![]() The elect have obtained it, and the rest were hardened: The elect among Israel received and responded to the mercy of God but the rest were hardened by their rejection.ĭ. If giving is of grace, it cannot be of works, and if it is of works, it cannot be of grace.Ĭ. If it is of works, it is no longer grace: As principles, grace and works don’t go together. Now he reminds us what grace is by definition: the free gift of God, not given with an eye to performance or potential in the one receiving, but given only out of kindness in the giver.ī. ![]() If by grace, then it is no longer of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace: Paul left the previous verse noting that the remnant was chosen according to the election of grace. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,Ī. “Let their table become a snare and a trap,Ī stumbling block and a recompense to them. What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace otherwise work is no longer work. ( Romans 11:6-10) God’s right to choose a remnant according to grace.Īnd if by grace, then it is no longer of works otherwise grace is no longer grace. He put his trust in God’s grace, not in numbers.” (Morris)Ĥ. “It was not the number as much as the permanence of God’s plan for Israel that mattered in the time of Elijah. Though not many Jews in Paul’s day embraced Jesus as Messiah, a remnant did and God will use that small group in a big way. At this present time there is a remnant: We often think that God needs a lot of people to do a great work, but He often works through a small group, or through a group that starts out small. But God showed him that there was in fact a substantial remnant - though it was only a remnant, it was actually there.ĭ. LORD, they have killed Your prophets: Elijah thought that God had cast off the nation and he was the only one left serving the Lord. He pleads with God against Israel: Things were so bad that Elijah prayed against his own people!Ĭ. “It is just possible that Paul, likewise persecuted by his own countrymen, felt a special kinship with Elijah.” (Harrison)ī. Yet a substantial remnant embraces the gospel of Jesus Christ, and God has often worked in Israel through a faithful remnant (as He did in the time of Elijah). at this present time there is a remnant: In Paul’s day Israel as a group generally rejected their Messiah. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, “LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.Ī. ( Romans 11:2-5) The principle of a remnant. ![]() This is what Paul did and what we should do.ģ. I also: Whenever we want evidence of God’s work, we could and should look to our own life first. I also am an Israelite: Paul’s faith in Jesus as the Messiah proved there were some Jews chosen by God who embraced the gospel.ī. ( Romans 11:1b) Evidence that God has not cast away His people: Paul himself.įor I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.Ī. Certainly not! Despite their present state, Israel is not permanently cast away. If Israel’s rejection of the gospel was somehow both consistent with God’s eternal plan ( Romans 9:1-29) and Israel’s own choosing ( Romans 9:30-10:21), then does this mean that Israel’s fate is settled, and there is no possibility of restoration?ī. ![]() Has God cast away His people? Paul’s question makes sense at this point in Romans. I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not!Ī. ( Romans 11:1a) Has God cast away (rejected) His people Israel?
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