Romans #19 – Chosen

Romans #19 – Chosen
Pastor Blake Hanson | 10.30.24 

Matthew 22:37–40 (NLT)

37Jesus replied, “ ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 

38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 

39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 

40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

Section #1 – Paul’s for Israel and all lost people 

Section #2 – Have God’s to Israel failed? 

Genesis 12:1–3 (NLT)

1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. 

2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 

3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

Romans 9:6–8 (NLT)

6 Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people! 

7 Being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say, “Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted,” though Abraham had other children, too. 

8 This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.

Romans 9:17–18 (NLT)

17 For the Scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, “I have appointed you for the very purpose of displaying my power in you and to spread my fame throughout the earth.” 

18 So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.

Exodus 8:12–15 (NLT)

12 So Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh’s palace, and Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs he had inflicted on Pharaoh. 

13 And the Lord did just what Moses had predicted. The frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields all died. 

14 The Egyptians piled them into great heaps, and a terrible stench filled the land. 

15 But when Pharaoh saw that relief had come, he became stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had predicted.

Section #3 – Has God Israel? 

Romans 10:1–4 (NLT)

1 Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. 

2 I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. 

3 For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. 

4 For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.

Section #4 – Will Israel God forever?

Romans 11:1–6 (NLT)

1 I ask, then, has God rejected his own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 

2 No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you realize what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said, 

3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.” 

4 And do you remember God’s reply? He said, “No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!” 

5 It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God’s grace—his undeserved kindness in choosing them. 

6 And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved.

Romans 11:7–10 (NLT)

7 So this is the situation: Most of the people of Israel have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have—the ones God has chosen—but the hearts of the rest were hardened. 

8 As the Scriptures say, “God has put them into a deep sleep. To this day he has shut their eyes so they do not see, and closed their ears so they do not hear.” 

9 Likewise, David said, “Let their bountiful table become a snare, a trap that makes them think all is well. Let their blessings cause them to stumble, and let them get what they deserve. 

10 Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see, and let their backs be bent forever.”

Romans 11:11–12 (NLT)

11 Did God’s people stumble and fall beyond recovery? Of course not! They were disobedient, so God made salvation available to the Gentiles. But he wanted his own people to become jealous and claim it for themselves. 

12 Now if the Gentiles were enriched because the people of Israel turned down God’s offer of salvation, think how much greater a blessing the world will share when they finally accept it.

Romans 11:17 (NLT)

17 But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree—some of the people of Israel—have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree.

Romans 11:19–20 (NLT)

19 “Well,” you may say, “those branches were broken off to make room for me.” 

20 Yes, but remember—those branches were broken off because they didn’t believe in Christ, and you are there because you do believe. So don’t think highly of yourself, but fear what could happen.

Romans 11:30–32 (NIV)

30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 

31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 

32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

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