This introduces a solemn proof of his thanksgiving. And that son, Isaac, was the second born, but God liked him better. (NASB: Lockman)Greek: epaggelia s gar o logo s ho utos, Kata ton kairon touton eleusomai kai estai te Sarra hu ios.. Amplified: For this is what the promise said, About this time [next year] will I return and Sarah shall have a son.(4). All rights reserved. Calvinists use it as a proof text for the idea that God unconditionally predestined some to salvation and some also use it to suggest that the unelect are predestined to damnation. Paul explains that the line of promise and redemption is through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Genesis 50:24; Exodus 33:1; Deuteronomy 6:10; Acts 7:8; many more). If we survey the right which God has over us, in a more generalway, with regard to his intelligent creatures, God may be considered in two different views, as Creator, Proprietor, and Lord of all; or, as their moral Governor, and Judge. Copyright © 2021 Spokane Bible Church. He was in such anguish for his … He solemnly appeals to Christ; and his conscience, enlightened and directed by the Holy Spirit, bore witness to his sincerity. Paul sure has his fingers crossed. He would … He will show mercy, as he hath assured us, to none but true believers, nor harden any but such as obstinately refuse his mercy. Romans 9 tackles challenging and hard-to-follow issues. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Romans 9:1-5. Visit our library of inductive Bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the Bible you can use in your small group. I am not lying. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The sacrifice which is offered is impossible. New Testament places Romans as the first of 21 epistles or letters to the early churches or church leaders. God, as sovereign Lord and Proprietor of all, dispenses his giftsor favours to his creatures with perfect wisdom, but by no rules or methods of proceeding that we are acquainted with. If we are to love as God loves, there will be things for us to hate. 10:1-3). 9:6-13 The rejection of the Jews by the gospel dispensation, did not break God's promise to the patriarchs. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. Paul had taught that the Christian faith was no innovation, certainly not opposed to Old Testament revelation, but rather the fulfillment of all that the Jews had hoped for. Romans 9 is one of those passages, and there are a lot of jokes at the expense of non-Calvinists because of it. There is a silver lining to all this non-believing, though. Why? 2 I have great sorrow and always feel much sadness 3 for my own people. ", Therefore, though "He hath mercy on whom he willeth, andwhom he willeth he hardeneth," that is, suffers to be hardened in consequence of their obstinate wickedness; yet his is not the will of an arbitrary, capricious, or tyrannical being. The promise comes through faith in Christ not by works of the Law. God and the Jewish People. Though God chose Israel to be his redemptive nation, the way of individual salvation is by faith in Jesus Messiah, the stone of stumbling and rock of offense. Romans 1:9. It cost more to redeem souls; that more had been paid in vain: how should the less now suffice? Romans is not the first letter by Paul but placed on top of others in NT because of its importance and strength of message. 9 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. I wish I could help them. It says things like, “He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He h… (see Proverbs 6:16-19). There are a lot of passages in Scripture that people intentionally avoid. ROMANS SUMMARY. Paul begins by declaring how heartbroken he is about the state of his people Israel. [⇑ See verse text ⇑] Paul has expressed his broken heart over the fact that the majority of Jewish people had rejected Christ as the Messiah and the way to salvation. I. Usually it is because they have an idea about what it says, and they don’t like that idea. Romans 9:3-4 Christian Patriotism. Paul was both Jewish and a Roman citizen. It is a noble paradox. Proud member The Book of Romans Chapter 9. 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. However, the Bible teaches us that there are wrongs and evils. Romans 9:6, CSB: "Now it is not as though the word of God has failed, because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel." Romans 9, Coffman Commentaries on the Bible, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the Church of Christ, presents a verse level look at the Bible. This does not relate to the person of Jacob or Esau. In Romans 9:11-13 Paul has asserted that God elected Jacob butnot Esau and that this election was not due to any works done bythem at all; in fact it was done before they were born. ( Romans 9:13 ). The same goes for Rebecca, who had twins, Jacob and Esau. Paul definitely wrote it at the end of his … 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race, 4 the people of Israel. ESV: For this is what the promise said: "About this … Romans 9, God’s Promise and Israel. She has such a great heritage (adoption, glory, covenants, Law, religious service, promises, Christ) from God as his choice or elect nation to bring in redemption, yet Israel is not experiencing God's blessings at this time because she has rejected the way of redemption which is faith in Jesus the Christ, as noted in Romans 3.3 and 9.30-33. This might seem like ignorance or forgetfulness of them. The second "Plumb Line" stands on the other side of Romans 9: "Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. Romans Chapter 9 explains that God has the right to make us how He pleases. 4 righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God" (Rom. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Faith in God’s promises are the needed human response by all people. The purposegiven why God acted this way is that his goals in creation andredemption might in no way hang on the \"works\" of men but might bewholly dependent on himself.That God should have no respect to human deeds in electing menmay seem to some unjust. Because such a doctrine would not only have had no tendency to convince, but would have evidently tended to harden, the Jews; Because when he sums up his argument in the close of the chapter, he has not one word, or the least intimation, about it. The time when we shall exist, the country where we shall live, our parents, our constitution of body and turn of mind; these, and numberless other circumstances, are doubtless ordered with perfect wisdom, but by rules that lie quite out of our sight.But God's methods of dealing with us, as our Governor and Judge, are dearly revealed and perfectly known; namely, that he will finally reward every man according to his works: "He that believeth shalt be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. God called, chose, and formed the nation Israel through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to be the nation through whom he will redeem the world—the redemptive nation. Meaning that God did not hate Esau the man and predetermine him for destruction, it is referring to the descents of Esau and the nation of Edom. Paul's kind of like the apostle to the Gentiles, so he's pretty psyched about this. They are my brothers and sisters, my earthly family. ‹ Romans 8 Theme, Argument, Outline, Applications. Even though Esau was the first-born, God took a shining to Jacob.