Romans 9
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Intro
Intro
Series - Studies On The Book Of Romans
This Part - Romans 9
Review
Review
The life of the righteous
his way of thinking
his quickened life
his hope
his security
Israel’s birthright
Israel’s birthright
Paul expresses his sorrow over Israel’s missed blessing
I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
Paul narrates Israel’s privileges
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,
4 who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
adoption as sons - they have the right to be called sons of God
glory - the glory that is to come
covenants - God established numerous covenants with them
giving of the law
service of God - worship
promises
What was Paul saying here?
Israel wasted so many things that were given to Him grace
Israel will not get to enjoy these privileges although they were first given to her.
Jesus has already declared it
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
God’s Election
God’s Election
But not everything is wasted
6 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel,
7 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”
8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
not all of Israel are true believers of God
not all Israelites are the seed Abraham
The true “seed” are not known by natural relations;
The true “seed” are the children of the promise. In other words, they are born by promise, by the word of God.
Isaac - he was promised to Abraham and Sarah
For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
Jacob - he was promised to rule over his brother
10 And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac
11 (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),
12 it was said to her, “The older shall serve the younger.”
13 As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”
What was Paul saying here?
1./ being a child of Abraham in the flesh (the Jews) does not guarantee birthright and blessing.
2./ true birthright is by election (and purpose) - because you are born with a purpose
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
A true child of God is born of the will of God
3./ true blessing is received when we respond to God’s call by faith in His promise. ( a promise is a declaration of God’s purpose from the beginning.)
Esau did not believe it
but Jacob believed it with all his being
4./ God’s love for Jacob relates to His purpose in the man’s life - not that he did not commit many mistakes!
5./ but God’s love for Esau relates to the man’s many mistakes, alone.
God’s Sovereign Will
God’s Sovereign Will
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!
Paul defends God’s righteous acts
God is exercising His sovereign will
15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
Example - God’s will over pharaoh
17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.”
18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
Paul likened God’s will to a potter’s power
the potter is sovereign in his decisions over the clay
19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”
20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
but God’s sovereign power is more complex than that of the potter
the potter’s power is straightforward
God responds to men differently
22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
with men like pharaoh, God had only to consider the man’s present action
with others, God had to consider His purpose from the beginning
What was Paul saying here?
1./ God is righteous in His exercise of His sovereign will
2./ God is exercising His sovereign will to ensure that His purpose from the beginning is accomplished.
9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’
3./ God’s calling of the Gentiles is in line with His purpose from the beginning
25 As He says also in Hosea: “I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
26 “And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.
28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
29 And as Isaiah said before: “Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”
God has already implied His plan in numerous O.T. prophecies
God’s dealing with Israel is not wasted in that there is a ‘remnant’ who gets saved.
5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Conclusion
Conclusion
How did Israel miss her salvation?
30 What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;
31 but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
33 As it is written: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
she did not pursue the word of God by faith
she focused on establishing her own righteousness
she rejected at Christ
Self-righteousness is a human effort to exalt human goodness.
Self-righteousness is a human effort to save oneself from God’s judgment.
Self-righteousness leads to rejection of Christ one’s Savior and Lord.
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