The
Remnant Of Israel
I
ask then, Did God Reject His people?
By
no means!
I
am an Israelite myself, a Descendant of Abraham,
From
the Tribe of Benjamin.
2
God did not Reject His people, whom He Foreknew.
Don't
you know what the Scripture says
In
the passage about Elijah--
How
he appealed to God against Israel:
3
'Lord, they have killed your Prophets
And
torn down your altars;
I
am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me'?
4
And what was God's answer to him?
'I
have reserved for My self Seven Thousand
Who
have not bowed the knee to Baal.'
5
SO TO, AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE IS A REMNANT
CHOSEN
BY GRACE.
6
AND IF BY GRACE,
THEN
IT IS NO LONGER BY WORKS;
IFT
WERE, GRACE WOULD NO LONGER BE GRACE.
7What
then?
WHAT
ISRAEL SOUGHT SO EARNESTLY IT DID NOT OBTAIN,
BUT
THE ELECT DID,
The
others were hardened, as it is written:
'God
gave them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes
so that they could not see
And
ears so that they could not hear,
To
this very day.'
9
And David says:
'May
their Table become a Snare and a Trap,
A
Stumbling Block and a Retribution for them.
10
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
And
their backs be bent forever.'
Ingrafted
Branches
11
Again I ask, Did they Stumble so as to Fall beyond recovery?
Not
at all!
Rather,
because of their Transgression,
Salvation
has come to the Gentiles
To
make Israel Envious.
12
But if their Transgression means riches for the World,
And
their Loss means riches for the Gentiles,
HOW
MUCH GREATER RICHES
WILL
THEIR FULLNESS BRING!
23
I am talking to you Gentiles.
Inasmuch
as I am the Apostle to the Gentiles,
I
make much of my Ministry
14
In hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to Envy
And
Save some of them.
15
For if their Rejection is the Reconciliation of the World,
WHAT
WILL THEIR ACCEPTANCE BE
BUT
LIFE FROM THE DEAD?
16
If the part of the dough offered as First fruits is Holy,
Then
the Whole Batch is Holy;
If
the Root is Holy, so are the Branches.
17
If some of the Branches have been broken off,
And
you, though a Wild Olive Shoot,
Have
been Grafted in among the others
And
now share in the Nourishing Sap from the Olive Root
18
Do not Boast over those Branches.
If
you do, consider this:
YOU
DO NOT SUPPORT THE ROOT,
BUT
THE ROOT SUPPORTS YOU.
19
You will say then,
'Branches
were broken off so that I could be Grafted in.'
20
Granted.
But
they were broken off because of Unbelief,
AND
YOU STAND BY FAITH.
DO
NOT BE ARROGANT, BUT BE AFRAID.
21
FOR IF GOD DID NOT SPARE THE NATURAL BRANCHES,
HE
WILL NOT SPARE YOU EITHER.
22
CONSIDER THEREFORE THE KINDNESS AND STERNNESS OF GOD:
STERNNESS
TO THOSE WHO FELL,
BUT
KINDNESS TO YOU,
PROVIDED
THAT YOU CONTINUE IN HIS KINDNESS.
OTHERWISE
YOU ALSO WILL BE CUT OFF.
23
AND IF THEY DO NOT PERSIST IN UNBELIEF,
THEY
WILL BE GRAFTED IN,
FOR
GOD IS ABLE TO GRAFT THEM IN AGAIN.
24
AFTER ALL, IF YOU WERE CUT OUT OF AN OLIVE TREE
THAT
IS WILD BY NATURE,
AND
CONTRARY TO NATURE
WERE
GRAFTED INTO A CULTIVATED OLIVE TREE,
HOW
MUCH MORE READILY WILL THESE,
THE
NATURAL BRANCHES,
BE
GRAFTED INTO THEIR OWN OLIVE TREE!
All
Israel Will Be Saved
25
I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE IGNORANT
OF
THIS MYSTERY, BROTHERS,
SO
THAT YOU MAY NOT BE CONCEITED:
ISRAEL
HAS EXPERIENCED A HARDENING IN PART
UNTIL
THE FULL NUMBER OF THE GENTILES HAS COME IN.
26
AND SO ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED,
As
it is written:
'The
Deliverer will come from Zion;
He
will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27
And this is My Covenant with them
When
I take away their Sins.'
28
As far as the Gospel is concerned,
They
are Enemies on your account;
BUT
AS FAR AS ELECTION IS CONCERNED,
THEY
ARE LOVED ON ACCOUNT OF THE PATRIARCHS,
29
FOR GOD'S GIFTS AND HIS CALL ARE IRREVOCABLE.
30
Just as you who were at one time Disobedient to God
Have
now received Mercy
As
a result of their Disobedience,
31
So they too have now become Disobedient
In
order that they too may now receive Mercy
As
a result of God's Mercy to you.
32
FOR GOD BOUND ALL MEN OVER TO DISOBEDIENCE
SO
THAT HE MAY HAVE MERCY ON THEM ALL.
Doxology
33
Oh, the depth of the riches
Of
the Wisdom and knowledge of God!
How
Unsearchable His Judgments
And
His Paths beyond tracing out!
34
'Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or
who has been His Counselor?'
35
'Who has ever given to God
That
God should repay him?'
36
Fro from Him and through Him
And
to Him are all things.
To
Him be Glory forever! Amen.
(Romans
11)
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