Romans chapters 1-8 speaks to how God savs sinners. Chapters 9-11 speaks of the widsom of God in how He keeps His covenant with Israel
Romans 9:4-7
"Who are the Israelites, to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises. whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel. Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called."
The issue as this chapter begins is whether or not God has failed to keep His covenant with Israel. Has the word and promise God made to Abraham failed? If the Gentiles are being saved by Israel's Messiah yet, as for the Jews, they have turned away from Jesus and rejected Him and the Way God in His infinite wisdom chose for them to be saved in Christ. If Gentiles are becoming children of Abraham by faith alone ( Gal. 3:7; Rom2 :24-29) and Jews rejecting Jesus are cast into outer darkness ( Mt. 8-11-12), then has the covenant God made with Abraham and reconfirmed over and over again in the OT amidst horrendous disobedience of the Israelites, fallen?
Paul affirms that" NO!", it has not failed. God does not reneg on His promises. God's way of staying faithful to His covenant with Israel while saving the Gentiles is so counterintuitive and so extraordinary that at the end of chapter 11, Paul breaks out in his doxology concerning the unfathomable wisdom of God.
Like the way of saving Gentiles through Christ, God's way keeping and fulfilling the covenant with Israel is infinitely wise, too. The end of chapter 11 sums up God's wisdom in both saving Gentiles and in keeping the covenant with Israel.
Pt. 5
God's Wisdom in Keeping Covenant Wtih Israel
Romans chapters 1-8 speaks to how God savs sinners. Chapters 9-11 speaks of the widsom of God in how He keeps His covenant with Israel
Romans 9:4-7
"Who are the Israelites, to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises. whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel. Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called."
The issue as this chapter begins is whether or not God has failed to keep His covenant with Israel. Has the word and promise God made to Abraham failed? If the Gentiles are being saved by Israel's Messiah yet, as for the Jews, they have turned away from Jesus and rejected Him and the Way God in His infinite wisdom chose for them to be saved in Christ. If Gentiles are becoming children of Abraham by faith alone ( Gal. 3:7; Rom2 :24-29) and Jews rejecting Jesus are cast into outer darkness ( Mt. 8-11-12), then has the covenant God made with Abraham and reconfirmed over and over again in the OT amidst horrendous disobedience of the Israelites, fallen?
Paul affirms that" NO!", it has not failed. God does not reneg on His promises. God's way of staying faithful to His covenant with Israel while saving the Gentiles is so counterintuitive and so extraordinary that at the end of chapter 11, Paul breaks out in his doxology concerning the unfathomable wisdom of God.
Like the way of saving Gentiles through Christ, God's way keeping and fulfilling the covenant with Israel is infinitely wise, too. The end of chapter 11 sums up God's wisdom in both saving Gentiles and in keeping the covenant with Israel.
Continue to Pt. 6
This comment thread is locked. Please enter a new comment below to start a new comment thread.
Note: Comment threads older than 2 months are automatically locked.
Do you have a Bible comment or question?
Please Sign In or Register to post comments...
Report Comment
Which best represents the problem with the comment?