B.
The economy in God's selection
11:1-32
1.
A remnant reserved by grace
vv. 1-10
Rom. 11
:1
11:1
I say then, Has God
1cast away His people? Absolutely not! For
aI also am an Israelite, out of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom. 11
:2
11:2
God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in
the passage concerning Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
Rom. 11
:3
11:3
a"Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my
1life.''
Rom. 11
:4
11:4
But what does the divine answer say to him?
a"I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to
1bBaal.''
Rom. 11
:5
11:5
In the same way then at the present time also there has come into being a remnant according to the
aselection of grace.
Rom. 11
:6
11:6
But if by
agrace, it is no longer out of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.
Rom. 11
:7
11:7
What then? That which
aIsrael is seeking after, this it has not obtained, but the chosen have obtained
it, and the rest have been
bhardened;
Rom. 11
:8
11:8
As it is written,
a"God gave them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes to see not and ears to hear not, until this very day.''
Rom. 11
:9
11:9
And David says,
a"Let their table become a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a retribution to them;
Rom. 11
:10
11:10
aLet their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; and bend their back continually.''
2.
The Gentiles saved through Israel's stumbling
vv. 11-22
Rom. 11
:11
11:11
I say then, Have they
1stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! But by their misstep salvation
has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Rom. 11
:12
11:12
But if their misstep
has become riches for the world, and their loss, riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness be!
Rom. 11
:13
11:13
But I am speaking to you, the Gentiles. Inasmuch therefore as I am an apostle of the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,
Rom. 11
:14
11:14
If perhaps I may provoke
those of my flesh to jealousy and save some of them.
Rom. 11
:15
11:15
For if their being cast aside is the reconciliation of the world, what will their being received back be, if not life from the dead?
Rom. 11
:16
11:16
Now if
the adough offered as the
1firstfruits is holy, the lump is also; and if the
1root is holy, the branches are also.
Rom. 11
:17
11:17
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were
1grafted in among them and became a fellow partaker of the root of fatness of the
2aolive tree,
Rom. 11
:18
11:18
Do not boast against the branches; but if you boast,
remember that it is not you
who bear the root, but the root you.
Rom. 11
:19
11:19
You will say then, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
Rom. 11
:20
11:20
Rightly said: they were broken off because of
aunbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear;
Rom. 11
:21
11:21
For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.
Rom. 11
:22
11:22
Behold then the kindness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but on you, the
akindness of God, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be
bcut off.
3.
Israel restored through the Gentiles' receiving mercy
vv. 23-32
Rom. 11
:23
11:23
And they also, if they do not continue in
aunbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able
1to graft them in again.
Rom. 11
:24
11:24
For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and were grafted contrary to nature into the cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural
branches be grafted into their own
aolive tree!
Rom. 11
:25
11:25
For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery (lest you be wise in yourselves), that
ahardness has come upon Israel in part, until the fullness of the
1Gentiles comes in;
Rom. 11
:26
11:26
And thus all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
a"The Deliverer will come out of Zion; He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
Rom. 11
:27
11:27
And this is the covenant from Me with them, when I take away their sins.''
Rom. 11
:28
11:28
According to the gospel they are enemies
1for your sake, but according to the
aselection they are beloved
1for the fathers' sake.
Rom. 11
:29
11:29
For the
agracious gifts and the
bcalling of God are irrevocable.
Rom. 11
:30
11:30
For just as you once disobeyed God, but now have been shown
amercy because of their disobedience,
Rom. 11
:31
11:31
So these also now have disobeyed, so that because of the mercy
shown to you they also now may be shown mercy.
Rom. 11
:32
11:32
For God has
ashut up all in disobedience that He might
1show bmercy to all.
C.
The praise for God's selection
11:33-36
Rom. 11
:33
11:33
1O the
adepth of the
briches and
2cwisdom and
dknowledge of God! How
eunsearchable are His judgments and untraceable His ways!
Rom. 11
:34
11:34
aFor who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has become His counselor?
Rom. 11
:35
11:35
Or who has first given to Him, and it will be repaid to him?
Rom. 11
:36
11:36
Because aout from Him and
bthrough Him and
cto Him are all things.
dTo Him be the glory forever. Amen.
