ROMANS 9:25-33

UNBELIEVING ISRAEL AND THE PREREQUISITE OF FAITH

OVERVIEW: THE FAILURE OF RELIGION

REVIEW: ROM 9:19-24 UNBELIEVING ISRAEL AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD

PREVIEW: - THE GREATEST BARRIER TO SALVATION -

I. ROMANS 9:25-29 - THE SUBTRACTION OF ISRAEL AND THE ADDITION OF GENTILES

A. VV 25-26 THE PROPHECIES FROM HOSEA

1. THE BACKGROUND UNDERSTOOD

2. THE PROPHECY EXPLAINED

B. VV 27-29 THE PROPHECIES FROM ISAIAH

1. THE BACKGROUND UNDERSTOOD

2. THE PROPHECY EXPLAINED

C. THE MEANING FOR ISRAEL

1. LOCAL

2. FUTURE

D. THE MEANING FOR GENTILES –

II. ROMANS 9:30-33– THE BASIS OF GOD’S INCLUSION OF G E N T I L E S AND EXCLUSION OF ISRAEL

A. A FIRM CONCLUSION -

B. THE INCLUSION OF GENTILES –

1. THEIR POSITION

2. THEIR PURSUIT

3. THEIR PERMISSION

C. THE EXCLUSION OF ISRAEL

1. THEIR POSITION

2. THEIR PURSUIT

3. THEIR PROBLEM –

D. THE AFFIRMATION OF SALVATION THROUGH FAITH ALONE.

III. CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO ROMANS 9

A. ISRAEL’S REJECTION OF CHRIST AS MESSIAH DOES NOT CAST VIABLE QUESTIONS UPON GOD’S FAITHFULNESS, JUSTICE, PURPOSES, OR PERSON, BUT IS A FACT REVEALED THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT.

B. THE PROPHECIES OF HOSEA AND ISAIAH POINTED TO THE TRUTH THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD WOULD BE MADE UP OF A REMNANT OF ISRAEL AND GENTILES.

C. THE DISQUALIFICATION OF ISRAEL AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD IS RELATED TO THEIR PURSUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS AND NOT OF FAITH.

D. PAUL REAFFIRMS THE CONSISTENT BIBLICAL TEACHING OF SALVATION BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH ALONE.