See 10:21 - Israel is a disobedient people Has God cast them away? NO! Do you want proof that God still accepts Jews? Here it is - I am a Jew. NOTE: Study the terms: Israelite, seed of Abraham, Jew, tribe of Benjamin, Hebrew, Judah and Israel... [ Continue Reading ]
God has not cast us away. Take the case of Elijah - makes intercession to God against Israel - NOTE: "Wot ye not" What does this mean? 3 Israel has killed all the prophets - I am the only one left. NOTE: Discuss "intercession" - meaning - good and bad Good - pray for the sick, elders, church, p... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the "remnant" - small part that remains According to election - God decided to save those that remain faithful to Him. This is the remenant. Of Grace - God could have judged all on the basis of the majority. He did this at Sodom. He choose to show grace to Israel... [ Continue Reading ]
Here is your choice: Grace - Works - Then not of works Then not of grace If works - can't be grace If grace - can't be works Grace is grace - not works Work is work - not grace... [ Continue Reading ]
Israel did not obtain what it sought after - salvation The elect (remnant) did obtain it. The rest were blinded. 8 They have a "spirit of slumber" Eyes - don't see Ears - don't hear Still that way "to this day... [ Continue Reading ]
David said (Psalms 69:22) Let their table be a Snare a net Trap the jaws Stumbling block the bait Recompense the pain 10 Psalms 69:23 (continued) Eyes darkened Bow backs always... [ Continue Reading ]
Have they stumbled and fallen? NO! Why then? Answer: Through their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles - This in turn provoked Israel to jealousy. NOTE: Jealousy is good (sometimes). God is a jealous God. Like anger - it is not the emotion that is wrong - but how one reacts to those feelings. 1... [ Continue Reading ]
I am talking to Gentiles - because I am the apostle to the Gentiles. I am filling my appointed office. 14 If I can provoke some Jews into returning to God and being saved (they are my kinsmen in the flesh) that would be the icing on the cake. 15 Casting them away = salvation to the Gentiles Recei... [ Continue Reading ]
Do not say, "You were cut off. I was grafted in." 20 It is true that: A. They were cut off because of unbelief. B. You were grafted in because of your faith. Do not be high-minded. Learn to fear. 21 THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT: If God would cut off the natural branches that did not believe,... [ Continue Reading ]
What about the Jews? Is ther hope for them? YES! If they do not remain in unbelief, they can be grafted back into the tree. God can do that. 24 All of this illustration is contrary to nature. In nature we take a wild rose root system and graft in a hybrid tea on top. The wild supports the tame. In... [ Continue Reading ]
Mystery = that which is not clear or understood. Ignorance leads to conceit and blindness. This is what happened to Israel. It could happen to the Gentiles."Until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in." See Luke 21:24; Revelation 7:9; Daniel 9:26-27; Daniel 12:7... [ Continue Reading ]
So = adverb, describe the manner, the "how" All Israel = All people who are descended from Abraham Shall be saved = If they are saved, this is the way. Luscombe's translation: It is in this manner that all (Jew or Gentile) will be saved. God has one plan of salvation for all men. It is the same f... [ Continue Reading ]
This is God's covenant (contract, agreement, will promise) -- God will take away their sins. 28 The gospel (good news about Jesus) and the Jew became enemies. The election of Jews makes them your friends and relatives, (you have the same Father, God). 29 God gives without being sorry and needing... [ Continue Reading ]
Once you, Gentiles, did not believe. Now you have mercy and salvation because of the unbelief of the Jews. 31 Now the Jews, who do not believe, are in need of mercy just like the gentiles once did. The Jew can obtain mercy in the same way that gentiles can obtain mercy. 32 God has concluded that:... [ Continue Reading ]
God riches of wisdom, knowledge and judgment are great, unsearchable, beyond our ability to know or understand. 34 What human being can understand the mind of God? Who has served as God's advisor and counselor?... [ Continue Reading ]
To whom does God owe a debt? Did you first give to God and now He must return the favor? NO! Does God offer to save us because it is His way of repaying a debt? 36 OF HIM - He is the source, point of origin. THROUGH HIM - He is the power, designer, one with wisdom and knowledge. TO HIM - All thin... [ Continue Reading ]