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Background on
Good evening Church...
Please turn your Bibles to Romans chapter 9
Today we will be covering one of the most controversial chapters in all of Scripture
As we saw at the end of chapter 8, predestination, election, foreknowledge where all covered
Chapter 9 goes even more deeper, with one shocking truth after another
This chapter has cha
This is a chapter that the natural man, our flesh, struggles to ubderstand
We have to remember, we can’t lean on our own understandings...
Our theology has to be based on the clear teachings as made in the Word of God
Opening Prayer
Before we dive into the text...Please join me one more time in prayer before we start
Text Reading:
Verse 1: I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying
This is an indication that Paul is about to speak a really hard truth
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This is similar to when Jesus said, “Truly, Truly...”
So, we really need to pay attention
Verse 1: My conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
Paul is indicating that the Holy Spirit is leading him in this truth he is about to speak
Verse 2: I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
Paul is filled with a great burden...
A great sorrow and great grief
His heart is greatly troubled by the reality he is about to proclaim
Verse 3: I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
Paul is morning his fellow Jewish brethren that have rejected Jesus
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He is even willing to trade his place with those Jews if it would bring them to right standing with God
This in a lot of ways is similar to Moses’s prayer in
To be hypothetically willing, if it were possible....
To suffer God’s curse for others is a strong statement of love...
R. C. Sproul, ed., The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version (2015 Edition) (Orlando, FL: Reformation Trust, 2015), 1995.
Neither Moses nor Paul could in fact endure divine judgment on others’ behalf...
Because they themselves were sinners...
Only Jesus could rescue others from The Father’s wrath by enduring that curse on the “tree”
What causes you great sorrow and grief on your life?
Does the separation of other from Christ have any effect on us?
Do we morn for those that are not in Chirst like Paul?
Does the rejection of Christ by the people we know or associate with...
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Drive us to the point of wanting to trade places with them?
If this is not our current feelings, then why not?
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Could it be we are too focused on ourselves and not on others?
Is it a question of a lack of assurance in our salvation or...
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Have we simply never been regenerated?
Questions or Comments?
Text Reading:
Verse 6: But it is not as though the word of God has failed
Do not assume that just because some are separated for Christ...
That the the promises of God have failed in any way
The God’s promises never return void
Even though many Jews have failed to believe...
God’s promise to them has not failed...
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2173.
For there was never a promise that every Jewish person would be saved
God chose who would inherit it His promises
R. C. Sproul, ed., The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version (2015 Edition) (Orlando, FL: Reformation Trust, 2015), 1996.
Verse 6: For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
Not all the physical descendants of Abraham are true heirs of the promise
We see this in earlier in the letter in
John F. MacArthur Jr., The MacArthur Study Bible: New American Standard Bible.
(Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2006), .
Verse 7: Nor are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants
It was never the case that all the physical children of Abraham were truly part of the people of God
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2173.
Verse 7: but “THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED”
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
teaches that the line of promise is traced through Isaac, not Ishmael
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2173.
Verse 8: It is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
Paul is thinking of salvation like he explained earlier in , and hence he is not thinking merely of physical blessings given to Israel
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2173.
“Children of the flesh” is in reference to Abraham’s other children by Hagar and Keturah...
Who were not chosen to receive the national promises made to him
So likewise not all of those who are true children of Abraham through Isaac...
Are the true spiritual people of God and enjoy the promises made to Abraham’s spiritual children
In other words...
John F. MacArthur Jr., The MacArthur Study Bible: New American Standard Bible.
(Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2006), .
The biblical narrative of Abraham shows that not all biological descendants of the patriarch...
Are chosen by God for His covenant favor
R. C. Sproul, ed., The Reformation Study Bible: English Standard Version (2015 Edition) (Orlando, FL: Reformation Trust, 2015), 1996.
Verses 9-10: For this is the word of promise: “AT THIS TIME I WILL COME, AND SARAH SHALL HAVE A SON.”
And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
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Verse 10: And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
The promise that was made to Sarah in , was not given to Hagar...
Even the birth of Esau and Jacob is further evidence...
That God did not promise that every person of Jewish descent would be saved...
For they had the same father and mother and were even twins, and yet God chose Jacob and not Esau
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