Romans 11:1-2a I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew.God’s rejection of Israel was neither total nor final. What God promised Israel, He will bring to pass in due time. In the meanwhile, God has used Israel’s rejection of Jesus as the Chri...  Read More

Romans 11:2 God has not rejected His people whom he foreknew.Since God is omniscient, knowing all things, He has foreknowledge of the future. This does not simply mean that He knows the future; it means that He has decreed it. The foreknowledge of God thus distinguishes Him from all other beings. God Himself said, “I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning” (Isa. 46...  Read More

Romans 11:1-2a I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected His people whom he foreknew.In Romans 11:1-2 Paul uses himself as his first proof that God has not utterly rejected His people, for he himself was “an Israelite” (v. 1a), and God would hardly have chosen an Israeli...  Read More

Romans 11:1 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be!In Romans 9:30-10:21 Paul revealed why so many Jews have not responded to Christ and why so many Gentiles have. In Romans 11 Paul returns to the theme of 9:6-29 as he summarizes the history of salvation as it existed in his day. Sure, Israel had rejected Christ (10:21), but God had not rejected Israel (11:2), at least...  Read More

Romans 10:19-21 But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by that which is not a nation, by a nation without understanding will I anger you.” 20 And Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who did not seek Me, I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me.” 21 But as for Israel He says, “All the day long I have stretched out My hand...  Read More

Romans 10:16-18 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 18 But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have; “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”The primary focus group in Romans 9-11 is Israel as a na...  Read More

Romans 10:14-15 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? 15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!”It was the prophet Joel whom Paul quoted in v. 13, saying, “Whoever will call on ...  Read More

Romans 10:11-13 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”The Apostle Paul is attempting to show that salvation has always been by faith, dating all the way back to Abel. An...  Read More

Romans 10:8-10 “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.The Law of God (aka,...  Read More

Romans 10:5-8 For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness. 6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), 7 or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” 8 But what does it say? “The word...  Read More

Romans 10:5-8 For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness. 6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down), 7 or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” 8 But what does it say? “The word...  Read More

Romans 10:3-4 For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.Loving his fellow Jews, the Apostle Paul prayed to see them converted to Christ as he had been, being delivered from his own ignorance (cf. Acts 9). Israel’s salvation w...  Read More