Has God Finished With Israel | Romans 11:1-36
As we have studied the covenant promises God made with Abraham and His descendants in Genesis 12, 15 and 17 we are left with the question, what group of people do those promises relate to? Is it the church, the nation of Israel or both? In Romans 11 Paul discusses the failure of national Israel and how that resulted in blessings for the Gentiles. However, Paul looks forward to the future to show God’s faithfulness toward Israel and how God always fulfills His promises. In this study we learn that since God has set aside Israel for their hardness of heart we should be all the more diligent to pray for the lost and make our salvation sure by responding to God’s grace with wonder and obedience.
- God’s character demands Israel’s preservation (11:1)
- Paul’s conversion establishes Israel’s preservation (11:1-2a)
- God’s past preservation confirms Israel’s preservation (11:2b-6)
- God’s redemptive program demands Israel’s preservation (11:11, 13-14, 25-26)