Romans 11:25-36

Sermon

Romans 11:25–36 ESV

25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”; 27 “and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.” 28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy. 32 For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all. 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

Paul says this is a mystery. We will get to that later.

We are continuing to look at what happen to God’s chosen people, Israel, and why in the world they had this falling out with God.

God supposively all of a sudden moved on from them to the Gentiles.

Walk through the text

v25b

Partial hardening

What does this mean?

Usually involves the actions of God to harden, but also prior disobedience to God. God historically doesnt harden hearts of those seeking Him

Where have we heard this before?

Pharoah

Is God justified in hardening someones heart?

absolutely

fullness of Gentiles

the counterpart to Israel. There is a certain amount of time for the Gentiles to find faith, just like there was for Israel. We do not have forever to find Christ. That is the reality.

All Israel will be saved

Generically All israel will be saved, the nation as a whole, but not every single Israelite

Every single Israelite

All of Israel, as in the old israel and the new israel Romans 9:6

Romans 9:6 ESV

6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

I would probably hold to definition 3, but the first two are possible because of the promises that God has made in the past to wipe out their sins. (mentioned here as well) v26-27

work through the remainder of text and add commentary if comes to mind.

Paul is referring to this dependence we have, not only to God for our salvation but also on the other one not being God’s main focus. probably wont get into this too much.

Finish with verse 25,

Romans 11:25 ESV

25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Mystery-would you say God’s word is mysterious?

This chapter has been a little bit, huh.

But in general, no.

Admit that my understanding of Israels salvation has been challenged this week.

Im not totally certain anymore that old israel’s salvation is based completely on faith like gentiles or new israel is. You’ll remember this was a big discussion when we first got into Romans. I was pretty sure of it.

I want to talk about being sure for a minute.

How sure are you of what you believe?

Hold up fingers, scale of 1 to 10

Some questions to ponder:

Why is it important to know the bible?

What are some ways you can know more about the bible?

How do you react when someone shares something biblical with you that you have never heard or just dont believe?

What are some ways that you can look deeper into that?

Explain how i handle it, listen first, dig deep, then see if i still believe it. Typically i dont change my mind on biblical matters too often.

Is it important to always seek truth?

is it ok to change your mind on something biblical?

Exegete

Romans 11:25–36 ESV

25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”; 27 “and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.” 28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy. 32 For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all. 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.