CAN GOD BE TRUSTED? (1 OF 7)
Scripture: Romans 9:1-13
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Can God Be Trusted? (1 of 7)
Series: Questioning God
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 9:1-13
But it is not as though the word of God has failed (v. 6a).
ROMANS 9-11 ISN'T EASY READING!
We've now come to the most difficult section of Romans: chapters 9-11. Full disclosure: In these chapters, there are truths about God and his ways that I don't completely understand.
At the end of chapter 11, the apostle Paul concludes this section with a doxology, which, in part, says, ''Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable [i.e., incomprehensible] his ways!'' (v. 33). The KJV says that God's ways are ''past finding out.''
But, of course, the inability to understand something doesn't make it untrue. For example, if a two-year-old child doesn't understand how computers work, that doesn't mean computers aren't real.
ISRAEL'S UNBELIEF
Paul writes, ''I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart'' (v. 2). Why? Because most Jews had rejected the gospel. And he says, ''I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh'' (v. 3). In other words, Paul is willing to go to hell instead of his fellow Jews who had rejected the gospel.
Paul lists several privileges that God had given to Israel (vv. 4-5). And notice the last privilege he mentions: ''from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ'' (v. 5). ''The Christ'' (i.e., the Messiah)-Jesus-was born a Jew. And what does Paul say about Jesus? He says he is ''God over all'' (v. 5).
When God-God the Son-took on humanity, he was born a Jew. But he was rejected by most Jews. ''He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief'' (Isa. 53:3).
DID GOD BREAK HIS PROMISES?
''Romans 9-11 is not about Israel-it is about God.'' Israel's unbelief leads to a question about God. God had made many promises to the people of Is ...
Series: Questioning God
Jonathan McLeod
Romans 9:1-13
But it is not as though the word of God has failed (v. 6a).
ROMANS 9-11 ISN'T EASY READING!
We've now come to the most difficult section of Romans: chapters 9-11. Full disclosure: In these chapters, there are truths about God and his ways that I don't completely understand.
At the end of chapter 11, the apostle Paul concludes this section with a doxology, which, in part, says, ''Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable [i.e., incomprehensible] his ways!'' (v. 33). The KJV says that God's ways are ''past finding out.''
But, of course, the inability to understand something doesn't make it untrue. For example, if a two-year-old child doesn't understand how computers work, that doesn't mean computers aren't real.
ISRAEL'S UNBELIEF
Paul writes, ''I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart'' (v. 2). Why? Because most Jews had rejected the gospel. And he says, ''I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh'' (v. 3). In other words, Paul is willing to go to hell instead of his fellow Jews who had rejected the gospel.
Paul lists several privileges that God had given to Israel (vv. 4-5). And notice the last privilege he mentions: ''from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ'' (v. 5). ''The Christ'' (i.e., the Messiah)-Jesus-was born a Jew. And what does Paul say about Jesus? He says he is ''God over all'' (v. 5).
When God-God the Son-took on humanity, he was born a Jew. But he was rejected by most Jews. ''He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief'' (Isa. 53:3).
DID GOD BREAK HIS PROMISES?
''Romans 9-11 is not about Israel-it is about God.'' Israel's unbelief leads to a question about God. God had made many promises to the people of Is ...
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