God's Will, Part 22
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Romans 9:1-3 .
1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—
2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
What is Paul’s heart for the Israelites?
Romans 9:4-5 .
4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
How should we view Israel?
What is meant by adoption (Exodus 4:22)?
22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, Israel is my firstborn son,
What is meant by “the glory” (Exodus 40:34)?
34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
What is meant by “the covenants” (Genesis 9:8-16; Exodus 24:7-8; Ezekiel 37:26)?
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,
9 “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you,
10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth.
11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
The Noahic Covenant.
7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
The Mosaic Covenant.
26 I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
The New Covenant.
What is meant by “the giving of the law” (Deuteronomy 4:1-4; 4:13-14)?
1 “And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
2 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you.
3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor.
4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today.
13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14 And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.
What is meant by “the worship” ( Exodus 25; Leviticus; Hebrews 9:1)?
1 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.
What is meant by “the promises” (Genesis 9:9-11; 12:1-3; 13:14-15; Isaiah 41:13) ?
9 “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you,
10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth.
11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
13 For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”
Who are “the patriarchs” (Hebrews 7:4; Acts 7:8; 2:29)?
4 See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Where did the Messiah (Christ) come from?
What does Paul attribute to the Messiah here?
How does God view Israel?
How should we view Israel?