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W O W - T H E B I G P I C T U R E
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
Paul's Heart and God's Plan for Israel: Part Two
-- Romans 10:12-11:36; Psalm 130:1-4; Proverbs 24:19-20
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord
over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For "whoever calls on the
name of the LORD shall be saved."
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how
shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall
they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are
sent? As it is written:
"How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!"
But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "LORD, who
has believed our report?" So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God.
But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:
"Their sound has gone out to all the earth,
And their words to the ends of the world."
But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says:
"I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation,
I will move you to anger by a foolish nation."
But Isaiah is very bold and says:
"I was found by those who did not seek Me;
I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me."
But to Israel he says:
"All day long I have stretched out My hands
To a disobedient and contrary people."
I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am
an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has
not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the
Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel,
saying, "LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your
altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"? But what does the
divine response say to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand
men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." Even so then, at this present
time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by
grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer
grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is
no longer work.
What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have
obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Just as it is written:
"God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day."
And David says:
"Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always."
I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not!
But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come
to the Gentiles. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their
failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the
Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, if by any means I may provoke to
jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. For if their
being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their
acceptance be but life from the dead?
For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root
is holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches were broken
off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and
with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that
you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted
in." Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand
by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the
natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore consider the
goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward
you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will
be cut off. And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be
grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut
out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted
contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will
these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this
mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in
part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come
in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
"The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins."
Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning
the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the
gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For as you were once
disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their
disobedience, even so these also have now been disobedient, that
through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. For God has
committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
"For who has known the mind of the LORD?
Or who has become His counselor?"
"Or who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?"
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory
forever. Amen.
Romans 10:12-11:36
WORSHIP:
Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD;
Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.
If You, LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with You,
That You may be feared.
Psalm 130:1-4
WISDOM:
Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the wicked;
For there will be no prospect for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Proverbs 24:19-20
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