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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 9:6-9 - Paul’s Defense of God’s Promise

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Romans in Outline No. 92

THE QUESTION RAISED IN ROMANS 3:3: “IF SOME [OF THE JEWS] DID NOT BELIEVE, THEIR UNBELIEF WILL NOT NULLIFY THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD, WILL IT?”

THE QUESTION NOW: “HOW COULD GOD REJECT HIS ELECT PEOPLE?”

NB: THE ISSUE IN ROMANS 9–11 IS CORPORATE ELECTION, NOT INDIVIDUAL ELECTION

1.1  FAILURE TO ENTER INTO GOD’S BLESSINGS, NOT A FAILURE OF GOD’S PROMISES

Romans 9:6a

2.1  The promise

3.1  THE LAND

Genesis 15:18; 17:8

3.2  A GREAT NATION

Genesis 12:2

3.3  THE MESSIAH

Galatians 3:16

3.4  A FUTURE KINGDOM AGE

Jeremiah 23:5

Micah 4:3

2.2  The problem

1.2  A PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP TO ABRAHAM DID NOT MAKE THEM TRUE ISRAEL

Romans 9:6b-7a

2.1  Physical Israel, not necessarily true Israel

3.1  BEING A JEW OUTWARDLY, DOES NOT MAKE ONE A JEW INWARDLY

3.2  BEING CIRCUMCISED OUTWARDLY DOES NOT MAKE YOU A JEW IN THE HEART

Romans 2:28-29

2.2  The excluded son — Ishmael

Genesis 21:12

1.3  THE RIGHTFUL LINE OF “TRUE SEED”

Romans 9:7b

2.1  The calling

2.2  The chosen son — Isaac

1.4  CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE CONTRASTED WITH THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH

Romans 9:8

2.1  Children of the flesh

Matthew 3:9

John 8:33; 8:37; 8:39; 8:42; 8:44

2.2  Children of the promise

3.1  THE HISTORICAL EVENT

Genesis 21:8-11

3.2  THE ROLE OF FAITH

Romans 4:13-21

Galatians 3:1-14; 3:17; 3:19

3.3  THE NATURE OF THE WORD OF PROMISE

Romans 9:9

Genesis 18:10

4.1  The promise of Isaac

Hebrews 11:11-12

4.2  The delay in fulfillment

4.3  The importance of the promise

Gal 4:21-31

Romans 9:6-8

6 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, 7 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.” 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. (NKJV)

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