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 We find ourselves this morning beginning a study of Romans 11, which is a continuation of reasoning that Paul began back in chapter 8.

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! And we're not going to get our study of 11 right if we don't understand where Paul has come from.

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 It could, of course, be argued that chapter 11 is the continuation of reasoning that Paul began back in chapter 1.

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 But for the sake of brevity, for this introduction to today's text, I'll just remind you as far back as chapter 8.

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 So, if you will, turn back just a few pages with me to chapter 8 and verse 23.

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 Now, prior to verse 23 of chapter 8, Paul has spoken of the glory that would be revealed to us,

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 and then speaks of the creation's eager expectation of this glory, and then says in verse 23,

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 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit,

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 grown inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

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 So, these Roman Christians, Paul's original audience, and we, the redeemed today, are waiting.

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 We feel deeply the tension of being redeemed souls living in corrupted bodies,

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 and we long for the day when all things will be made right.

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 We recognize there's a tension right now, and we're awaiting the second coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 Paul's aim in this last half of chapter 8 is to bring us comfort.

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 And so, he goes on, beginning in verse 28.

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 I just don't want you to miss this.

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 This is so key to the understanding of the rest of 9 and 11, 10 and 11, right?

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 What is Paul trying to argue for us, those who are in Christ?

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 And it begins back in 8 and verse 28.

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 And I'm going to read to the end of the chapter, because I can't not.

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 It's too difficult. I can't do it.

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 I have to read to the end of the chapter if I start in 28.

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 So, listen to what Paul says.

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 And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good.

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 Living in this tension right now, all the things that we experience in this life work together for good.

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 For those who are called according to his purpose.

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 For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son,

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 in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

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 And those whom he predestined, he also called.

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 And those whom he called, he also justified.

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 And those whom he justified, he also glorified.

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 So, God is at work bringing about the holiness of his people to the praise of Christ.

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 And I would encourage you to go back and listen to the preaching on those verses,

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 if you don't know what I'm talking about.

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 But Paul goes on, verse 31.

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 What then shall we say to these things, right?

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 These doctrines of grace.

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 God's sovereign elective purpose in the world.

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 What shall we say to these things?

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 If God is for us, who can be against us?

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 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all,

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 how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

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 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?

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 It is God who justifies.

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 Who is to condemn?

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 Christ Jesus is the one who died.

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 More than that, who was raised.

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 Who is at the right hand of God.

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 Who indeed is interceding for us.

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 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ.

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 Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword.

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 As it is written, for your sake we are being killed all the day long.

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 We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

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 No.

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 In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come,

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 nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation would be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 Paul desires to root us in the immovable purpose of God on our behalf.

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 Beloved, this is why we care deeply about what are commonly called the doctrines of grace.

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 It's why I will preach it until I die.

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 You need this kind of foundation.

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 This kind of stability.

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 You need to know when the storms of trial come, and they will come.

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 That God has saved you and that God will keep you to the end.

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 If in fact you're in Christ, you need to know that God accomplished it.

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 If your faith is to remain immovable, then it must be rooted in the immovable purpose of God for you.

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 Paul wants you to see this.

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 But Paul also knows the implications that flow from God's elective purpose,

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 which is why Paul tells us of his grief at the beginning of chapter 9.

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 He has questions in his own mind as well.

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 And praise be to God that under inspiration, he answers those questions for us.

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 But he says at the beginning of chapter 9,

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 I'm speaking the truth in Christ.

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 I am not lying.

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 My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit

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 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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 Paul was not frozen chosen.

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 Paul says,

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 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ

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 for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen, according to the flesh.

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 I wish that I myself were no longer saved, that others might be.

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 Paul knows that not all Israelites will be saved.

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 He has seen the broad rejection of the Lord Jesus Christ by Jewish people in his day.

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 And he is working this out theologically.

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 For his benefit, for the benefit of the Roman believers, and for ours.

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 He goes on in chapter 9 and verse 6.

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 But it is not as though the word of God has failed.

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 For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel.

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 The promises made to Israel are still true.

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 Because the true Israel is not Israel by blood lineage, but through faith.

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 Paul's theme for this letter gets further developed here and into chapter 10.

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 We are justified by grace alone, through faith alone,

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 in the person and work of Jesus Christ alone.

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 Now I think that that brief overview will sufficiently bring us to today's text.

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 But just remember that Paul wants his Israeli brothers and sisters

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 to become his heavenly brothers and sisters.

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 This is part of his heartbeat through this text.

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 In Romans 10 and verse 1 he says,

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 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

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 A lot of people have taken the doctrines we call the doctrines of grace.

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 And have in fact become cold and unkindly, ungraciously shared them with others.

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 But notice that even as all of this explanation is going on,

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 right underneath every bit of it is Paul's desire that people would come to faith in Christ.

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 So our text for today.

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 Chapter 11.

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 Verses 1-10.

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 Before I read it, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us,

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 written for his glory and our good.

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

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 I ask then, has God rejected his people?

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 By no means.

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 For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

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 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.

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 Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

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 Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars,

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 and I alone am left, and they seek my life.

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 But what is God's reply to him?

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 I have kept for myself 7,000 men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

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 So too, at the present time, there is a remnant chosen by grace.

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 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works,

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 otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

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 What then?

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 Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking.

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 The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened.

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 As it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor,

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 eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,

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 down to this very day.

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 And David says, let their tables become a snare and a trap,

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 a stumbling block and a retribution for them.

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 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see

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 and bend their backs forever.

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 Our text begins with another of Paul's anticipated objections

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 to his teaching and an emphatic answer.

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 We've seen this time and time again in this letter.

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 The first half of verse 1, he says,

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 I ask then, has God rejected his people?

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 And he answers, by no means.

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 Has God rejected the Israelites?

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 Paul's emphatic answer is the strongest negative Greek phrase possible.

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 Some translations, I believe the King James Version,

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 renders it, God forbid.

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 It means absolutely not.

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 Paul uses this phrase 14 times in total in the New Testament,

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 10 times in this letter,

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 and this is the ninth occurrence.

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 For your future consideration,

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 you may enjoy following Paul's argument through this letter

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 by noting those occurrences.

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 Initially, I was going to take us through the entirety of the letter that way,

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 but time wouldn't allow.

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 But here they are.

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 If you care to note them,

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 you might appreciate doing this in the future.

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 Chapter 3, verses 3 and 4.

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 Chapter 3, verses 5 and 6.

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 Chapter 3, verse 31.

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 Chapter 6, verses 1 and 2.

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 Chapter 6, verse 15.

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 Chapter 7, verse 7.

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 Chapter 7, verse 13.

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 Chapter 9, verse 14.

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 Chapter 11, verse 1.

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 That's today.

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 And chapter 11, verse 11.

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 An objection met with this emphatic answer.

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 By no means.

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 So Paul answers clearly here,

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 no, God has not rejected his people.

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 And then he proceeds with evidence to back his assertion.

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 Paul answers this anticipated objection in two ways.

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 And so if you want a simple outline for today,

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 number one, as a witness,

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 and number two, with the word.

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 Paul answers this anticipated objection as a witness

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 and with the word.

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 Now, before we make any forward progress in the text,

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 I want to address a potential concern.

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 And you may be thinking,

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 what does any of this have to do with me?

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 And that is an understandable thought.

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 Why should the past, present, and future state of Israel

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 make any difference to you?

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 And I will tell you, right now,

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 we are spending no time today on end times theology.

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 So, if that's where your brain goes,

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 it's not what we're doing today.

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 How is this text applicable in any way to your life today?

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 Why?

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 Well, sometimes the passage of Scripture contains within it obvious imperatives.

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 You should act this way or don't act that way.

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 You should feel this way or don't feel this way.

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 think this way, etc.

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 Sometimes the passage of Scripture contains within it implied imperatives.

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 It's teaching us something that's true,

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 and there's implications that come out from that.

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 Today's text helps us to know how to think,

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 at least in part, about our God.

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 How to think about God on this particular issue.

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 Paul wants us to see that God is faithful to His Word in this text.

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 Paul wants us to see God's mercy and grace in this text.

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 And Paul also wants us to see God's judgment in this text.

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 So, these are things for us to be looking out for as we look through it together.

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 So, number one, Paul answers with this emphatic no

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 to this possible objection to what he's been teaching as a witness.

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 He says,

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 For I myself am an Israelite,

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 a descendant of Abraham,

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 a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

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 Paul says,

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 No, God has not rejected His people

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 because I am one of those people.

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 And I have been saved by Christ.

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 We begin to see here that Paul is speaking in totalities.

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 Has God rejected His people in totality?

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 No, Paul says,

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 because I am one of them.

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 Paul qualifies himself as an Israelite

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 by saying a descendant of Abraham,

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 meaning he wasn't a convert to Judaism.

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 He's of the bloodline of Israel

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 and as a member of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 which was one of the two most favored tribes of Israel.

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 He's saying,

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 I have true pedigree as an Israelite,

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 and God saved me.

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 If anyone could be said to be Jewish,

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 it would be Paul.

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 Listen to his own witness to this reality.

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 Philippians chapter 3,

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 this is verses 4 through 6.

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 Here he's making the argument

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 that there is no reason

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 to have confidence in the flesh.

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 But he says,

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 I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh.

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 If there is reason, I have it.

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 If anyone else thinks he has reason

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 for confidence in the flesh,

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 I have more.

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 Paul, by his own account,

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 was as Jewish as he could possibly be.

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 Not only by blood,

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 but also in his devotion and in his zeal.

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 Considered perfect

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 and a persecutor of that

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 which opposed the Jewish tradition

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 until Paul found sovereign, amazing grace.

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 This is why he said of himself

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 in 1 Timothy chapter 1 and verse 15,

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 the saying is trustworthy

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 and deserving of full acceptance

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 that Christ Jesus came into the world

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 to save sinners

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 of whom I am the foremost.

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 Paul knew that he was

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 an undeserving recipient

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 of God's mercy and grace.

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 He deserved wrath,

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 but God forgave his sins in Christ

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 and granted him life everlasting

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 in his Son.

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 So, Paul says,

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 God has not rejected his people

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 in totality

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 for I am a witness

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 to the contrary.

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 There were many other Jews

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 that were saved in Paul's day.

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 The church was largely,

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 early,

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 made up of Jewish converts.

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 But he used himself as an example.

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 Look, God hasn't dismissed us entirely.

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 He has saved me.

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 He also answers this objection

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 emphatically with the Word.

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 And we see this in the rest of the text,

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 verses 2 through 10.

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 I think that a brief aside

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 is helpful to us here.

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 Note that Paul consistently reasons

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 from God's Word.

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 He is an apostle.

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 I believe he knows in some measure

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 that he's writing under inspiration,

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 but yet he reasons

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 from God's Word.

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 And we do well to do the same.

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 The Spirit of Christ

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 takes up the Word of Christ

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 to illuminate our hearts

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 to the realities of Christ.

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 It's the tool that's given to us

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 that's empowered by the Spirit.

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 In a postmodern world

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 that is ridden with opinions,

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 we have something sure.

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 The revelation of God.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 we should labor to know it.

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 To have our minds shaped by it.

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 You need to recognize

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 that you're being discipled

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 all the time.

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 Be sure that you're being led

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 in the truth.

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 You should have a worldview

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 that is Bible-informed

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 so that everything that comes to you

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 comes through the Word.

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 And we should seek to persuade others

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 with it.

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 Now, note that Paul

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 narrows his language a bit

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 concerning Israel

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 at the beginning of verse 2

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 and then in verse 5

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 to speak of a remnant.

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 So notice the first half

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 of verse 2.

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 He says,

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 God has not rejected His people

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 whom He foreknew.

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 He qualifies it.

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 Whom He foreknew.

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 And then He gives us proof

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 from an episode in the life

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 of the prophet Elijah

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 and He summarizes that proof

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 with verse 5.

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 So too, also, just like

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 at the present time,

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 there is a remnant

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 chosen by grace.

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 So a people foreknown

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 and chosen by grace.

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 Now the episode

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 from Elijah's life

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 summed up by Paul

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 in two and a half verses

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 is found in 1 Kings chapter 19.

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 Paul asks the question,

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 Do you not know

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 what the scripture says

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 of Elijah?

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 And he presumes,

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 I think,

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 that his readers know.

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 Actually, their mind

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 is going there.

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 They may not have

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 clearly understood it

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 as they bring this objection,

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 but their mind

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 should be taken there.

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 And perhaps

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 you don't know the context

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 here summed up

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 in two and a half verses.

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 And so,

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 turn with me to 1 Kings chapter 19

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 for some broader context.

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 I think it will help you

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 to see Paul's point

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 this morning.

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 So 1 Kings chapter 19.

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 Makes my heart happy

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 to hear pages flipping

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 and not it being dialed up

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 on a phone.

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 I like those hard copies.

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 Okay, we're going to read

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 verses 9 through 18,

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 but before we do,

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 you need to know

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 that this part of Elijah's life

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 follows the defeat

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 of the prophets of Baal.

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 A big, significant event

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 in Elijah's life

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 where Elijah proposed

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 a test of altars

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 and Elijah's was consumed

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 from heaven.

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 If you're not familiar

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 with that,

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 oh, please go

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 and read chapter 18.

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 God was vindicated

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 in this episode

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 and the prophets

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 of Baal slaughtered

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 and Elijah expects

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 that Israel will now

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 turn back

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 to the living God.

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 But instead,

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 we see at the beginning

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 of chapter 19,

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 he finds his life

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 threatened

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 and so he flees

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 to Horeb,

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 the mount of God.

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 And at the end

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 of 40 days

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 without food,

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 he is tired,

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 he is destitute.

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 The victory

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 that he thought

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 was going to lead

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 to the nation

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 turning back

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 to the living God

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 did not turn out

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 the way he expected

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 that it would

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 and it would seem

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 that he goes off

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 and is pitiful

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 in a cave.

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 So we'll begin reading

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 in verse 9.

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 There he came

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 to a cave

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 and lodged in it.

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 And behold,

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 the word of the Lord

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 came to him

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 and he said to him,

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 What are you doing here,

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 Elijah?

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 God had not commanded him

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 to go to this place.

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 He just fled.

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 God had directed

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 his every step

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 up to this point.

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 But here Elijah

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 is out on his own.

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 What are you doing here,

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 Elijah?

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 And Elijah says,

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 I have been very jealous

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 for the Lord,

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 the God of hosts,

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 for the people of Israel

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 have forsaken your covenant,

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 thrown down your altars

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 and killed your prophets

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 with the sword.

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 And I,

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.460
 even I,

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.359
 only am left

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 and they seek my life

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 to take it away.

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 And he said,

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.920
 Go out and stand

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 on the mount

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 before the Lord.

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 Now notice here

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 that there's no record

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 that he actually does

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.099
 what he was asked to do.

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 But it says,

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.920
 Go out and stand

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.379
 on the mount

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.480
 before the Lord

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 and behold,

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 the Lord passed by

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 and a great

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.559
 and strong wind

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 tore the mountains

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 and broke in pieces

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 the rocks

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 before the Lord.

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 But the Lord

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 was not in the wind.

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 And after the wind

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.700
 an earthquake,

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 but the Lord

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:23.599
 was not in the earthquake.

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 And after the earthquake

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 a fire,

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 but the Lord

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:29.539
 was not in the fire.

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:31.039
 And after the fire

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 the sound

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 of a low whisper,

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 or it could also be translated

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:37.100
 a thin silence,

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 stood at the entrance

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.040
 of the cave.

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.300
 And behold,

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.140
 there came a voice

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.720
 to him

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:44.040
 and said,

00:23:44.260 --> 00:23:45.980
 What are you doing here,

00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:46.640
 Elijah?

00:23:47.520 --> 00:23:48.420
 He said,

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:49.940
 he repeats the complaint,

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.460
 I have been very jealous

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:51.920
 for the Lord,

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.760
 the God of hosts,

00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:53.680
 for the people of Israel

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.260
 have forsaken

00:23:54.260 --> 00:23:54.800
 your covenant,

00:23:55.520 --> 00:23:56.560
 thrown down your altars,

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.540
 and killed your prophets

00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:58.180
 with the sword.

00:23:58.280 --> 00:23:58.860
 And I,

00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.920
 even I,

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.940
 only am left

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.200
 and they seek my life

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.880
 to take it away.

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.440
 And the Lord

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.100
 said to him,

00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.980
 Go return on your way

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.519
 to the wilderness

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.279
 of Damascus,

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.100
 and when you arrive

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:11.240
 you shall anoint Hazael

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.319
 to be king over Syria,

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.539
 and Jehu,

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.500
 the son of Nimshi,

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.319
 you shall anoint

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.519
 to be king over Israel,

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.740
 and Elisha,

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:19.059
 the son of Shepat,

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.500
 of Abel Mahalah,

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.580
 you shall anoint

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.259
 to be prophet

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.799
 in your place.

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.039
 And the one

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.620
 who escapes

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.140
 from the sword

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.700
 of Hazael

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:29.600
 shall Jehu put to death,

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.319
 and the one

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.799
 who escapes

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.180
 from the sword

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.660
 of Jehu

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.560
 shall Elisha

00:24:32.560 --> 00:24:33.700
 put to death.

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.620
 Yet,

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.740
 I will leave

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.580
 seven thousand

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:37.259
 in Israel,

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.200
 all the knees

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.660
 that have not

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.759
 bowed to Baal,

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.820
 and every mouth

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:42.160
 that has not

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.779
 kissed him.

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:44.600
 Now,

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:46.120
 we can speculate

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:47.300
 broadly about

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:48.320
 what is happening

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.340
 on this mountain,

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.740
 but I think

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.560
 that God

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:52.519
 intends to display

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.279
 to Elijah

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.640
 the power

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.820
 of his judgment

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:57.340
 alongside

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:59.180
 his tender

00:24:59.180 --> 00:25:00.340
 mercy.

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:02.119
 a lot

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.639
 to unpack.

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.179
 That's a whole

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.679
 sermon

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.740
 from 1 Kings

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:06.119
 chapter 19

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.879
 that could be

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.339
 preached.

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.599
 But let's go back

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.740
 to Romans 11

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.779
 and look again

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:12.139
 at Paul's

00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.480
 summary.

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.099
 There he says,

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.720
 Do you not know

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.179
 what the scripture

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.859
 says of Elijah?

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:18.019
 How he appeals

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.139
 to God

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.220
 against

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.319
 Israel.

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.480
 He has this

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.039
 complaint.

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.599
 And he's saying,

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:24.959
 God,

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.819
 they deserve

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.939
 your retribution.

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:28.799
 Lord,

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.319
 they have killed

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.879
 your prophets.

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.639
 They have demolished

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.159
 your altars.

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.919
 I am alone

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.519
 and left,

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.480
 and they seek

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:35.639
 my life.

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.819
 And then

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.859
 Paul asks,

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:39.240
 but what is

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.559
 God's reply

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:42.119
 to him?

00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.299
 Now,

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.659
 if you're looking

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.599
 at the 1 Kings

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.379
 19 text,

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:44.819
 you see that

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.779
 judgment will come.

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.500
 It already has.

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.259
 The prophets of Baal

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.359
 have been slaughtered

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.659
 at the end

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.460
 of chapter 18.

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.200
 You see that

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.799
 there's going to be

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:52.439
 further punishment

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.660
 for the rebellion

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.340
 of Israel.

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:55.840
 But,

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.559
 Paul hones in

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.380
 on the end

00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:00.259
 of that episode.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.320
 I have kept

00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:02.080
 for myself

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:03.820
 7,000 men

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.600
 who have not

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.900
 bowed the knee

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:07.140
 to Baal.

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.460
 Judgment

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:10.120
 and mercy.

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.059
 Our text

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.820
 grants us

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.400
 the benefit

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.160
 of Paul's

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.960
 commentary

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:17.240
 in verse 5.

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.660
 He says,

00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.720
 So too,

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.960
 at the present

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.460
 time,

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.259
 there is

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:23.240
 a remnant.

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.740
 Just like

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.299
 back then,

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:25.019
 there's a remnant

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.759
 today chosen

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:28.559
 by grace.

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.279
 Paul then

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.859
 clarifies,

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.339
 which I love,

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.700
 that God's

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.640
 choosing has

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.339
 nothing to do

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.680
 with works.

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.019
 It is not

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.160
 because the 7,000

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.859
 didn't bow

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.519
 the knee to Baal

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.940
 that they are

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.359
 chosen,

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.879
 but that they

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.819
 didn't bow

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.660
 the knee to Baal

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:46.299
 because they

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.960
 were chosen.

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.000
 This is the

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.920
 doctrine of

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.600
 unconditional

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.300
 election.

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.980
 It should

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.880
 humble us

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.720
 and it

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.120
 should

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.519
 amaze us.

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:58.360
 An undeserving

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:58.920
 people

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.779
 saved

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.120
 by grace.

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.820
 Briefly plug

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.980
 tonight's

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.920
 doctrines of

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.940
 grace class.

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.240
 Clay's not

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.640
 with us this

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:08.820
 morning.

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.140
 He's not

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.759
 feeling well.

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.080
 I'm not

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.680
 exactly sure

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:10.940
 what's going

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.160
 to happen

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.480
 with that

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.800
 class.

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:12.880
 Yours truly

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.360
 may be

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.820
 teaching it.

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.259
 I don't

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.560
 know.

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.380
 But the

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.640
 planet

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:17.420
 amaze us.

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.460
 A people

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.779
 undeserving

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.440
 of God's

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.880
 grace

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:22.600
 and mercy.

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.880
 Paul goes

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.180
 on in

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.740
 verse 6,

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.180
 but if it

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.900
 is by

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.480
 grace,

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.500
 it is no

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.059
 longer on

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.460
 the basis

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.340
 of works.

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.900
 Otherwise,

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.900
 grace would

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.640
 no longer

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:33.440
 be grace.

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.160
 That is to

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.539
 say that it

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.840
 would be

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.220
 earned.

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.539
 And it's

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.120
 not earned,

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.660
 therefore,

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.660
 it is

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:39.039
 grace.

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.840
 Now,

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.819
 having spoken

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.399
 of the

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.939
 remnant,

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:43.939
 Paul goes

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.460
 on to

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.259
 speak of

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.059
 the

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.639
 reprobate,

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.179
 those

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:48.139
 Israelites

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.299
 who will

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.519
 not be

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.019
 saved.

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.480
 Verse 7,

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.039
 what then?

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.879
 Israel failed

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.679
 to obtain

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.899
 what it

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:57.399
 was seeking.

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.419
 We saw

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:58.859
 some weeks

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.200
 ago at

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.379
 the end

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.720
 of chapter

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.279
 9 and

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.099
 into chapter

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.619
 10 that

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.159
 the problem

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.659
 was they

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.319
 didn't seek

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.059
 it by

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.000
 faith.

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.799
 They sought

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.240
 it through

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.939
 their works

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.599
 and not by

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.039
 the faith

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.299
 that was

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.879
 required to

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.519
 obtain it.

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.839
 The elect

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.519
 obtained it,

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:14.000
 but the

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.740
 rest were

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.079
 hardened.

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:18.079
 These Jews

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.500
 that Paul

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.079
 here speaks

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.599
 of were

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.980
 divinely

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.960
 hardened,

00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:23.339
 but this

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.939
 hardening

00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:25.119
 is not

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.480
 unjust.

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.139
 God

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.859
 judicially

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.460
 hardens

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.740
 those who

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.139
 harden

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.859
 themselves.

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.419
 We need

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:33.639
 to be

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.259
 really clear

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.919
 about this.

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:35.799
 As we

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.500
 teach the

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.799
 sovereign

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.379
 election of

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.720
 God,

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.559
 we must

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.799
 also teach

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.200
 the

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.779
 responsibility

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.480
 of man.

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.160
 The Bible

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.799
 teaches

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.759
 both,

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.220
 and so

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.680
 we do

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.500
 well to

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.180
 see them

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.460
 as

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:49.859
 non-contrary.

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.139
 This is

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:51.599
 difficult to

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.039
 do because

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.519
 we have

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.079
 very

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.119
 finite

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:55.279
 minds.

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.480
 A lady

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.139
 once asked

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.180
 Charles Spurgeon

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.619
 how it is

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:00.920
 that he

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.559
 reconciles

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.019
 the sovereignty

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.579
 of God

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.220
 and the

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.639
 responsibility

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.779
 of man,

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.059
 and he

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.259
 said,

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.619
 ma'am,

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.579
 I see no

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:06.960
 need to

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.359
 reconcile

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.099
 friends.

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.599
 He

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:09.919
 settled

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.240
 in his

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.480
 mind.

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.779
 The two

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.019
 things

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.419
 existed

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:11.719
 in the

00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:11.980
 scriptures

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.679
 and somehow

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.279
 worked

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.579
 together.

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.679
 We need

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.139
 to do

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:17.599
 the same.

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.339
 We can

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.119
 readily see

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.839
 this

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:22.099
 interchange

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.679
 in the

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.579
 life of

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.039
 the Pharaoh

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.659
 of Moses'

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.119
 day,

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.519
 this judicial

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.259
 hardening.

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.659
 Paul uses

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.159
 this Pharaoh

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.559
 in chapter

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.219
 9 as an

00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:31.079
 example of

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.819
 God's

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.779
 hardening.

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.139
 Listen

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.679
 carefully.

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.619
 You see a

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.459
 pattern throughout

00:29:35.459 --> 00:29:36.399
 the beginning

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.800
 of the book

00:29:36.800 --> 00:29:37.320
 of Exodus,

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.700
 but let me

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.000
 just give

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.460
 you two

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:38.960
 examples.

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.380
 First,

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.980
 Exodus chapter

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.700
 8 and

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.460
 verse 15.

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.420
 There Moses

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.880
 records,

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.580
 but when

00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:44.640
 Pharaoh saw

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.280
 there was a

00:29:45.280 --> 00:29:45.759
 respite,

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.320
 that is from

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:47.400
 the plagues,

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.680
 he hardened

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.660
 his heart

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.700
 and would not

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.480
 listen to them

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.540
 as the Lord

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:54.019
 had said.

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.759
 So,

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.620
 Pharaoh's thinking

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.019
 about letting

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.620
 the people go,

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.180
 but there's a

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.820
 respite in the

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.240
 plagues,

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.500
 and he hardens

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.920
 his heart

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:02.519
 against God's

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.019
 message to

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.280
 him.

00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:04.800
 Then Exodus

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.340
 9 and

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:06.280
 verse 12

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.720
 says,

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.399
 but the

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:08.359
 Lord hardened

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.839
 the heart

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.399
 of Pharaoh,

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.559
 and he did

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.940
 not listen

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.379
 to them

00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:12.059
 as the

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:13.420
 Lord had

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.859
 spoken to

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.319
 Moses.

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:17.039
 Divine

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.500
 judicial

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.920
 hardening.

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.599
 Paul is

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.139
 writing in

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.899
 Romans chapter

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.759
 9 through

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.740
 11 of the

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.859
 grace and

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.579
 mercy of

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.899
 God, but

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:29.559
 also of

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.160
 his judgment.

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.420
 So,

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.559
 do not

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.920
 harden

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.579
 yourself,

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.480
 as many

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.220
 Israelites,

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.620
 did,

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:36.640
 did,

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.740
 is Paul's

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:39.339
 plea to

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.759
 you.

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:40.920
 As he

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.220
 helps us

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.819
 to understand

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.500
 the spiritual

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.200
 condition of

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.539
 Israel,

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.900
 this is what

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.220
 he would

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.920
 have us

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.160
 to see.

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.720
 He cites

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.319
 Deuteronomy

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.279
 chapter 29

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.279
 and verse 4,

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.360
 Isaiah

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.160
 chapter 29

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:54.420
 and verse 10,

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.500
 and Psalm

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.420
 69

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.680
 verses 22

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.259
 to 23

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.920
 to make

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.539
 his point

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.620
 from the

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.819
 word.

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:02.119
 He says

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:02.480
 in verse

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.960
 8,

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.019
 as it

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.220
 is

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.759
 written,

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:05.960
 God

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.279
 gave them

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.939
 a spirit

00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.759
 of stupor,

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.679
 eyes that

00:31:08.679 --> 00:31:09.019
 would not

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.139
 see and

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.759
 ears that

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.119
 would not

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.500
 hear,

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.740
 down to

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.399
 this very

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.240
 day.

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.679
 And David

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 says,

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 let their

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 table,

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 a place that

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 would have

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 been a place

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 of comfort

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 and rest,

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 let their

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 table become

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 a snare

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 and a trap,

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 a stumbling

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 block and a

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 retribution

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 for them.

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 Let their

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 eyes be

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 darkened so

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 they cannot

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 see and

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 bend their

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 backs forever.

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 Judgment

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 on a people

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 who had

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 hardened

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 themselves

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 against the

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 grace and

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 mercy of

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 God.

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 Psalm 69

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 is a psalm

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 in which

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 King David

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 cries out

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 for mercy

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 and grace.

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 He recognizes

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 that he

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 deserves judgment

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 and he

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 humbly

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 flees to

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 God.

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 So just

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 listen to a

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 few verses

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 in closing

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 that precede

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 the verses

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 cited in

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 Romans

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 chapter 11.

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 Again,

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 that's

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 Psalm 69

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 verse 22

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 and 23.

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 This is

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 Psalm 69

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 verse 16,

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 17,

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 and 18.

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 There David

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 says,

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 answer me,

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 O Lord,

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 for your

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 steadfast love

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 is good.

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 According to

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 your abundant

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 mercy,

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 turn to me.

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 Hide not

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 your face

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 from your

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 servant,

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 for I am

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 in distress.

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 Make haste

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 to answer

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 me.

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 Draw near

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 to my soul,

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 redeem me,

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 ransom me,

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 because of

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 my enemies.

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 So has

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 God rejected

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 his people?

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 No way.

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 And we're

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 going to see

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 further into

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 our study

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 of chapter

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 11.

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 That's to

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 include a

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 greater number

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 of people.

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 He's got a

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 sovereign work

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 to save

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 his church

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 in play.

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 God is

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 faithful to

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 his word.

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 God is

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 gracious and

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 merciful.

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 faithful.

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 And God's

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 judgment

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 justly awaits

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 those who

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 don't flee

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 to him

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 by grace

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 alone,

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 through faith

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 alone,

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 in the

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 personal work

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 alone.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 God is

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