/ ROMANS 9 P,

In the first S_ch. of Romans," Pail presented the doctrine that salvation is obtained thro ^faith in Christ, but that the unbelief of J. . 3_in general excluded them from this sal-vation. Yet, ace. to Jno. 4:22, "salvation is'from the Jews". iU.ju•Z.'.z.'h I ^ J ^ « A ^ ^Jews then reasoned: How could schipture

W'.UJLCL promised blessings to" Jews, be fulfille in a gospel which gave blessings to Gentiles, to exclusion' of Jews? Covenants to Abraham guaranteed blessings to Ähis seed; how then could gospel Be fulfill

ment of these eovenants when it brot'blessing & salvation to Gentiles, and rejection to Jews?

V 1- (§ay truth} in Christ- not oath, but "I speak the truth as in Christ, and accountable to him... CONSCIENCE BEARING WITNESS WITH MS IN HOLY SPIRIT; was inspired, conscience enlightened by inspiration.

ä,V 2- Have GREAT SORROW- Was great, was continual, unceasing, was in the heart, not outward only. What attribute of Paul is shown^by his desire for Jews! Forgiyenas. Since_conversion had ^persecuted him relentlessly. t___-t <~r ^"Zft, -*«»*•*- ^Z>y~- yts^i*^itA^<t£xsf'^¿~ri'$- *S (7*

V 3-'caiLD WISH HIMSELF ACCURSED ^separated) from Christ.- Degree of love expressed. W n o greater love"- Greater love in ratio to greatness of soul over body. Ifw-S'.iQ As .inspired, he could know in some measure the torments of damned, & joy of heaven, yet was willing to so suffer if Israel could be \ saved. Not possible .

y \ This loye_£or l o s t souls made Paul t h e g r e a t p r eache r he was. Vjfc-J/HO ARE ISRAELITES'- The Jews'<jpeclf_. ( t i t l e ) of honor. As descendants of Abraham, they shared honor wi th I shmae l i t e s , the Edom-i t e s , but none but they were seed of JácTTBT " I s r a e l " . WHOSE IS THE ADOPTION- of all nations God Ä

chose Israel to stand in special sende as his children. God said to Mose*:" Sä; unto Pharoah, Elms saith Jehovah, Israel :1s my sor. my first born. Let my son go that he may Ä serve me." GLORY- glory of God visibly manifest-Sailed Shekinah, appeared in pillar of cloud by day &'night, rested on Mt. Sinai, appeared in a measure to Moses so that when he came down from Mt. his face shown, was in taberna-cle, thought to dwell over mercy seat of the ?.rk of the covenant.

30VWANTS- Especially the Promised Land & promised Messiah covenants given to Abraham, renewed, to Isaac, to Jacob, ¿ whole oeopleu of Israel.

JIVING CF LAW- Not only to Law of Poses, but to manner of giving, god never before mani-fested* with such signs of majesty. Ä

& SERVICE OF GOD- Spe cial_ honor that Godjiad prescribed their services in tabernacle & temple to minutest details.

PROMISES- Akin to "povenant", which is large: includes threatening^ as well as promises, fffomise of Messiah was possession of Israel in that it was fulfilled exclusively thro Israel, tho not exclusively FOR ISRAEL. raJ

' V 5- WHOSE ARE THE FATHERS- Patriarchs, \ Abr., Isaac, Jacob. OF WHOM ISJ3HRIST- crowning privilege, having Messiah, come thro them,

""• CONCERNING THE FLESH- Implies that He had a nature besides his human

V 6-NÍS THO THE WORD OF GOD HAD COME TO NOUGE ^taken none effect) Just-because the Jews hu^ feceiyed all these honors, and had then rejected Christ, does not prove Word of God had taken no effect. Now Paul shows that all who were of Abr.'s f*^ily after the flesh did not belong to his true family, were not children of the prom-ises. See Matt. 3:_T; Jno. g:38-Uh. Promises not made to fleshly descendants as such. r Paul sets about to show that from Abraham on down, there was a restriction made as to who rec" d the promises. Physical connection alone was not enough to inherit the promises. There was a fleshly promise to fleshly seed, and spiritual promise to spiritual seed. (Faith in Christ made them spiritual childrer •Äof"'Abraham^ ^Ali nations" be blessed.

(REFER TO CHART) v 7- In ISAAC SlULÎTsTrau BE CALLED- net Ishmael or children of Keturah. -"***. ?4<u<y

V g- ISAAC was child of promise. HOT? Pr,-..-\iss-of God, noj; ace. to. natural birth. M sV$y^ Y^- <SLK¿¿ % y ^^tstzr^z>y ¥10- REBEKAH- In case • of Ishnael & Isaac," **Jews could accept choice of Isaac- on grounds, that Hagar was bondwoman & Sarah ' ie. . Here," Jacob & Esau from same mother d. only difference could, have been on father's ide. 2u.t they were twins, not only that. P

/ 'but express mention i s made of one con-cept ion".Vip God. ex^errxiBod^his r i g h t to choose l¿e¿WWft-..lihprj, & no Jew had.ever ques t ioned h i s r i g h t to do so. God chose the one who s u i t e d h i s purpose b e s t . " F o r e k n o w l e d g e " . Ä

THIS CHOOSING AFFECTED THEIR IEMPÛRAL DESTIN] ONLY, HOT THEIR ETERNAL DESTINY.

V 1 1 - NOT OF WORKS- i t was before they wer^ born, Jacob chosen bee. he would t r u s t God '• obey him.

V 12- ELDER SERVE THE YOUNGER- not personalis but their descendants. ä

V 13- JACOB LOVED, ESAU HATED. Not written before born- years later by Moses. Love-approve. Hete, disapprove, treat with less favor. Leah says she was hated by her hus-band, but another place says she was loved

than Rachel.

This chapter cannoi.be .used to prove salva-tion by election (individuals) because when it deals with election at all, it proves îod_is justified in casting off an elect <•» people (Jews) and choosing "a non-elect people. (Gentiles). Another reascn_ is that Paul is not discus-sing preordination as tc eternity, only as tc temporal advantages & benefits. Those rejected, were not rejected as regards their eternal destiny. (ishmaelT Esau) God. still bestows earthly or t emporal bene-fits ace. to nig -r-ppp win such as 0m. tfho__shall enter world as blacky white, red. Sow much ability or brain_will he have? Enter Christian or pagan_h&m*î. Temporal or earthly elections such aa '

what fámiíy"~0hrist should come thro, are- \ arbitrary with God.- Spiritual blessings & benefits are not confined to any family or raee^ but open to all who accept them,1 denier! *to all wno Pei'use them.

God was free_to choose family, now free to fix the term's" by w.hich man enjoys spiritual blesslngfr Only terras, are arbitrary-, not choiee of individuals as such.

V-l1*- IS THERE UNRIGHTEOUSNESS WITH GOD? Respect of persons, bee. He chose Jacob be-fore he was born? Acts 10:3^»35. * ) '"

V 1 5 - Se l ec t i on i s : a cc . to w i l l of God. God w i l l s t o e l e c t those who t r u s t & fol low him, not those who t r u s t f l e s h l y r e l a t i o n s nor works of ovm wisdom. When people of o ld t r u s t e d & obeyed God, he had mercy on.them. When they_refused , he r e -cused to have mercy on them. ? r o v . 23 :13 . *" God " w i l l s " to have mercy on those who conf-ess & turiî from s i n s .

V l 6 - HIHII-iTHAT WILLETH, NOR OF HIM THAT RUN* X"«KX NETH. Paul i l l u s t r a t e s by the case of Jacob à Ssau. I s aac w i l l e d t h a t E iau have the b l e s s i n g , Esau, r a n . w i t h h a s t e to ge t t h e venison t h a t he might ob ta in the b l e s s i n g . Bui n e i t h e r Isaac 1 s w i l l i n g nor E s a u ' s rur.-n. ..g could defeat the purpose_of God t h a t Jacob be b l e s s e d . (Could r e fe r t c s a l v a t i o n being g i f t , nnt |n.rnad by w i l l i n g or running) V 17- RAISED PHARjSßH UP TO SHOW MY P0WER-'-} Raised him up before "the world, made pub-

l i c example of him, punished i n p u b l i c way tc ^ilQV God i n f l i c t s punishment fo r wickedness. ÏÏJB4E PUBLISHED ABROAD- As avenger" of His p e o o l e .

6 I S - Mercy on whom he w i l l - ï r o v . ^ : i ; ? » 7H0M HE WILL HE EARDENETH-. Paul uses the e x -ample of Pharaoh to show I s r a e l i t e s t h a t no -one i s -safe from judgment of God. They t h o t t h a t in no case , no__circumstsnces, would ^ they be abandoned by God, and in no case could"Gent i lea be rftCflivftd. I t i s God's sole r i g h t to .judge whether man posse§£ûfi the f_[ -n/fl i t -i nn g on which God w i l l ^ show favor , or those which w i l l make i t XESHX s u i t a b l e for God to punish by harden-ing him. //¡í:,E_ v. ..- . / ÀtUu,-lra:.<l;^>^t^^f A ,:•; ( - . .-/ / .-~P , > v r a ' l ^ , ' ' ^ í y E ^ r P ^ ^ ; y í : ' ' How d id God harden Pharaohf (ÍTNPharaohT®^ hgaxi-was s tubborn . Ex. 7:l^i;"~2x. 9:7« -(^i /"His hea r t was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, ^aa^Jehovah had spoken.. 3¡ix"'"/s"¿i Compare wi th Acts . I D J I 1 ^ ( ¿ / "Pharaoh sinned ye t more, and hardened

s h e a r t . " Conscience searedfy^T ' ^ 1 Five timegE)it . is sa id of him that*'he hims<

I f hardened h i s h e a r t . 2 1 .) Closed ™ «? Vipfi,fM-. aga ins t summons of Moses ETE i r"t •:•• cr-.y . img^jn a l l i t i s sa id thr. t God

hardened h i s h e a r t . J o i n t work of God & •aoh.' G6~aP~provided opport-u--.it;; ¿¿

ocng.siqfl. . P lagues softened h i s hea r t i and God1s witfy-•Pvv.-I of p 1 f)g,fl ¿ft-rdonfld Tri q h e a r t , P Go d "hardene^Eafs nean ; , by withdrawing plagué!! ' ' - " - S M — g g g - : -~— ' Same act which softens onw heart,(forbear-ance, mercy, patience) hardens another by delaying punishment. We see this every-day.

Same sun quickens live seed, causes dead o'ne tc rot. " Which melts some substances, causes others to harden, as clay.

Jews approved of God' s judgment on Pharaoh, but r e s e n t e d same t rea tment f o r themse lves . Sod found Pharoah hard & used him to t o p r o -

^•¡notejilB .g lory . He found I s r a e l hard, ' & made same_ use of them, causing gospel to succ eed w i t r ldü t them. I t proboked tTieffl T6 j e a l -o s y . . . V i U ^ w ^ ^ ^ ^ / ! Ä

m V 19 - ' Jews s t i l l ready to f i n d f a u l t •j i j i God accusing Him of hardening them agains t the gospel in a p o s i t i v e "way. ' God never makes, .fflen what they a r e ' m o r a l l y , vhich i s what they a r e condemned or accepted

- f o r . dn' th ings , in which God e x e r c i s e s a p o s i t i v e a r b i t r a r ; : cho ies , he never f inds

f au l t with, man."" Why did C h r i s t weep over ^ ,, urcTéñed them a r o i t r a r i l y ? w j Jerusalem i f he hardened them a r b i t r a r i l y ? ' ^ ;

20 - Paul reprimands ¿ev/ for complaining 3J against God. iilw i^mjuo lUpffy. «&¿' ^*u

7 2 1 - God i s po t te r , , human race the c l a y , and vess 'ë lsare inat ions . Jewish r a c e - Vessel of honor, to ho ld t r u t h , the covenants , the l i n e th ro whom C h r i s t came EgypJiiaOjacJ37 v e s s e l of dishonor , punished

W o f " tEé i r abuse of Jews, murder of babe s .

In the one p lace .where p o t t e r ' s c lay & v e s s e l s a r e not used in a n a t i o n a l sense , i t recognized the power of human v e s s e l s t o

* chanhe. t h e i r d e j t i n i a a . by e x e r c i s e of t h e i r f r e e w i l l . 2 Tim. 2 :20 .21 . . _,n*m t 11 T

V 22- ENDURED WITH LONGSUFFERING VESSELS -•OF WRATH FITTED UNTO DESTRUCTION-

I s r a e l i t e s had so marred t h e i r c h a r a c t e r tha t they were f i t t e d for d e s t r u c t i o n , but God endured t h e i r e v i l a long t ime before He f i n a l l y v i s i t e d r u i n tpon them. Rom 2 ;U,5 .

2 P e t . 3 : 3 - God was t r y i n g to s a v / t h e s e v e s s e l s of wrath by l ead ing them t o " r e p e n t -ance , but they desp i sed the good ness of God. • -

V 2 3 - AFORB^PRSPARED UNTO GLORY- God p r e -pared them when he forgave t h e i r s i n s , on obedience to godpel." wï+rJÛ „¿'¿uUlk¿¿s'

* 'tyalte**>&_&ú-.<uv¿¿fcl, "* V 24- EVEN US. 'WHOM HE CALLED- both Jews &• Gentiles, Called thro Goàpel^a^L^,

V 25- AS HE SAITH IN HOSEA- Quotes from -• phophet to show it had been purpose of God from beginning to call the Gentiles. At that time were not children of God & not be-loved for their trust in God. They would-be-come faithful, and so be called the beloved.

V 26. Fulfillment of prophecy ofTHoseaj^wa: in gospel. See Rom S:lU. ¿,./t/;'(.•

V 27- Paul proves from Isaiah that only a remnant of Israel will be saved. Isa. 10:22, 23. Israel, as sands of sea, went into .— captivity, but only a remnant of them were faithful to God and returned. Of the multi-tude _at time of Christ, only a remnant would receive him X^TL^ ¿^«^ Ju»*<M^**eJ

V 28- Lord will.execute his word, finishing it.... - After long fQEkearance, will fjnlsh the work of dealing with the Jews, and will punish them as deeds demanded. •

7 29- As Isaiah had said of former cqptivity, unless the Lord of hosts had spare a few as a seed, they would have been as

completely des t royed as Sodom & Gomorrah. 3-od proposed to save Sodom i f only a few r igh j^ous could be found.. The f a i t h f u l

^ remnant in I s r a e l saved i t fruin the u t t e r d e s t r u c t i o n tha t" came upon Sodom. .

C'L:,L .ci-L- / - W £ E < - - . \ L ¿ : .^,U¿ erf .^¿ •-_-.- _(_i. ^.CfiJuAAjJUfJLs V 30- WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN? What conclu-sion shall we draw from the phophecies?

That the Gentiles who formerly refused to follow God à seek the righteousness re-quired in Law of Moses, have now attained that righteousness thro fBljJL^ML.Christ. ^ This brings out reason Jews have rejected gospel & Gentiles accepted it: Jews sought righteousness by outward observance without purification of heart. Gentiles sought it by (CfaitEi. which first purifies the heart, then works by love.

V 31. Israel, resting in their own merit & good works, depended on their imperfect obeaTence to Law of Moses. .

V. 32- Wherefore? Why did the Israelites f^fail tö attain righteousness? BECAUSE they sought it not by faith,, not by purifying the h eax,t-. thr o" f ai t h, but depend-ing on a law that only regulated outward ,

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THEY STUMBLED AT STONE OF STUMBLING -M3J>J\$ C h r i s t . Would not accept new covenant . See Jer. 31:31-"&. ÜA^^i^^rn^^^^llitiUsr^í * . ^ ¡?;cr f ,u ° * V"33~ Stone of stumbling in Zion- Literally fulfilled. * Spoke plainly - offended v, Spoke in parables - Dispieased Csy^" A /

/ \ When, he healed - they took offense When he did not heal or give a sign - Dis-

satisfied.. If he carne to the feast - they sought his Ä

life. -If he did not come - they searched for him. Nothing he did pleased them.

HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM SHALL NOT BE PUT " TO SHAME - at judgment seat of Christ.

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