Romans 11:1-24
DECEMBER 7, 2011
ROMANS 10:19-2119 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,
“I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;
I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[a]
20 And Isaiah boldly says,
“I was found by those who did not seek me;
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”[b]
21 But concerning Israel he says,
“All day long I have held out my hands
to a disobedient and obstinate people.”[c]
CHAPTER 11 The Remnant of Israel
1 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 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”[a]?
4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”[b]
11 The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.”
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
ROMANS 9:27 - 27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
Romans 4:4 - 4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.
7 What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, (GOD’S PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR SIN)
ROMANS 9:31 - 31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal.
ROMANS 9:18 - 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
8 as it is written:
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that could not see
and ears that could not hear,
to this very day.”[c]
eyes that could not see
and ears that could not hear,
to this very day.”[c]
DEUTORONOMY 29:4 - 4 But to this day the LORD has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.
ISAIAH 29:10 - 10 The LORD has brought over you a deep sleep: He has sealed your eyes (the prophets); he has covered your heads (the seers).
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.”[d]
a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.”[d]
11:10 Psalm 69:22,23
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.
ACTS 13:46 - 46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!
13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry
ACTS 9:15 - 15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.
14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.
15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
LUKE 15:24, 32 - 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits 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 consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
JEREMIAH 11:16 - 16 The LORD called you a thriving olive tree
with fruit beautiful in form.
But with the roar of a mighty storm
he will set it on fire,
and its branches will be broken. EPHESIANS 2:11-13 - 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
with fruit beautiful in form.
But with the roar of a mighty storm
he will set it on fire,
and its branches will be broken. EPHESIANS 2:11-13 - 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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 tremble. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
1 CORINTHIANS 10:12 - 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
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.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:2 - 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. (OBEDIENCE) HEBREWS 3:6 - 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory. JOHN 15:2 - 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful.
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!
2 CORINTHIANS 3:16 - 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
WE ARE A NEW CREATION (BUT) GRAFTED ONTO THE TREE OF LIFE WITH ROOTS OF ISREAL
TABLE TALK
1. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SO FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT THAT YOUR TESTAMONY, YOUR WITNESS WAS SO INVITING IT MADE OTHERS ENVIOUS OF WHAT YOU HAVE?
2. DO YOU EVER CATCH YOURSELF FEELING PROUD OF YOUR DECISION TO COME TO THE LORD?
3. OK, SO WHAT DO YOU NEED PRAYER FOR? SPEND TIME PRAYING FOR EACH OTHER: NOW
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