WORSHIP SONGS
-Oh For A Thousand Tongues
-The Solid Rock
-In Christ Alone (communion)
-Shout To The Lord
-Hallelujah, What a Savior
SCRIPTURE READING
Psalm 91:1-16
SERMON TEXT (Romans 11:1-10)
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.” And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them; let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever.”
SERMON OUTLINE
THE ISRAEL OF GOD pt 11
“God Never Rejects Those He Foreknew”
Romans 11:1-10
Introduction
Rom 1:16-17; Hab 2:4
-God’s righteousness is related to His faithfulness and truth.
-God is righteous because He is committed to proclaiming His name and advertising His glory by showing His goodness, grace and mercy to people as He freely chooses!
-The receiving of God’s saving promises is not depended on human choices or activity.
In chapter eleven, Paul sets forth two simple truths we should remember:
1. Israel’s failure is not total, it is partial
2. God’s promises to Israel remain unbroken
1. The Reexamination
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? (Romans 11:1a)
(Romans 9:14, 19-24, 30, 10:8, 14-16, 18, 19;
1 Sam 12:22; Ps 94:14)
2. The Relationship
By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. (Romans 11:1b)
(Acts 23:6; 2 Cor 11:22; Phil 3:5)
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” (Romans 11:2-3)
(Rom 8:29; 1 Pt 1:2; 1 Kings 19:10, 14)
But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” (Romans 11:4)
(1 Kings 19:18)
3. The Remnant
So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. (Romans 11:5-6)
(Rom 9:27, 4:4-5; Deut 9:4-5)
4. The Resistance
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, (Romans 11:7)
(Rom 11:25)
as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.” (Romans 11:8)
(Isaiah 29:10; Deut 29:4)
And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them; let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever.” (Romans 11:9-10)
(Psalm 69:22-23)
