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 Whom Does God Save and How?
Part 4
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
God's Mercy in Saving Gentiles Now and Israelis Later. Romans 11:1-36
The Incompleteness of God's Casting Aside National Israel. Rom. 11:1-10
The case of Paul. Rom. 11:1
Has God rejected His people? What is Paul's answer? Rom. 11:1a___________________________________
How does Paul defend his answer from his own situation? Rom. 11:1b ___________________________ The case of Elijah. Rom. 11:2-4
What does Paul emphatically insist? Has God rejected Israel? Rom. 11:2a _____________________________
What is God's relationship with Israel as described from eternity past? Rom. 11:2b ___________________ What did Elijah mistakenly conclude about the Jews when he talked with God? Rom. 11:2c-3 _____________________________________________ (This incident comes from 1 Kings 19:10-18.) What was God's response to the dismayed Elijah? Rom. 11:4 ____________________________________ Paul's conclusion: There is a present remnant among the hardened nation of Israel. Rom. 11:5-10
What does Paul say exists among the Jewish people at this time? Rom. 11:5a ___________________________
What is the basis of the existence of this remnant? Rom. 11:5b ___________________________________ What is not the basis of God's choice? Rom. 11:6 _____________________________________________ Did the nation of Israel find the righteousness it was seeking? Rom. 11:7a ___________________________ Who among Israel did find righteousness? Rom. 11:7b _____________________________________________ What happened to the rest? Rom. 11:7c _____________________________________________ Paul next quoted from Moses (Deut. 29:4) and from Isaiah (Isa. 29:10) to document that God had predicted this hardening in Scripture. What did God give Israel? Rom. 11:8 God gave them a ____________ of ____________.
God gave them _______ that could not ________. God gave them _______ that could not ________. Paul next quoted from David (Psalm 69:22-23)
Israel's table would become a _______________ and a _______________. Rom. 11:9a
Israel's table would become a ________________ ____________ and a ____________________ to them. Rom. 11:9b Israeli ________ would be darkened so they could not ____________. Rom. 11:10a Israeli __________ would be ___________ forever! Rom. 11:10b God
had two purposes in temporarily casting aside the nation of Israel. (1)
Gentile salvation and (2) Israeli jealousy. Romans 11:11-16 Israel did, indeed, stumble. Was
this stumbling fatal and permanent? How did Paul answer the question?
Rom. 11:11a. _________________________________________!
God arranged Israel's stumbling to bring ______________ to the ___________________. Furthermore, this would make Israel ________________. Rom. 11:11b Right now Israel's transgression and failure means ______________ for the Gentiles of the world. What will it be like for the Gentiles when Israel fulfills God's purposes? Rom. 11:12 ______________________________________ How did Paul view his own role with the Gentiles? Rom. 11:13 __________________________________________ What was his motive in emphasizing his ministry to the Gentiles? Rom. 11:14. _____________________________ _____________________________________________ What had God's rejection of Israel brought about? Rom. 11:15a. The ________________ of the _______________. What will God's future acceptance of Israel bring about for Israle and the world? Rom. 11:15b. ________________ from the ____________! Paul used two examples, one from baking and another from horticulture. Rom. 11:16. If the original batch of __________ is holy, so is the lump that comes from it; If the __________ is holy, so are the _____________ that come from it. What Paul meant was that at the very beginning of Israel's history (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), Israel was holy to God; in the end, Israel will again be holy to God. The Warning to the Nations (Gentiles) in light of National Israel's being cast aside temporarily. Romans 11:17-22
1. Don't boast against the cast-aside branches of national Israel! Rom. 11:17-18
In Paul's figure of speech what
happened to some of the natural branches of the olive tree? Rom. 11:17a
_______________________________________. (This refers to non-believing
Israelis.)
What kind of branches were grafted into the root? Rom. 11:17b _________________________________ (This refers to believing Gentiles.) What attitude are believing Gentiles warned not to exhibit toward the branches that were broken off (unbelieving Jews, who have been judged by God)? Rom. 11:18a __________________________________ Rather, we are to remember that we believing Gentiles do not support the ____________ (meaning the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), but the ___________ supports us believing Gentiles! Rom. 11:18b 2. We believing Gentiles are not to be proud of our present privileged position. Rom. 11:19-20a
What is true of our position?
______________ (unbelieving Israelis) were broken off so we believing
Gentiles might be __________________________ Rom. 11:19
That is true. The Israelis were broken off from the root of God’s blessing because of their ______________. We Gentiles are attached to the root of God’s blessing because of our ____________. Rom. 11:20a 3. Rather, we believing Gentiles should be fearful! Rom. 11:20b-21
The command: We Gentiles who believe in Jesus should not be ___________________, but we should rather ___________. Rom. 11:20b
The reason: If God did not spare the ______________ branches (Israel), he will not spare the _____________ who have been grafted in! Rom. 11:21 4. We ought to be aware of God's ________________ and His _________________. Rom. 11:22
Towards whom was God severe? _________________
To whom was God kind? _____________________ If we Gentiles do not continue in God's kindness, what will happen to us? ______________________________ The Reversal of National Israel's being cast away: Total National Salvation! Romans 11:23-32
The prediction of National Israel's total salvation. Romans 11:23-27 What will happen to the Jewish people if they do not continue in their unbelief? Rom. 11:23a ____________
__________________________________________ What is God able to do? Rom. 11:23b _____________ __________________________________________ From what were we Gentiles cut off? Rom. 11:24a ____________________________________________ Into what were we grafted? Rom. 11:24b ___________ __________________________________________ How much easier will it be for the _______________ ________________ to be grafted into their own ______________ ________________? Rom. 11:24c What does this mean? __________________________ __________________________________________ Paul does not want us Gentile believers to think more of ourselves than we ought. (Rom. 11:25a). What has happened to Israel? A partial ____________________. How long will it last? Until the _____________ of the Gentiles has come in (Rom. 11:25b). At some future time, what will happen to all Israel? Rom. 11:26a __________________________________. Quoting from Isaiah 59:20, who did Paul say would come from Zion at some time in the future? Isa. 11:26b ________________________________________ What would he remove from Jacob (a reference to Israel)? Rom. 11:26c ____________________________ Who do you think this deliverer is? ________________ This is not an idle wish. How did God guarantee that this would happen? Rom. 11:27a _________________ __________________________________. (This is a quotation from Isaiah 59:21.) Paul gives the reasons for Israel's future complete salvation. Romans 11:28-32
Right
now, from the standpoint of the Good News about Jesus, Jewish people
are __________________ for the sake of us Gentiles (Rom. 11:28a)
But from the standpoint of God's choice, they are ______________________ for the sake of the fathers. (This means Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the ones to whom God originally made tremendous promises and a covenant.) Rom. 11:28b So God is going to save all of Israel because of the promises He made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That is the first reason God will save Israel. What is the second reason God will save all of Israel? It is because of His own character. The _____________ and the ____________ of God are ________________! Rom. 11:29. What does this mean? God's present mercy to Gentiles (Rom. 11:30). We Gentile believers were once _________________ to God. But now we have been shown ______________ because of Israel's ___________________ God's future mercy to Israel (Rom. 11:31). Right now the Jewish people are ________________. Because of the ________________ God is presently showing to us Gentiles, so also God will one day show _________ to the Jewish people. This means they will finally trust in Jesus as their Messiah! Here is God's amazing plan! He has shut up the whole world to ________________ in order that He might show _________________ to everyone! (Rom. 11:32) We
can only react with praise for God's merciful wisdom in relation to
Israel and all the other nations of the world! Romans 11:33-36
In what two things does God possess a depth of wealth? Rom. 11:33a. Both his _____________ and His ________________!
What can be said about His judgments? They are ________________________! Rom. 11:33b What can be said about His ways? They are ________________________! Rom. 11:33c To prove his point from Scripture, Paul quotes from Isaiah 40:13 (Rom. 11:34). What about God is it impossible for us to know? His ______________. What can we never be for God? His ______________________. Does God give gifts because he is indebted to anyone? ______________________________________ Rom. 11:35, quoting from Job 35:7 and Job 41:11. God is the Be-All and the End-All of all things (Rom. 11:36a). All things are ______________ Him. So He is the SOURCE of all!
All things are ______________ Him. So He is the ADMINISTRATOR of all! All things are _____________ Him. So He is the PURPOSE of all! So what do we humans need to give to God? Rom. 11:36b ___________________!
How long do we need to do so? __________________! Rom. 11:36c What should be the response of the reader? _________! This means, "Truly!" or "So be it!" Rom. 11:36d (As I typed this last question, the final Chorus of the Messiah was being sung! Only one word is repeated over and over again in this chorus. Guess what the word is? Monday, November 18, 2024) Updated November 18, 2024
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