GOD IS FAITHFUL TO ISRAEL.
ISRAEL AND GOD’S FAITHFULNESS ARE PROVEN.
The Roman Road To Righteousness:
Sin: Shows The Need For Salvation.
Salvation: Shows The Way Of Salvation.
Sanctification: Shows The Life Of Salvation.
Sovereignty: Shows The Scope Of Salvation.
Romans 9 Speaks Of God’s Sovereignty In Our Salvation.
God Saves Those Whom He Has Chosen From Eternity.
Romans 10 Speaks Of Human Responsibility.
We Must Believe The Gospel To Be Saved.
Both Divine Sovereignty And Human Responsibility Are True.
On Display In Scripture Is God's
Holiness In Condemning Sin.
Grace In Justifying Sinners.
Power In Sanctifying Believers.
Sovereignty In Saving Jew And Gentile.
- His Enduring Covenant Love For His People That Endures Forever.
- His Forgiveness For Mankind's Lies And Failure To The Covenant.
- His Character Will Never Break His Covenant With His Family.
SO ROMANS 11 ASKED THIS QUESTION:
DID GOD CAST AWAY HIS OWN PEOPLE WHOM HE FOREKNEW
POINT ONE: GOD’S ETERNAL PURPOSE: ELECTION.
Did God Reject His People? No. They Rejected Him.
But Not All Of Them.
There Was A Remnant Of Faithful To His Covenant Agreement.
God Had A Purpose And He Works It Out.
Through History He Works Out All Of His Purposes.
In Spite Of Our Stubbornness And Rebellion,
In Spite Of The Devil And Demons,
In Spite Of The Enmity Of The World,
He Fulfills His Purpose.
Sin Will Never Prevent God From Saving The Elect.
Sin Will Never Prevent God From Making A Holy Nation.
So, God:
Justifies The Ungodly.
Has A Purpose To Save Sinners For His Purpose.
Has A Purpose To Bring Glory To His Name.
Our God:
Is Unchangeable And Can Be Trusted.
Never Violates His Covenant.
Fulfills Every Promise.
Our God Is The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever.
We Can Count On God’s Covenant And God’s Election!
God Will Never Reject Us.
Men May Do So, But God Never Will.
The Truth Is That God Has Not Rejected His People Whom He Has Foreknown.
Every Elect Will Be Saved.
Election Speaks Of God’s Initiative.
Only The Elect Of God Will Be Saved.
All Of The Elect Will Be Saved, Both Jews And Gentiles.
POINT 2: PROOF THAT GOD DID NOT REJECT HIS PEOPLE:
1) Personal Proof. Paul was:
One Example Of That Proof.
An Israelite: A Descendant Of Abraham.
A Descendant Of Jacob Of The Covenant Tribe.
A Descendant Of Benjamin Whose Tribe Was Born In Canaan.
A Blasphemer But Was Shown Mercy By Jesus.
A Converted Jew Saved By Jesus Christ.
2) Theological Proof. Paul was:
Foreknown By God.
Foreloved By God.
Chosen From All Eternity.
One Of God's Elect.
God Saves All His Elect.
God Foreknew Paul Would Be Saved.
3) Biblical Proof.
Paul Explains Israel Had Fallen Into The Great Apostasy.
The Time Of Wicked Jezebel And Ahab.
Jezebel:
Was Destroying The Altars Of God.
Was Killing The Prophets Of God.
Chose The Religion Of Baal That Practices Perversion.
The Prophet Elijah Thought He Was The Only Faithful One Left.
God Always Has A People Who Worship And Serve Him.
Elijah Did Not Have All The Facts.
Do Not Judge By Appearances Alone.
There Is The Bible Proof That God Has Not Rejected His People.
He Does Not Save Everyone But He Saves His Elect.
There Is Always A Remnant Saved By God.
For Everything That Was Written In The Past Was Written To Teach Us. It Is So That Through Endurance And The Encouragement Of The Scriptures We Might Have Hope. Romans 15:4.
4) Contemporary Proof.
At The Present Time There Is A Remnant According To The Election Based On Grace.
God’s Election Is From Eternity.
God Chooses Some Sinners To Salvation Based On Grace.
Based On God’s Unmerited Favor, Not On Human Works.
This Election Is Not Conditional Upon Human Goodness.
That Is Why We Call It Unconditional Election.
God Does Not Choose To Save The Rest Of Sinners.
He Passes Them By.
They Face Judgment Based On Their Works.
Salvation Is Based On Election Of The Grace Of God Alone.
The Elect Are A Minority, A Remnant.
The Non-Elect Are A Majority Who Continue On The Broad Way.
3,000 Were Saved When Peter Preached His First Sermon.
5,000 Were Saved At Another Time Soon Thereafter.
Most of Those Saved Were Jewish.
Proof That God Did Not Reject His People.
Salvation From Beginning To End Is Of Grace.
It Is Never Based On Human Works.
For It Is By Grace You Have Been Saved Through Faith, And This Not From Yourselves-It Is The Gift Of God, Not By Works, So That No One Can Boast. Ephesians 2:8-9.
5) The Eschatological Proof.
God Has A Plan For The Jewish People In The End.
God Has A Plan For The Salvation Of The Jewish Nation.
Presently, The Norm Is A Remnant Minority Who Are Saved.
In The End Times, It Will Be The Majority Of Jewish People.
Jesus Came To His Own, And His Own Crucified Him.
But In The Future, The Jews As A Nation Will Receive Jesus.
THESE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS ARE AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF GOD'S PEOPLE:
Can Anyone Or Anything:
Keep You From God's Love.
Keep You From God's Sovereign Purpose Thru You.
Keep You From God's Sovereign Purpose In You.
Israel's Promise -- Chapter 8.
Israel’s Past Election – Chapter 9.
Israel’s Present Rejection – Chapter 10.
Israel’s Future Restoration – Chapter 11.
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE ONE OF GOD'S ELECT?
IF YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO BE TRULY ONE OF HIS FAMILY THEN SAY YES TO HIM PLEADING FOR YOU TO COME TO HIM TODAY !
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