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Faith Works:
A Difficult Doctrine Romans 9:1-33
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BIG IDEA: I can ______ God
even when I don’t ____________ Him
trust
understand
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I speak the truth in Christ – I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit – I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my
brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel.
v. 1-4a
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Predestination involves God’s interaction with
_______Israel
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1. Israelites
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2. Adoption as sons
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3. The glory
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4. The covenants
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5. The giving of the law
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6. The temple service
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7. The promises
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8. The patriarchs
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9. The human ancestry of
Christ
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What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness,
have obtained it, a righteousness that is by
faith; but Israel, who pursued a law of
righteousness, has not attained it. Why not?
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Because they pursued it not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over
the “stumbling stone.” As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a
stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that
makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never
be put to shame.”v. 30 -33
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BIG IDEA: I can trust God
even when I don’t understand Him
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Predestination centers around God’s ___________
_______sovereig
nchoice
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It is not as though God’s Word had failed.
For not all who are descended from Israel
are Israel.v. 6
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“It is through Isaac that your offspring will be
reckoned.” v. 7
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Not only that, but Rebekah’s children had one and the same
father, our father Isaac. Yet before the twins were born or had
done anything good or bad – in order that God’s purpose in
election might stand: not by works but by him who
calls – she was told, “The older will serve the
younger.” v. 10-12
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Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved,
but Esau I hated.” v. 13
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I can trust God even when I
don’t understand Him
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Predestination demonstrates God’s _______mercy
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What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! For he says to
Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will
have compassion on whom I have compassion.” It does not depend
on man’s desire or effort,but on God’s mercy.
v. 14-16
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For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for
this very purpose, that I might display my power in
you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the
earth.” v. 17
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Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have
mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
v. 18
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He trusted God even when he didn’t
understand Him
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But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why did
you make me like this?’” v. 20
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What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make
his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath –
prepared for destruction?v. 22
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What if he did this to make the riches of his
glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he
prepared in advance for glory…v. 23
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…even us, whom He also called, not only
from the Jews but also from the Gentiles…
v. 24
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I can trust God even when I
don’t understand Him
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“If God had painted a stripe down the back of the elect, I’d spend
my days walking up and down the streets of London lifting up
shirttails. But because He said “Whosoever wills may come,” I preach the gospel to everyone,
and I rely on Him to lead those to faith who are His.’” Charles
Spurgeon
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“…the one who trusts in him will never
be put to shame.” v. 33