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LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 25
ROMANS 11:25-34
Let's get back to Romans Chapter 11. As concerning the gospel,..."
Paul Van Gorder made it so plain that The Gospel proclaimed during Christ's earthly ministry, and by the twelve disciples was the "Gospel of the Kingdom." And the "Gospel of the Grace of God" came from the Apostle Paul (Reference I Corinthians 15:1-4). The same God of course, because God never changes, but He can change His message, and that's what we talked about in our earlier lessons, "The Mysteries." So out of that revelation of the mysteries comes what Paul calls, "The Gospel of the Grace of God." In another place Paul calls it, "That Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles." In another place he calls it, "My Gospel." And still another he calls it the "Gospel of God, The Gospel of Christ." But The Gospel that Paul is referring to in verse 28 is Paul's Gospel, that Christ died, shed His sinless Blood, was buried, and rose again from the dead. Romans 11:28
as touching the election, (God extending Salvation to them) they are beloved for the fathers' sakes."
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Remember that God had a special relationship with Abraham didn't He? He loved Abraham, as well as David, a man after His own heart. That the election, that remnant of Israel that God is still preparing for that end-time event are beloved because of their forefathers Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, and so on and so forth. Now verse 29:
Romans 11:29
"For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance."
Now then when it comes to God's dealing with Israel, Has He changed His mind? No! Treating repentance as changing His mind. "For the gifts and calling of God are without changing His mind." So let's just see what it says in those first three verses, the Abrahamic Covenant.
Genesis 12:1-3
"Now the LORD had said (back in Chapter 11) unto Abram, `Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: (now look at verse 2, where God is speaking to the man Abraham where He says:) And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and I will curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.'"
Now do you think God changed His mind? No! He hasn't changed His mind. Did God turn His back on them forever? Now God has been promising Abraham a land, and a nation of people, but who's in the land? Let's look at verse 8 of Chapter 15, where God has been making all these promises and then Abraham said:
Genesis 15:8
"And he said, `Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'"
God's word wasn't even enough for a man like Abraham. Genesis 15:18-21
Because the gifts and calling of God are without His changing His mind. Now, let's look at another promise in II Samuel Chapter 7. God is dealing with David. Here it's all promised. The house of David.
Has Israel experienced that? Why, constantly they've been under the disciplining of their God. God would raise up another good judge and here they'd come again. Yes, God chastised them, but did He ever give up on them? No! We've seen this all the way through Israel's experience that God has promised them and promised them and promised them, a King and a kingdom. To forget about Israel? Hosea Chapter 6 and verse 1. Now these are promises that God has given to the nation through the prophets.
Hosea 6:1
Hosea 6:2,3
Now to Romans Chapter 11, verse 30.
Romans 11:30
Romans 11:11
"I say then, `Have they (the Nation of Israel) stumbled that they should fall? (in other words, become completely out of God's program) God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the (whom?) Romans 11:33
"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!"
No one but God! But this is what God did. Romans 11:30
"For as ye in times past have not believed God,..."
We can believe in God. Most Americans will admit they believe in God. Believe God! How many people believe God? Believing in God doesn't take faith into consideration at all. But to believe God, is faith, when we take God at His Word. The Gentiles, for thousands of years, did not believe God. They may have believed in some god, but they did not believe God. Faith! Now let's go on.
Romans 11:32-34
"For God hath concluded them (Israel) all in unbelief, (because of their total rejection) that He might have mercy upon (how many?) Jew and Gentile. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! God doesn't have that problem. You know I always like to use that verse in Acts about the predetermined counsel of God and the foreknowledge of God?

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