Romans | Week 26 | Moving From Assumed Salvation to Revealed Salvation

Romans 9:6-13 | Pastor Keoni Hughes

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Everyone Has Sinned And Is Separated From God

Jesus Came To Join Sinners Together In Relationship To God

Faith In Jesus, Not Good Works, Is What Makes Us Right With God

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Read Romans 9:6-13

Moving From Assumed Salvation to Revealed Salvation

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Free Will and Sovereignty
The Doctrines of Grace or TULIP
Arminianism and Calvinism
Does God Choose Me or Do I Choose God?

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Assumed Salvation Is Based on Who We Are or What We Do | v. 6-7

Assumption: God’s Promise Failed
Revelation: Not All Israel Is Israel

Promise

“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” – Genesis 12:2-3

“And he brought him outside and said, ‘Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.’ Then he said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’ And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.” – Genesis 15:5-6

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“But God said to Abraham, ‘Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.’” – Genesis 21:12

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Their Assumption: All Biological Descendants of Abraham Are Saved
The Revelation: Isaac Was the Son of Promise and Therefore God’s Choice

Our Assumption: I Am Saved Because of Who I Am
The Revelation: Never Assume That You Are Saved Just Because of Who You Are

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Revealed Salvation Is Based On God’s Promise | v. 8-9

Two Examples

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The Assumption: All Biological Descendants of Abraham Are Saved
The Revelation: God Chooses the Promised Child

Salvation Is Based On Promise and Not On Performance

Revealed Salvation Is Based On God’s Election | v. 10-11

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“In Order That God’s Purpose of Election Might Continue”

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Revealed Salvation Is Not Based On Human Action or Birth Order | v. 12-13

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David, Not Saul

Isaac, Not Ishamel

Jacob, Not Esau

Jesus, Not Adam

“But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong” – 1 Corinthians 1:27

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National or Personal?

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Simplicity or Complexity?

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Love or Hate?

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Believe in Jesus for Yourself!
Be Explicit in Your Confession
Be Humbled by God’s Undeserved Grace