Men's Bible Study 3.22.23
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Romans 9:1-21
Romans 9:1-21
1 I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. 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.
What is your general outlook on humans in general?
How do you feel about lost people?
Paul felt great sorrow and continual grief for people in his heart
They have a history of God showing up in their lives but for a lot of them they were too stubborn to change their ways
What about verse 4-5 should have drawn the Jewish people to Christ?
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. 9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
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 about your family background helped you toward your faith in Christ?
What has hindered you?
Being good becomes the norm/Fruit becomes your normal diet you don’t
Then you think it comes automatic
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! 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. 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.
That word hardens: cause to be unyielding in resisting information
How was Pharoah given chance after chance but was unyielding to what God wanted?
How do we act the same way yet God has grace for us?
The wrath of God is giving you what you want
Jesus is kind enough to give us what we want
None of him here, none of him in eternity?
What can the story of Pharoah and Moses show us about witnessing?
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?
How important is it to find God’s will for our lives?
How do we do it?
What does that look like in your life?
What are specifics of God’s will in your life?
We were made to be vessels of honor in everything we do
How do you honor God daily?
9 Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
10 So your barns will be filled with plenty,
And your vats will overflow with new wine.
There’s covenant in honor
What’s something you’d like to be better at honoring God with?