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 Well, good morning. Please take your copy of God's Word. Join me in Romans chapter 11.

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 Our text for today is Romans chapter 11, verses 25 through 36, which is to the end of the chapter.

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 We're doing it. We're making it through chapter 11 today, Lord willing. Something could happen to me in the next 30 to 45 minutes.

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 We have been wading in the deep waters of difficult texts these past weeks.

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 Today, we're going to finish our consideration of chapter 11, which deserves a warning before we plumb its depths.

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 Last week, I issued the warning. This week, I'm going to read to you a warning from the pulpit of Martin Lloyd-Jones.

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 He said, and I quote,

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 We must be careful that our proper interest in the content of this chapter does not become carnal excitement.

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 That is, mental excitement.

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 There is more than one way of being excited.

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 We can be excited intellectually as well as emotionally.

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 I warn those who are keen to find out what is going on to be said on this matter, or that, and particularly, on so shall all Israel be saved.

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 This attitude is quite inappropriate when one comes to study the Scriptures.

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 Let us remind ourselves at the outset of two things which we find in this chapter.

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 The first is that the Apostle refers in it to a mystery.

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 If, therefore, we think that we have this chapter all sorted out and tabulated, and that there could be no other view worth considering, we are already wrong.

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 But the second is the way in which the Apostle concludes this chapter.

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 Having written it, he finds in himself a state of mind and heart in which he can think of and do nothing else but praise and worship God.

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 Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God.

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 The consideration of this truth had that effect on him.

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 So it should on us and on all who consider it.

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 And that is what we now begin to do.

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 End quote.

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 So, let's approach this text together with humility and awe that moves us to praise.

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 Romans 11, beginning in verse 25.

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 Let me remind you before I read it, beloved, that this is God's word to us written for his glory and our good.

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 So we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Let's read it in verse 26.

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 Let's read it in verse 26.

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 Lest you be wise in your own sight.

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 I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers.

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 A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

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 And in this way all Israel will be saved.

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 As it is written, the Deliverer will come from Zion.

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 He will banish ungodliness from Jacob.

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 And this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.

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 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake.

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 But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.

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 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

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 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God, but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,

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 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.

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 For God has consigned all to disobedience that he may have mercy on all.

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 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God.

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 How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways.

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 For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor?

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 Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?

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 For from him and through him and to him are all things.

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 To him be glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 Now, before making any comments about the details of this text,

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 and we will not have time to talk about all the details of this text,

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 let us set together in our minds what Paul is doing here.

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 Remember back at the beginning of chapter 9,

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 Paul is lamenting the unbelief of Israel as he works out the theological implications of divine election.

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 When we arrive at chapter 11,

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 we must see that the entirety of the chapter is framed by the question found at the beginning of verse 1.

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 There he says,

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 I ask then,

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 has God rejected his people?

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 He's working through this arc,

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 this lament at the beginning of chapter 9,

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 seeing that not all Jews will be saved.

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 But has God rejected his people?

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 He asks at the beginning of verse 1 of chapter 11.

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 And he emphatically answers it,

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 no.

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 He says,

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 by no means.

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 Paul then offers himself as a witness to this truth.

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 After all,

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 God had saved him.

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 He says,

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 I myself have been saved.

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 And he goes on in chapter 11 and verse 5,

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 so too,

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 just like in the days of Elijah,

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 so too,

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 at the present time,

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 there is a remnant chosen by grace.

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 It's about people from Israel chosen by grace.

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 The primary doctrine of the chapter is God's faithfulness to his word and the saving of his people.

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 The primary exhortation is for Gentile or non-Jewish followers of Christ,

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 and it's found at the beginning of verse 18.

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 There he says,

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 do not be arrogant toward the branches.

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 Right?

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 In the middle of an analogy about branches being cut off so that they, as Gentiles, could be grafted in.

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 He says,

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 do not become arrogant.

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 So you could walk away from this chapter.

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 And I don't want to suggest for a moment that the entire chapter is not of value to us,

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 but I want you to get, at very least, these two things.

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 Right?

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 In God's divine elective purpose,

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 he has not rejected the Jewish people,

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 and therefore,

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 those of us who are non-Jewish Christians

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 should not become arrogant

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 towards the unbelief of Israel.

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 Now, regardless of all the possible ways we can understand this chapter,

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 we need to be careful not to miss those two points.

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 Right?

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 Again, God is faithful to his promises,

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 and we,

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 assuming you're like me,

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 non-Jewish,

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 should still see that God has a saving purpose for Israel.

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 Paul compounds his exhortation against arrogance in verse 25.

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 Boy, excuse me.

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 I'm still fighting this cold a bit.

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 There he says,

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 lest you be wise in your own sight.

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 I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery,

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 brothers.

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 A partial hardening has come upon Israel

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 until the fullness of the Gentiles

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 has come in.

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 This mystery is that God,

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 in his divine purpose,

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 is employing a gospel-rejecting strategy

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 for the sake of Gentiles,

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 the Jews rejecting the gospel

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 for the sake of the Gentiles,

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 and a jealousy-provoking strategy

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 for the sake of Jews,

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 which we talked about at length last week.

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 The purpose of God hardening some Jews

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 who were unbelieving

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 was that Gentiles would be saved.

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 God working out his elective purpose

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 through it all.

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 So Gentile believer,

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 do not become proud.

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 Do not think yourself wise.

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 God is mercifully saving his people.

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 And this brings us to the challenge

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 of today's text.

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 And I am saying to you,

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 it is a challenge.

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 Some of the language here is difficult.

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 And we see that summarized

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 at the beginning of verse 26

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 and explained throughout the end of verse 32.

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 So let's read these verses all together again

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 just to set them in our mind.

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 Verse 26 through 32.

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 And in this way,

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 he's referring back to the fullness

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 of the Gentiles coming in.

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 It's a direct reference

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 to the phrase previous to that

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 in verse 25.

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 And in this way,

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 all Israel will be saved.

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 As it is written,

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 the deliverer will come from Zion.

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 He will banish ungodliness from Jacob.

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 And this will be my covenant with them.

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 when I take away their sins.

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 As regards the gospel,

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 they are enemies for your sake.

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 But as regards election,

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 they are beloved for the sake

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 of their forefathers.

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 For the gifts and the calling of God

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 are irrevocable.

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 They can't be taken away.

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 For just as you were at one time

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 disobedient to God,

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 but now have received mercy

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 because of their disobedience,

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 so they too have now been disobedient

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 in order that by the mercy shown to you,

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 they also may now receive mercy.

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 Right?

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 Gospel rejecting strategy

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 for the sake of Gentiles.

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 Right?

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 Gospel jealousy

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 for the sake of Jews.

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 For God has consigned

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 all to disobedience

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 that he may have mercy

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 on all.

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 Now,

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 up to this point in the chapter,

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 Paul has been making his case

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 in the present tense.

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 Right?

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 Paul is writing.

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 What is going on right now?

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 What is he observing

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 is happening in his day?

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 And now he turns

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 his writing and our minds

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 eschatologically,

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 that is,

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 toward the end of the age.

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 He is still speaking

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 of God's present work,

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 but he has fixed his gaze

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 on the full realization

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 of God's saving purpose.

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 Now,

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 we will not have the bandwidth

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 this morning

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 to pull apart

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 each of those phrases.

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 And frankly,

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 you'll ask me

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 and I'll go,

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 yep,

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 that's an interesting

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 turn of phrase there.

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 So,

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 we're going to structure

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 the study of our text

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 this morning

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 by thinking about

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 what could be possibly

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 meant by the phrase,

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 in this way,

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 all Israel

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 will be saved.

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 Right?

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 Particularly that

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 all Israel.

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 What does that mean?

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 And you can find

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 many interpretations

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 of this text.

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 And this morning

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 I'm just going to cover

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 the four most common.

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 And I'm going to begin

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 with those least probable

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 and move to those

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 most probable.

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 And I will tell you

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 with a great deal

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 of trembling

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 what I think it means.

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 So,

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 here we go.

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 Number one,

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 least probable

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 to the most probable

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 interpretations.

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 So,

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 number one,

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 all Israel means

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 every ethnic Jew

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 throughout history

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 will be saved.

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 Right?

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 That's one position.

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 Right?

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 All Israel means

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 every ethnic Jew

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 throughout history

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 will be saved.

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 And we find

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 some evidence

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 to support

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 this position

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 in verse 12

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 as an example

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 of chapter 11.

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 If their trespass

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 means riches

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 for the world

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 and if their failure

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 means riches

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 for the Gentiles,

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 how much more

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 will their

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 full inclusion

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 mean?

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 And in today's text,

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 specifically,

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 verse 28

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 and verse 32,

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 right?

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 As regards election,

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 they are beloved

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 for the sake

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 of their forefathers.

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 Broad reference

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 to Israel.

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 Verse 32,

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 for God has

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 consigned

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 all to disobedience

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 that he may

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 have mercy

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 on all.

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 Now,

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 if we take

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 the phrase

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 all Israel

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 in verse 12

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 and 28

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 and 32

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 at face value,

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 then it would be

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 proper to conclude

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 that in God's

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 divine purpose,

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 every ethnic Jew

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 throughout history

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 will be saved.

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 So how can we

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 know that this

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 is not the

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 proper way

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 to interpret

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 this text?

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 We can know

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 this because

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 if this is

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 what Paul means,

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 then he would

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 have no reason

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 to be grieved

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 by the unbelief

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 of Jewish people.

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 Why would he

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 be concerned

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 at all

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 if he believes

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 that in the end

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 all ethnically

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 Jewish people

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 will be

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 saved?

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 Remember back

00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:36.380
 Romans chapter 9,

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 and I've referenced

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 it a few times,

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 but just hear it

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 beginning in verse 1.

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 He says,

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 I'm speaking the

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 truth in Christ.

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 I am not lying.

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 My conscience

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 bears me witness

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 in the Holy Spirit

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 that I have

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 great sorrow

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 and unceasing

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 anguish

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 in my heart.

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 Why is this?

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 Because he's been

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 talking about

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 God's elective purpose

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 at the end

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 of chapter 8.

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 In order to

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 found our faith

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 on God's work

00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:02.460
 in our lives,

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 who shall separate

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 us from the love

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 of Christ?

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 No one is his

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 answer.

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 And what he does

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 with that then,

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 he says,

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 but what about

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 those unbelieving

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 Jewish people?

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 He has great

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 sorrow and

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 unceasing

00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:17.000
 anguish

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 in his heart.

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 And then verse 3

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 says,

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 for I could wish

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 that I myself

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 were accursed

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 and cut off

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 from Christ

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 for the sake

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 of my brothers,

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 my kinsmen,

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 according to the

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 flesh.

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 He's so grieved

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 that he himself

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 would be separated

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 from Christ

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 for their

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 sake,

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 that they would

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 believe the

00:14:37.319 --> 00:14:37.699
 gospel.

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 He would have

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 no reason

00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:41.019
 to feel this

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 way at all,

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 to feel it so

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 strongly,

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 if in just a few

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 short chapters

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 he's going to

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 teach us that

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 all ethnic

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 Jews will be

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 saved.

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 Additionally,

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 we can see

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 in chapter 11

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 that not all

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 Jewish people

00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:57.839
 were saved

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 in his

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 day.

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 So he's a

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 witness to

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 this.

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 Look at the

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 beginning of

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 the chapter,

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 verse 2

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 through 7.

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 Again,

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 he's answering

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 this question,

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 has God

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 rejected his

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 people?

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 And he says,

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 God has not

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 rejected his

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 people,

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 whom he

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.899
 foreknew.

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 He qualifies

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 it there.

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 Do you not

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 know what the

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 scripture says

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.480
 of Elijah,

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 how he appeals

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 to God

00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:24.639
 against Israel?

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 Remember,

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 you may know

00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:27.840
 the story of

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 Elijah.

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 He had

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 issued this

00:15:30.180 --> 00:15:30.980
 challenge against

00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.460
 the prophets

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 of Baal.

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 It's the

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 altars and

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.580
 the altars

00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.460
 that burn

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 and the

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 altars that

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 don't burn.

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 This major

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 victory has

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 taken place

00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.980
 and yet

00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:43.180
 his life

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 is being

00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:43.980
 sought.

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 All of

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 Israel hasn't

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 turned back

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 the way he

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 had hoped

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 would happen

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 and so he

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 issues this

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 complaint and

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 we see the

00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.399
 record of it

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 there in

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 verse 3.

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 Lord,

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 they have

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 killed your

00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:53.379
 prophets,

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 they have

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 demolished

00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.100
 your altars

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 and I

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 alone am

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.779
 left and

00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.799
 they seek

00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:59.319
 my life.

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 And then

00:15:59.579 --> 00:16:00.120
 Paul asks,

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 but what is

00:16:00.579 --> 00:16:01.219
 God's reply

00:16:01.219 --> 00:16:01.620
 to him?

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 God says,

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 I have

00:16:03.359 --> 00:16:03.740
 kept for

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 myself

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.779
 7,000 men

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.439
 who have

00:16:06.439 --> 00:16:07.159
 not bowed

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:08.179
 the knee

00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.979
 to Baal.

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 So there's

00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:10.139
 a remnant

00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.559
 that is

00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:11.099
 kept

00:16:11.099 --> 00:16:12.319
 faithful.

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 So too,

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:14.759
 Paul says,

00:16:14.839 --> 00:16:15.479
 verse 5,

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 at the

00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.099
 present time

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 there is

00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:19.000
 a remnant

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 chosen

00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:21.679
 by grace.

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 And then

00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:23.039
 he makes

00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:23.500
 the point,

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 but if it

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:25.120
 is by grace,

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 it is no

00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:26.960
 longer on

00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:27.340
 the basis

00:16:27.340 --> 00:16:27.820
 of works,

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.980
 otherwise grace

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:30.000
 would no

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.560
 longer be

00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:32.100
 grace.

00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.580
 What then,

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:34.720
 verse 7,

00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.460
 Israel failed

00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:35.899
 to obtain

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.139
 what it

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.560
 was seeking,

00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:37.399
 the elect

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.120
 obtained it,

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:38.480
 but the

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.259
 rest were

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:41.220
 hardened.

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:41.539
 So,

00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:43.000
 in Paul's

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.320
 day,

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.340
 not all

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:44.720
 Jewish

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:46.039
 people are

00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:46.279
 going to

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.740
 be saved.

00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:47.460
 In the

00:16:47.460 --> 00:16:47.779
 days of

00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.139
 Elijah,

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.779
 not all

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.180
 Jewish

00:16:49.180 --> 00:16:51.480
 people were

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:51.879
 saved.

00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.759
 And I

00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.220
 would suggest

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:53.500
 to you,

00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:53.960
 in our

00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:54.279
 day,

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.179
 not all

00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:55.679
 Jewish

00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.559
 people

00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:57.860
 are

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.379
 saved.

00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.299
 Further,

00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:00.699
 this view

00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.220
 would also

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.579
 have to

00:17:01.579 --> 00:17:02.220
 support the

00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.819
 idea that

00:17:02.819 --> 00:17:03.240
 a person

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.779
 can be

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.240
 saved

00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:04.740
 apart

00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:05.319
 from

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:06.180
 faith

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.539
 in the

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:06.940
 person

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.319
 and

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.720
 work

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.879
 of

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.259
 Christ,

00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:09.599
 which

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.559
 just

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.579
 isn't

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.139
 the case

00:17:12.139 --> 00:17:13.180
 and rips

00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.859
 this chapter

00:17:13.859 --> 00:17:14.440
 from

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:15.539
 its

00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:15.940
 surrounding

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.720
 context.

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 If you

00:17:18.339 --> 00:17:18.720
 look back

00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.599
 just a

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:19.920
 chapter,

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.399
 Romans

00:17:20.399 --> 00:17:21.819
 chapter 10,

00:17:21.879 --> 00:17:22.119
 we don't

00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:22.420
 have to

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.200
 go far

00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:23.960
 in Paul's

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:25.039
 theology.

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:25.960
 He says,

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.680
 verse 12,

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.160
 there is no

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:28.039
 distinction between

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:28.500
 Jew and

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:28.860
 Greek,

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.720
 for the

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.259
 same Lord

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.799
 is Lord

00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.259
 of all,

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:31.840
 bestowing

00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:32.559
 his riches

00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.420
 on all

00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:34.420
 who call

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:35.140
 on him.

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.140
 For everyone

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.880
 who calls

00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:37.620
 on the name

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:37.940
 of the

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.259
 Lord

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.680
 will be

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.279
 saved.

00:17:41.380 --> 00:17:42.140
 How then

00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:42.840
 will they

00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:43.460
 call on him

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.860
 in whom

00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:44.319
 they have

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.640
 not

00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:45.779
 believed?

00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:46.160
 He's asking

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.600
 rhetorical

00:17:46.600 --> 00:17:47.080
 questions.

00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:48.819
 And how

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.140
 are they

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:49.759
 to believe

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.140
 in him

00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:50.580
 of whom

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.039
 they have

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.399
 never

00:17:51.399 --> 00:17:52.439
 heard?

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:53.480
 And how

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:53.679
 are they

00:17:53.679 --> 00:17:54.299
 to hear

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.819
 without

00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.519
 someone

00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:56.579
 preaching?

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.539
 And how

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:57.740
 are they

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.220
 to preach

00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:58.879
 unless they

00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.460
 are sent

00:17:59.460 --> 00:17:59.839
 as it

00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.179
 is written?

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.419
 How

00:18:00.419 --> 00:18:00.960
 beautiful

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.480
 are the

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:01.879
 feet

00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.960
 of those

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.199
 who

00:18:03.199 --> 00:18:03.679
 preach

00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:05.139
 the good

00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:05.639
 news.

00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:06.019
 So Paul's

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.399
 already made

00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:07.039
 the case

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:08.199
 that we

00:18:08.199 --> 00:18:08.500
 will be

00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:08.899
 saved,

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.539
 we call

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:09.839
 on the

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.240
 name of

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.720
 Christ,

00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:11.379
 but for

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.659
 us to

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 do that

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 we have

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 to know

00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:14.720
 the gospel

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.619
 of Jesus

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.699
 Christ.

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 It has

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 to be

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 preached

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 to us

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 that we

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 might

00:18:18.899 --> 00:18:19.799
 believe

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 in it.

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 Just a few

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 verses later,

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 verse 17,

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 chapter 10,

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 he says,

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 so faith

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 comes from

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 hearing,

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.599
 and hearing

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 through the

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 word

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:29.720
 of Christ.

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 So,

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.740
 it's one

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.119
 position,

00:18:33.399 --> 00:18:33.899
 all Israel

00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:34.759
 means every

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 ethnic Jew

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 throughout

00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:37.220
 history

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.619
 will be

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 saved,

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 which I

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 think we

00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:40.019
 do well

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.659
 to reject

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 altogether.

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 Second,

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.480
 probable,

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:49.019
 little more

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.460
 probable

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.039
 position.

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 All

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 Israel

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 means

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:54.039
 the

00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.400
 church.

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:55.860
 This

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 position

00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:56.480
 holds

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:56.940
 that Paul

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 is not

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 talking

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.059
 about

00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.680
 ethnic

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.099
 Israel

00:18:59.099 --> 00:18:59.519
 at this

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 point,

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 but all

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 those who

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.460
 will ever

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.559
 be saved

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 by Christ.

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.860
 Proponents

00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.180
 of this

00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:07.420
 view

00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:07.880
 appeal

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.220
 to

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 texts

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.200
 like

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.839
 Romans

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.559
 chapter 2,

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.160
 verse 28

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.839
 and 29.

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 There Paul

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.039
 says,

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 for no

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 one is

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 a Jew

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 who is

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 merely

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 one

00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.599
 outwardly,

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 nor

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.439
 is

00:19:17.439 --> 00:19:18.039
 circumcision

00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.500
 outward

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.759
 and

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.079
 physical,

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 but a

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:19.659
 Jew

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:19.819
 is

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 one

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.960
 inwardly,

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 and

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 circumcision

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.339
 is a

00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:22.519
 matter

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:22.839
 of the

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 heart,

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 by the

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 spirit,

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 not by

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.399
 the

00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:24.679
 letter.

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 His

00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:25.679
 praise

00:19:25.679 --> 00:19:26.059
 is not

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.399
 from

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.879
 man,

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 but

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:27.919
 from

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 God.

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 And

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.220
 Romans

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.059
 chapter 9,

00:19:30.159 --> 00:19:30.700
 verses 6

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 through 8.

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 But it's not

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 as though the

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.359
 word of God

00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:33.919
 has failed,

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.359
 for not

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:34.879
 all who

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 are

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.619
 descended

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:35.919
 from

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 Israel

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.899
 belong

00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:37.200
 to

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 Israel,

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 and

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:38.539
 not

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.220
 all

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:39.399
 are

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 children

00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:39.799
 of

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.099
 Abraham

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.439
 because

00:19:40.439 --> 00:19:40.679
 they are

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:40.820
 his

00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:41.220
 offspring,

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:41.840
 but

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.060
 through

00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:42.420
 Isaac

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:42.660
 shall

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:42.860
 your

00:19:42.860 --> 00:19:43.259
 offspring

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.779
 be

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.200
 named.

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 This

00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:45.299
 means

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:45.539
 it is

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.680
 not

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:45.860
 the

00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.120
 children

00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:46.259
 of

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.380
 the

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.700
 flesh

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:46.840
 who

00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:46.920
 are

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.039
 the

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.220
 children

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:47.380
 of

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.560
 God,

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:47.680
 but

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:47.820
 the

00:19:47.820 --> 00:19:48.039
 children

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.279
 of

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.420
 the

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:48.980
 promise

00:19:48.980 --> 00:19:49.480
 are

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:49.880
 counted

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:51.240
 as

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.660
 offspring.

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 So he's

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:52.740
 saying,

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:53.160
 and he makes

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.779
 the case

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.420
 in other

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.799
 places

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.940
 as well,

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.519
 that there's

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.400
 a spiritual

00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.660
 Israel

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.259
 that's

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.680
 saved

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.620
 by

00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:01.940
 God.

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.480
 And I

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:03.920
 like this

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.320
 position

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:05.140
 for its

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:06.299
 intended

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:07.519
 tidiness,

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.720
 but I

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:09.960
 find it

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.180
 very

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.500
 difficult

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.700
 to

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:10.980
 support

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.120
 it

00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:11.319
 in

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.480
 the

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.860
 immediate

00:20:11.860 --> 00:20:12.860
 context.

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.400
 He sure

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:13.779
 seems to

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.140
 be talking

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.500
 about

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.039
 ethnically

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.440
 Jewish

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.819
 people,

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.180
 especially

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.480
 as he's

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.079
 talking about

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.340
 their

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:19.860
 rejection

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.340
 for the

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:20.700
 sake

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.279
 of

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:22.180
 Gentiles,

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.440
 as you

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:22.680
 read

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.039
 through

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.120
 chapter

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.500
 11.

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:24.740
 I'd

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.079
 love to

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.559
 unlock

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:25.779
 some

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.000
 kind

00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.140
 of,

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.539
 you know,

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.140
 have

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.279
 the

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.539
 key

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:27.799
 and

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.240
 unlock

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.420
 it

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:28.600
 and

00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:28.799
 show

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:28.940
 you

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.039
 that

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.259
 that's

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.380
 what

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:29.500
 it

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:29.799
 means.

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.100
 I

00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:30.319
 just

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.600
 think

00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:30.740
 it's

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:30.920
 really

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.259
 difficult

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.460
 to

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.680
 make

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.700
 that

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.299
 case.

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.039
 Two

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.380
 examples

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.579
 from

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:35.819
 Romans

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.160
 11.

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:46.140
 Paul

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.460
 there

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.799
 is not

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:46.940
 only

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.220
 saying

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.500
 that he

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.840
 is an

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.340
 Israelite,

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:48.600
 but he

00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.000
 goes on

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.340
 to talk

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.640
 about

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:52.319
 ethnically.

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.680
 He's

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:52.880
 very

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.299
 clear.

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:53.620
 That's

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.180
 what he's

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.259
 saying.

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:55.440
 A

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.819
 descendant

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:55.960
 of

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.259
 Abraham,

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:56.660
 a

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:56.940
 member

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.819
 of

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:57.920
 the

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.279
 tribe

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.160
 of

00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.460
 Benjamin.

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.860
 And

00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.120
 then in

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.279
 our

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.539
 text

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.000
 today,

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.279
 verse

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.900
 25,

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.220
 must

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.480
 you be

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:04.920
 wise in

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.200
 your own

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.500
 sight.

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:05.840
 Don't

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.019
 be

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.259
 unaware

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.380
 of

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:06.480
 this

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.799
 mystery,

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.360
 brothers.

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.120
 A

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.319
 partial

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.720
 hardening

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:08.860
 has

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.079
 come

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.519
 upon

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.559
 Israel

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.279
 until

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.480
 the

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.740
 fullness

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.000
 of

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.119
 the

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.619
 Gentiles

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.139
 has

00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:14.160
 come

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.319
 in.

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:15.720
 There

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:15.859
 he's

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.099
 talking

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.440
 about

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.000
 ethnic

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.680
 groups

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.279
 in

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.160
 that

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.480
 case.

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:19.740
 So

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.940
 it's

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:21.160
 very

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.559
 tidy.

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:21.900
 I

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.119
 really

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.279
 would

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.480
 love

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.639
 for

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:22.740
 it

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:22.799
 to

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:22.879
 be

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.019
 the

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.220
 case,

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.359
 but

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:23.460
 I

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.740
 also

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.019
 think

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.200
 we

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.379
 can

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:25.059
 safely

00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.480
 and

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.639
 we

00:21:25.639 --> 00:21:25.779
 do

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.059
 well

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.299
 to

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.680
 reject

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.639
 this

00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.079
 position.

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.940
 I

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.220
 stated

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:30.420
 that we

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.759
 move

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.079
 from

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.759
 less

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.220
 probable

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.599
 to

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.279
 more

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.819
 probable

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.579
 interpretations.

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.099
 To

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:36.980
 be

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.500
 clear,

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:37.859
 I

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.160
 find

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.420
 those

00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:38.900
 first

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.220
 two

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.640
 previously

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.000
 stated

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.440
 positions

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.120
 to be

00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.940
 impossible

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.840
 and so

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.200
 just

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.259
 wrong.

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.620
 Now we

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.000
 move on

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.519
 to two

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:46.960
 positions

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.980
 I find

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:49.300
 actually

00:21:49.300 --> 00:21:49.740
 probable.

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:52.120
 So the

00:21:52.120 --> 00:21:52.360
 third,

00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:54.440
 all Israel

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.540
 means a

00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:56.120
 dramatic

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:57.019
 future

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.820
 salvation

00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:59.060
 for ethnic

00:21:59.060 --> 00:21:59.900
 Jews.

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.800
 A dramatic

00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:01.660
 future

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.740
 salvation

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.580
 for ethnic

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:03.920
 Jews.

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.920
 Jews

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.600
 this

00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:05.980
 is

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.660
 a

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.420
 popularly

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.779
 held

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.920
 position.

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:09.860
 The

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.100
 holders

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.460
 of it

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.840
 have

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.160
 their

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.800
 variations

00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:12.320
 in the

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:12.940
 specifics,

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.600
 but generally

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.279
 agree that

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.580
 there will

00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:16.080
 be some

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.720
 great

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.380
 inclusion

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:18.080
 of ethnic

00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:18.480
 Jews

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.120
 into the

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:19.500
 church

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.539
 before

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.900
 Christ's

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.320
 return.

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:23.880
 Most

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.400
 believe

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.960
 that

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:26.039
 all Jews

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.600
 alive

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.460
 at that

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.980
 time

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.360
 is what

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:28.740
 Paul

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.700
 means

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.640
 there.

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:32.140
 this

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.340
 view

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:32.900
 is held

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:34.140
 by men

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.320
 like

00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:34.520
 John

00:22:34.520 --> 00:22:34.980
 MacArthur,

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.080
 John

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.500
 Piper,

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.840
 and

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.320
 Jonathan

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:38.980
 Edwards.

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.580
 It is

00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:41.680
 not the

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:41.940
 view

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.500
 that I

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.800
 hold,

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.620
 but I

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:43.860
 always

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.200
 shudder

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.780
 to disagree

00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:46.160
 with the

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.540
 Johns.

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.300
 So

00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:49.940
 I

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.380
 disagree

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.060
 very loosely

00:22:51.060 --> 00:22:52.340
 and very

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:53.700
 humbly.

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.820
 This is

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.680
 an orthodox

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.220
 position

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.320
 to hold

00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:58.380
 of this

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:58.680
 chapter.

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.240
 This view

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.940
 is careful,

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.960
 it is

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.620
 articulate,

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:03.960
 the fact

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.940
 that throughout

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.400
 the Old

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.599
 Testament

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.460
 of chapter

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.400
 11,

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.099
 and the

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:10.099
 fact that

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.400
 throughout

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.839
 the Old

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.240
 Testament,

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.200
 the remnant

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.759
 preserved

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.839
 within Israel

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.839
 is always

00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.519
 a sign

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.200
 of hope

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.319
 for Israel

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.339
 as a

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.660
 whole.

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:20.880
 Like I

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.059
 said,

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.680
 you are in

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.279
 good company

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.559
 if you

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.980
 hold this

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.380
 position,

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.180
 and if

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.559
 you want

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.279
 to read

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.720
 and understand

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.279
 more about

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.460
 it,

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.359
 I encourage

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.599
 you to

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.259
 read Tom

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.700
 Schreiner's

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.079
 commentary

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.259
 on these

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.619
 verses.

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.199
 It's a

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.679
 position he

00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:31.939
 holds,

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.159
 he does

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.579
 a very

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.199
 good job

00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:34.740
 of explaining

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.019
 it,

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.500
 and the

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.919
 whole commentary

00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:36.500
 is commendable,

00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.399
 it's a good

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:39.019
 resource for

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.419
 a study

00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:41.039
 of Romans.

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.639
 I do

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.720
 find that

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.419
 some of the

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:44.960
 arguments for

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.339
 this view

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.220
 seem to be

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.279
 carried along

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.879
 by mere

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.439
 optimism,

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.399
 and I

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:51.460
 try not to

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.039
 be a person

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.879
 who's known

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:53.619
 as pessimistic,

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:54.599
 I try to be

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.179
 optimistic,

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.320
 optimistic,

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.620
 but I

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:56.980
 also try

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.660
 not to

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:59.400
 interpret

00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.539
 things by

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.940
 optimism.

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.799
 I hold

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.220
 the final

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.539
 view I

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:03.820
 will present

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.140
 to you

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.680
 that all

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:08.100
 Israel means

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.680
 a remnant

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.279
 of ethnic

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.700
 Jews

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.460
 throughout

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:10.980
 history,

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.600
 which I

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:12.900
 do not

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.220
 hold

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.980
 pessimistically,

00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.240
 but listen

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.519
 to what

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.120
 Schreiner says

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.519
 concerning

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.019
 this position.

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.400
 This is to

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.940
 that point,

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.200
 and it

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.720
 seems carried

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.259
 along by

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.740
 optimism.

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.759
 So to

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.259
 my position,

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.640
 he says,

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.240
 the difficulty

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.759
 with the

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.019
 remnant

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.259
 throughout

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.599
 history

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.200
 interpretation

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.920
 is that

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.319
 the mystery

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.900
 revealed

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.559
 is stunningly

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:31.019
 anticlimactic.

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.559
 That is,

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.059
 his primary

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.879
 defense against

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.400
 the position

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.980
 that I hold

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.400
 is that

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.400
 it's stunningly

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.160
 anticlimactic.

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.680
 And I

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:39.960
 just don't

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.500
 find that

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.119
 what does

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.579
 or doesn't

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.279
 make for a

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.259
 good story

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.700
 from our

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.079
 perspective

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.519
 to be a

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.180
 very reliable

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.519
 hermeneutic.

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:49.180
 But I

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.680
 digress.

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.180
 This is a

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.420
 commonly held

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.759
 view.

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.299
 There's going

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.759
 to be a

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.440
 dramatic

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:53.960
 future

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.539
 salvation

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.840
 for ethnic

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.700
 Jews.

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.559
 And hear

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.000
 me very

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.380
 carefully.

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.039
 I am on

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.600
 board with

00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.120
 it if this

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:02.059
 is what

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.720
 Paul means

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.180
 by that.

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.920
 I'm a

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.600
 fan if

00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:04.920
 that is

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:06.240
 what Paul

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.140
 means.

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.240
 But I

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.700
 don't think

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.039
 it's what

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.380
 he means,

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.740
 and I'm

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.400
 just briefly

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:10.640
 going to

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:10.980
 show you

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.319
 why.

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.140
 Number

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.420
 four,

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.019
 fourth

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.380
 position,

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.620
 the one

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.000
 I hold,

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.660
 all Israel

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:17.980
 means a

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.460
 remnant

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.120
 of ethnic

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.720
 Jews

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.940
 throughout

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.440
 history.

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.580
 without

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:22.900
 placing

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.100
 any

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.420
 particular

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.840
 number

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.320
 on

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:25.600
 what

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:25.799
 that

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.039
 may

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.500
 mean.

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.640
 And I

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.160
 hold this

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.480
 position

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.900
 because I

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.320
 find that

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:29.840
 this position

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.680
 squares what

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.080
 Paul has

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.559
 been teaching

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.279
 about divine

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.759
 election and

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.140
 a Jewish

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.700
 remnant from

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.240
 the beginning

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:37.460
 of chapter

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:37.799
 nine.

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.420
 So I know

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.720
 if you're a

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.059
 guest this

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.500
 morning and

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.640
 you're here

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.059
 sitting in the

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.460
 middle of this,

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.980
 you don't know

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.240
 what I'm

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.860
 talking about.

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.059
 I encourage you

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.420
 to go back

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.759
 and listen.

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.120
 If you've

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.559
 been here,

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.019
 you know

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.000
 this is what

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.319
 we have

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.420
 been talking

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.559
 about from

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:50.980
 the beginning

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.440
 of chapter

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.900
 nine.

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.440
 I do not

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.799
 find this

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.139
 view to be

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.500
 at all

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.579
 pessimistic

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:56.859
 or

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.759
 anticlimactic

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.579
 when understood

00:25:58.579 --> 00:26:00.139
 in the light

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.480
 of our

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.639
 severe rebellion

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.879
 and God's

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.539
 immeasurable

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.420
 grace

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.980
 and mercy.

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.339
 I think

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.779
 that we

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.539
 have all

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.920
 that Paul

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.299
 has taught

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.599
 from the

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.039
 beginning

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.519
 of this

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.799
 letter

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.700
 in our

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.220
 minds

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.039
 if we

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.940
 find ourselves

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.519
 in the

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.139
 end of

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.559
 chapter

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.139
 one and

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.500
 in chapter

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.940
 two,

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.660
 and in

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.920
 chapter

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.420
 three,

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.779
 as we

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.960
 should,

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.180
 rebels

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.019
 against a

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.359
 good,

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.180
 kind,

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.879
 loving

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.539
 king,

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.000
 having

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.759
 rejected

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.220
 his

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.859
 rule

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.460
 in our

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.920
 lives.

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.220
 We

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.099
 deserve

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.879
 eternal

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.900
 damnation.

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.160
 We should

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.920
 be very

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.680
 aware of

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:33.879
 our

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.440
 spiritual

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:36.139
 unworthiness.

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.740
 If we

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.119
 have our

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.779
 minds

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.379
 there,

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.440
 then we

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.779
 will be

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.639
 absolutely

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.819
 astounded

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.619
 that God

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.599
 saves

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.799
 at all.

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.960
 That he

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.720
 saves our

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.180
 rebellious

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.700
 souls and

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:47.980
 that he

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.059
 has and

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.519
 will

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.220
 save the

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.660
 rebellious

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.680
 souls of

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.319
 others,

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.980
 both Jews

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.860
 and Gentiles.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.500
 So it's

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.900
 not at all

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.660
 pessimistic to

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.240
 read this and

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.579
 just say,

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.339
 I think Paul's

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.079
 just saying

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:01.039
 that God's

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.360
 going to save

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.880
 all those

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.400
 Gentiles he

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.799
 intends to

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.120
 save and

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.460
 God's going

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.660
 to save

00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.400
 all those

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.980
 Jews that

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.279
 he intends

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.600
 to save

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.380
 because nobody

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.200
 deserves it.

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.079
 If you

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.460
 deserve

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.380
 anything at

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.720
 all,

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.059
 it's a

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.720
 little

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.120
 miniature

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.960
 catechism in

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.380
 our house

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.640
 with our

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:13.920
 boys.

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.200
 Boys,

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.519
 what do you

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.039
 deserve?

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.339
 When they

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.599
 act like

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.200
 they deserve

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.659
 something,

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.680
 they act

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.099
 entitled,

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:18.779
 what do you

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.119
 deserve?

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.399
 And they've

00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.639
 been taught

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.019
 to say,

00:27:20.399 --> 00:27:20.920
 death and

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.180
 health.

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.440
 If we

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.839
 have that

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.399
 mind,

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.019
 which is

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.759
 true,

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.960
 it's what I

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.759
 deserve for

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.339
 my rebellion

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.879
 against God.

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.440
 But when I'm

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:33.139
 dismissed from

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.740
 that punishment,

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.200
 when I'm let

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.579
 out of the

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.039
 courtroom,

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.539
 right,

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.299
 from death

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.659
 to life,

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.359
 I don't think

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:40.659
 I'm going to

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:41.180
 yell things

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.599
 over my

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.000
 shoulder.

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.819
 But that's

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.460
 not fair.

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.299
 How dare

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.779
 you?

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.240
 I would

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.019
 just leave

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.980
 with gratitude

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.640
 because I

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:48.980
 know what I

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.859
 deserved and

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.680
 I know what

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:50.940
 I've been

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.299
 granted,

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.019
 salvation in

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.460
 Christ.

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.420
 What an

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.200
 incredible thing

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.660
 that God

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.380
 saves at

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.700
 all,

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:56.980
 that he

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.700
 saves people

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.599
 of all

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.900
 kinds,

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:01.799
 right,

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.960
 both Jew

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:05.380
 and Gentile.

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.960
 It's the way

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.599
 we should read

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:08.140
 this chapter.

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.160
 Now,

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.079
 as I said,

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.799
 you are most

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.379
 welcome to

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:11.839
 disagree with

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.019
 me.

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.480
 Please come

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.879
 tell me.

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:15.059
 It won't hurt

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.519
 my feelings.

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.259
 I'm sure that

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.779
 it hasn't been

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.460
 the first and

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.779
 won't be the

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.500
 last time that

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.879
 you disagree

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.619
 with me.

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.579
 But let us

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.720
 not miss that

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.480
 we have failed

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.980
 to understand

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.700
 this text if

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.139
 we become

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:26.159
 arrogant toward

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.779
 ethnic Jews,

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.819
 if we stop

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.519
 caring that the

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.200
 gospel we preach

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.619
 to them,

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.700
 and if we are

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.819
 not moved

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:33.139
 to praise.

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.759
 Let's spend

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.159
 the rest of

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.680
 our time

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.779
 together on

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.440
 the praise at

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:39.180
 the end of

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.879
 chapter 11.

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:42.379
 Beloved,

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.399
 good theology

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:45.240
 rightly held,

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.559
 it's possible

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.099
 to believe the

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.759
 right thing

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.359
 and to believe

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.559
 it wrongly

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.000
 in the way

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.539
 that you hold

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:50.659
 it.

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.960
 Good theology

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:54.480
 drives doxology.

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.779
 If you're

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.799
 believing things

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.200
 that the Bible

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.460
 teaches rightly,

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.759
 it should lead

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.859
 you to praise.

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.019
 And that's

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.680
 where Paul goes.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:05.740
 I just imagine

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.980
 him bursting into

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.960
 this kind of

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.720
 praise of God.

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:10.640
 He hasn't

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.140
 written an

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.259
 outline and

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.600
 thought,

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:14.240
 boy, at the

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.600
 end of chapter

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.180
 11, I must

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.700
 say something

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.400
 glorious.

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.519
 I'm about to

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.259
 transition to

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.779
 the practical

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.480
 stuff, so I

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.319
 better really

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:22.160
 have a reason

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.600
 to slip an

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:24.180
 amen in there.

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.059
 I think he's

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.079
 just moved as

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.019
 he's considering

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.620
 this and

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:29.380
 thinking about

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.660
 this.

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.220
 And he says,

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.380
 I'm going to

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:30.799
 read it for you

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.059
 again,

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:32.779
 O the depth

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.399
 of the riches

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.679
 and wisdom

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:35.440
 and knowledge

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.500
 of God.

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.519
 How unsearchable

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.339
 are his judgments

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.460
 and how inscrutable

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.839
 his ways.

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.319
 For who has

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.000
 known the mind

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.339
 of the Lord

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.079
 or who has

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.940
 been his

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.339
 counselor?

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.399
 Or who has

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.899
 given a gift

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.460
 to him that

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.599
 he might be

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.179
 repaid?

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.279
 For from

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.599
 him and

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.179
 through him

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:54.419
 and to him

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:55.359
 are all

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:55.700
 things.

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.240
 To him

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.200
 be glory

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.119
 forever.

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:59.219
 An interjection

00:29:59.219 --> 00:30:00.459
 of strong

00:30:00.459 --> 00:30:01.739
 emotion.

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.839
 That O is

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.439
 there in the

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.739
 original language.

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:07.099
 He's moved.

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:08.059
 It's a guttural

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.779
 thing that he

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.259
 is beginning

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.419
 to do here.

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.939
 Oh, the

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:13.579
 depth of

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.119
 the riches

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.979
 and wisdom

00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:15.599
 and knowledge

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.919
 of God.

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.739
 Immeasurable

00:30:18.739 --> 00:30:20.179
 weight that

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.659
 he's trying to

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:21.859
 express here.

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.419
 How unsearchable

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.199
 are his

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.519
 judgments.

00:30:24.719 --> 00:30:25.979
 How inscrutable

00:30:25.979 --> 00:30:26.979
 or impossible

00:30:26.979 --> 00:30:28.079
 to understand

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.639
 are his

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.019
 ways.

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.720
 The mystery

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.659
 of how it

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:33.699
 is that God

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.399
 is saving a

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:35.259
 people for

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.619
 his glory

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.500
 is what Paul

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.379
 is expressing

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.859
 here.

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.980
 For who has

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.299
 known the

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.679
 mind of the

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.259
 Lord or who

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.279
 has been

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.439
 his counselor?

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:44.759
 There's a

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.500
 citation from

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.240
 Isaiah chapter

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:48.059
 40 and

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.720
 verse 13.

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.519
 God's

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.859
 thoughts,

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.319
 not our

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.720
 thoughts.

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.519
 I have

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.980
 often tried to

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.759
 work out some

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.000
 of the

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.700
 tensions that

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.099
 are presented

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.900
 in the

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.200
 Bible.

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:02.059
 Been frustrated

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:03.039
 by them,

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.160
 thinking somehow

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.900
 that I ought

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.519
 to be able

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.859
 to do it.

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.200
 And I've

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.900
 decided rather

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.700
 just to

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.660
 trust what

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.039
 the Bible

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.160
 teaches.

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:13.840
 perhaps a full

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.540
 understanding of

00:31:14.540 --> 00:31:15.140
 it would split

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.540
 my head

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:15.800
 open.

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.259
 And God

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.560
 in his

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:18.600
 infinite wisdom

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:20.700
 recognizes my

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:22.500
 finite frailty

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.519
 and just

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.640
 teaches me

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.900
 what I

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.480
 need

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.820
 to know.

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.420
 He is

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.420
 sovereign over

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.080
 my salvation.

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.500
 I am

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.120
 responsible

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:34.560
 for my

00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:34.940
 belief.

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:36.720
 I know,

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.339
 I know

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.039
 that's

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:39.220
 attention.

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.720
 It's one I

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.000
 think that

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.339
 we're meant

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.380
 to hold.

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.779
 A couple

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.360
 chapters later

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.640
 in the book

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.039
 of Isaiah

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.740
 chapter 55

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.440
 verse 8

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.940
 and 9

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:49.339
 God there

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.700
 says,

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.059
 not Paul,

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.880
 God says,

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.380
 for my

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.740
 thoughts are

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.019
 not your

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.440
 thoughts,

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.460
 neither are

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.200
 your ways

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:55.600
 my ways.

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.579
 For as the

00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.000
 heavens are

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.600
 higher than

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.000
 the earth,

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.759
 so are my

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.620
 ways higher

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.120
 than your

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.600
 ways,

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.460
 and my

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.079
 thoughts

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:03.700
 than your

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.200
 thoughts.

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.580
 infinitely,

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.759
 heavens higher

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:08.799
 than the

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.160
 earth.

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:10.860
 And so

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.440
 it's okay

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.279
 to not

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.980
 understand

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.600
 everything

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.180
 that's in

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.660
 the Bible.

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.319
 It's okay

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.000
 to ask

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:17.100
 questions.

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.080
 I encourage

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.779
 the asking

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:20.080
 of questions,

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.440
 but we

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.100
 need to

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.480
 ask

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.360
 questions

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.340
 rightly.

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.140
 We need

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:25.660
 to go

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.019
 to the

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.380
 text

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:27.000
 humbly,

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.400
 right?

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:27.799
 Be

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.240
 underneath

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.620
 it,

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.259
 submit

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.720
 ourselves

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.279
 to it,

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.080
 recognize

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.640
 that it's

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.000
 authored

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.720
 by God

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.559
 himself.

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.880
 That he's

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.580
 chosen to

00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:36.220
 reveal himself

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.539
 to us

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.039
 in this

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.360
 way.

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.180
 In chapter

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.480
 11,

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.900
 I've joked

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.200
 with some

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.420
 of you

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.660
 that I

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:39.860
 kind of

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:40.220
 wish Paul

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.559
 had an

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.080
 editor for

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.660
 chapter 11

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:41.900
 and would

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.400
 have condensed

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.819
 it and

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.559
 simplified it

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.660
 for us.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.380
 I think

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.779
 we're meant

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.220
 to see it

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.460
 as a

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.819
 mystery.

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.259
 I think

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.539
 we're meant

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:48.900
 to go,

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.360
 man,

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.880
 God's saving

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.480
 purpose is

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.660
 difficult to

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.240
 understand.

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.960
 And then

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.319
 we're meant

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.620
 to be moved

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.299
 to praise

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.779
 in this

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.220
 way.

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.980
 Paul

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.620
 rebukes

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.360
 the kind

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:01.059
 of questioning

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.640
 that doesn't

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.100
 approach the

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.680
 Bible that

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.120
 way.

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.419
 who are

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:04.639
 you,

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.419
 oh man,

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.199
 to answer

00:33:06.199 --> 00:33:07.339
 back to

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.679
 God,

00:33:07.739 --> 00:33:08.119
 he says in

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.839
 chapter 9

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.439
 and verse

00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:10.439
 20.

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.799
 It's as if

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.139
 he's saying,

00:33:11.239 --> 00:33:11.539
 who are you

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.219
 to stand in

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:12.859
 judgment over

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.500
 what God

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:15.519
 has said?

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.119
 Will what is

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.799
 molded say

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.119
 to its

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.519
 molder?

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.279
 why have you

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.940
 made me

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.579
 like this?

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.500
 A rhetorical

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.079
 mocking

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.900
 question.

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.059
 We ought

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.900
 not approach

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.400
 God with

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.220
 questions in

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.059
 that manner.

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.119
 But we

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.460
 can ask

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.059
 the questions

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.660
 and we

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.059
 can go to

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.519
 the text

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.000
 and we

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.279
 can have

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.819
 good

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.599
 conversation

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.700
 about what

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.079
 God has

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.599
 said about

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.180
 himself

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.639
 and his

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:38.980
 word.

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:39.900
 Who has

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.420
 known the

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.900
 mind of

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.339
 the Lord

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.240
 or who

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.740
 has been

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.779
 his

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.920
 counselor?

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:46.779
 No one.

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.360
 No one.

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.100
 Or who

00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.519
 has given

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.860
 a gift

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.240
 to him

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.400
 that he

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.920
 might be

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.500
 repaid?

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:53.160
 God owes

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.940
 us nothing.

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.440
 He's citing

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.900
 our Job

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:56.560
 40 and

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:58.060
 verse 11.

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.240
 For from

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.940
 him and

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.720
 through him

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.700
 and to

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:03.160
 him are

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.720
 all things.

00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:04.120
 God is

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:05.180
 the author,

00:34:06.300 --> 00:34:07.140
 he is the

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.620
 agent,

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.460
 and he

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.420
 is the

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.539
 aim.

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.360
 Everything

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:13.500
 exists for

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.280
 his

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.800
 sake.

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.040
 That

00:34:16.040 --> 00:34:16.560
 includes

00:34:16.560 --> 00:34:17.120
 you

00:34:17.120 --> 00:34:18.680
 and I

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.280
 and that

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:20.300
 is

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.680
 good.

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.500
 And notice

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.880
 what Paul

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.540
 does right

00:34:23.540 --> 00:34:24.140
 after that.

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.160
 To him

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:26.560
 be glory,

00:34:27.060 --> 00:34:27.880
 magnification,

00:34:28.120 --> 00:34:28.640
 that God

00:34:28.640 --> 00:34:29.200
 will be known

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.620
 for who he

00:34:29.620 --> 00:34:29.760
 is.

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.260
 To him

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.540
 be glory

00:34:31.540 --> 00:34:32.740
 forever.

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.200
 Amen.

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:37.180
 I love

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:38.000
 from the

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.340
 beginning,

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.760
 verse 8,

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.440
 chapter 8,

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.040
 verse 28,

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:42.820
 to the end

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.160
 of this

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.480
 chapter.

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.340
 If you're

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.780
 wrestling with

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:45.059
 any of

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.179
 this,

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.500
 read it

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.940
 from there,

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.420
 chapter 8,

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.940
 verse 28,

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.760
 through the

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.199
 end of

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.539
 chapter 11.

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.659
 Paul,

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.260
 not fully

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:55.019
 comprehending

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.579
 everything,

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:57.119
 is moved to

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.699
 this kind of

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.099
 praise.

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.900
 God,

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.960
 this is a

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.599
 mystery.

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.960
 He trusts

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.440
 the Lord,

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.139
 he defends

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.639
 the Lord,

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.920
 and he's

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.280
 moved to

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.659
 praise in

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:05.940
 this way.

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.380
 To him

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.800
 be glory

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.300
 forever.

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.219
 Amen.

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.319
 Amen.

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.399
 It's a

00:35:12.399 --> 00:35:13.019
 little bit

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.619
 of application.

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.459
 It's very

00:35:14.459 --> 00:35:15.359
 similar to

00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:15.859
 last week.

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.259
 For those

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:18.639
 of us who

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.059
 are in

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.419
 Christ,

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:21.059
 who have

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.339
 already

00:35:21.339 --> 00:35:21.959
 placed

00:35:21.959 --> 00:35:23.480
 saving

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.079
 faith in

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.319
 him,

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.899
 we should

00:35:25.899 --> 00:35:26.399
 be amazed

00:35:26.399 --> 00:35:27.579
 at God's

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.319
 sovereign plan

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:29.339
 of salvation.

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.059
 We should

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.359
 just be

00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:30.919
 absolutely

00:35:30.919 --> 00:35:31.899
 astounded

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:32.259
 by it.

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.919
 We should

00:35:32.919 --> 00:35:34.059
 be amazed

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.379
 that we

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:34.839
 are any

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:36.139
 part of

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.319
 it.

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.780
 number

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:37.980
 two,

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.220
 we should

00:35:38.220 --> 00:35:38.660
 be humble

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.160
 because our

00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:39.620
 salvation

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:41.180
 is by

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:41.860
 grace alone,

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.960
 through faith

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.380
 alone,

00:35:44.080 --> 00:35:44.480
 in the

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.360
 person and

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.220
 work of

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.920
 Jesus Christ

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:48.320
 alone.

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.800
 And this

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.080
 should give

00:35:49.080 --> 00:35:49.360
 us a

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.080
 great

00:35:50.080 --> 00:35:50.700
 confidence

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.280
 before our

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.559
 God.

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.340
 Daniel

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:54.180
 Caudry,

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.920
 17th

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.260
 century

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:57.160
 pastor said,

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.900
 if all

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.380
 the graces

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.880
 of God

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.559
 are precious

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.100
 pearls,

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.800
 then humility

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.380
 is the

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.160
 string that

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:03.820
 ties them

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:05.240
 all together.

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.539
 And thirdly,

00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:08.039
 we should

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.380
 plead God's

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.720
 saving grace

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.660
 for all

00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:13.019
 peoples.

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.640
 If we

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.140
 understand that

00:36:15.140 --> 00:36:15.660
 God has a

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.280
 sovereign plan

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.860
 of salvation

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:18.120
 for the

00:36:18.120 --> 00:36:18.920
 world,

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.940
 if we're

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.039
 amazed by it

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.420
 as we

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.960
 should be,

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.800
 then we

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.440
 should desire

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:23.860
 to be a

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.660
 people who

00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.860
 are sent,

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.660
 who preach

00:36:26.660 --> 00:36:27.600
 that good

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:28.880
 news to

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.320
 everyone.

00:36:29.600 --> 00:36:30.160
 Whether it's

00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:31.420
 your neighbor

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:32.519
 and co-worker

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.480
 in Dahlonega,

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:34.539
 your classmate,

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:35.460
 or God sends

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.039
 you to the

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:37.039
 very end

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.219
 of the

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:38.480
 earth.

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.840
 For those

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.279
 this morning

00:36:41.279 --> 00:36:41.779
 who are

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.920
 not in

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.320
 Christ,

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.179
 your rejection

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.679
 of the

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.239
 saving work

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.619
 of Jesus

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.519
 Christ is

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.400
 keeping you

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.079
 from the

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.480
 goodness

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.460
 of God.

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.820
 Repent of

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.320
 your sin

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.900
 and put your

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.420
 faith in

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.179
 him for

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.679
 the salvation

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.820
 of your

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.099
 soul.

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.639
 He lived

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:57.980
 the life

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 God requires

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 of you and

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 died the

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 death that

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 you deserve.

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 Jesus will

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 grant you

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 his perfection

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 and he

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 took your

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 punishment

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 if you

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 will just

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 believe that

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 his work

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 was effectual

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 for you.

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 Just turn

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 from your

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 sin and

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 flee to

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 Christ.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 for you.

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