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 Whom Does God Save and How?
Part 3
If God is in the business of
saving Gentiles who believe in Jesus, has He utterly abandoned the
nation of Israel? Romans 9.1 - 11:36
Israel's Culpability in Failing to Attain the Righteousness of God. Romans 9:30-10:21
Israel's failure to attain righteousness: The Transitional Summary. Rom. 9:30-33
Paul concluded something about both Gentiles and Jews. First, about Gentiles. Rom. 9:30
What were Gentiles not pursuing?
What did Gentiles attain anyway? What kind of righteousness? Righteousness which is given by God to someone because of his what? Now Paul concluded something about Israel. Rom. 9:31-33
What was Israel pursuing? A ______ of _______________. Rom. 9:31
At what did Israel not arrive? _____________________ _________________________. Rom. 9:31 Why not? It is because Israel did not pursue righteousness by ______________, but by endeavoring to perform ________________. Rom. 9:32 Over what did Israel stumble? ____________________ _______________. Rom. 9:32 Paul supported his conclusion by quoting from Isaiah 28:16 and Isa. 8:14. (Rom. 9:33) What did God promise He would lay in Zion? A ____________________________ and a ____________________________.
Who or what is this stone / rock? _______________ Whom did Scripture say would stumble over and be offended at this stone / rock? (Isa. 8:14) Both houses of ________________
And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of _____________________ What would happen to everyone who believes in Him? (Rom. 9:33) ___________________________ _______________________________ Israel failed by trying to establish her own method of righteousness. Romans 10:1-5
What is Paul's desire and prayer for Israel? Rom. 10:1 ___________________________________________
What does Paul say the Jewish people have? Rom. 10:2a A ________ for God. What is wrong with the zeal Jewish people have? Rom. 10:2b _____________________________________ About what do the Jewish people not know? Rom. 10:3a ________________________________________________ What are they seeking to establish? Rom. 10:3b ________ _______________________________ To what have they not submitted? Rom. 10:3c __________ _________________________________ What is the relationship of Jesus Christ to the law and righteousness? Rom. 10:4a _________________________ ________________________________ What is the only way people can take advantage of Jesus Christ and the righteousness He provides apart from struggling to keep the law? Rom. 10:4b _______________ _______________________________________ What did Paul say Moses predicted about a man who practices righteousness based on law? Rom. 10:5. Would he live or die? __________________________________ Paul was quoting from Leviticus
18:5 and Ezekiel 20:11. What God stated in both these passages was that
if Israelis would keep His laws they would ____________. Doing things
God's way always promotes life, not death.
Unfortunately, the Israelis generally disobeyed God's laws. Consequently, He repeatedly sent judgments and they kept dying. (Nehemiah 9:29-30; Ezek. 20:13) Another thing Paul may have meant was that it was necessary to keep the entire law in order to gain righteousness by law-keeping. What would happen if someone failed at one point? (Deut. 27:26; Galatians 3:10; James 2:10) ______________________________ ____________________________________ Israel failed to understand the "by faith" nature of righteousness as stated in her own Scriptures. Romans 10:6-15
In Romans 10:6-10, Paul wrote about the nearness of righteousness that comes by faith. Paul quoted from Deut. 30:12-14
To what place did they not have to work hard and go to get this righteousness through Jesus? Rom. 10:6 ____ ______________________________
To what place did they not have to work hard and descend in order to resurrect Jesus from the dead so He could provide them with righteousness? Rom. 10:7 ____________________________________________ Where was the message about faith which Paul was preaching? Rom. 10:8 __________________________ ______________________________________ What did they need to confess with their mouths? Rom. 10:9a ___________________________________ ______________________________. (See also Matt. 10:32; Luke 12:8.) What did they need to believe in their hearts? Rom. 10:9b. _______________________________________ (See also Acts 16:31; Rom. 4:24.) What will happen to the one who puts into action both his mouth and his heart as Paul stated? Rom. 10:9c. _____________________________________________ With the ___________ a person ______________ resulting in ____________________. Rom. 10:10a With the ___________ a person ______________ resulting in ____________________. Rom. 10:10b In Romans 10:11-13 Paul wrote about the Universal Availability of righteousness that comes about by faith.
Quoting Isaiah 28:16, what
does Paul state about any and every person who believes in Jesus? Rom.
10:11 ___________________________________________
Is any distinction made between a Jewish and a Greek (non-Jewish) person? Rom. 10:12a ________________ Why not? Because the same Lord (Master) Jesus is Lord (Master) over whom? Rom. 10:12b ____________ __________________________ What does Jesus do for all who call on Him? Rom. 10:12c _______________________________________ Quoting Joel 2:32, Paul concludes that whoever will ______ on the name of the LORD will be ___________ Rom. 10:13 In the next paragraph, Paul discussed the Universal Communication implications of the righteousness that comes by faith. Rom. 10:14-15
It is impossible for people to call upon Jesus if they have not first ___________________ in Him. Rom. 10:14a
It is impossible for people to believe in Jesus if they have not first _______________ about Him. Rom. 10:14b It is impossible for people to hear about Jesus if there is not first a __________________ (meaning someone who proclaims or announces) Rom. 10:14c It is unlikely that any will communicate about Jesus unless they are first _____________ Rom. 10:15a Paul quoted from Isaiah 52:7. Rom. 10:15b. Who has beautiful feet? _____________________________________________ Updated November 18, 2024
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