace, I have been lovingly grafted into the vine of this amazing family of God. Romans 11:17 tells us,  "But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree—some of the people of Israel—have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich no