Hello and
welcome to On the Road,
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I'm Pastor Nathan
Renner the senior pastor
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of the Troy
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
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in Troy, Michigan
and, I want to welcome you
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to today's presentation.
we're really looking
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forward to the topic
that we have before us.
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We're going to be
studying who is Israel?
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and of course this
is an important topic
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that has implications
not only for our own
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understanding of scripture,
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but even it would
impact some political positions
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that people have taken
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So let's jump into
our study of God's word
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but with course
we always have to
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enter into the
study of God's word
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prayerfully. So let's begin
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with prayer. Our Father as we
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endeavor to
explore such an important
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topic, we ask
that your holy spirit
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would be present
with us we pray father
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that you would be our
teacher, that your word
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would be our guide,
that you would give us
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understanding and
that you would bless us.
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Thank you, father
for the privilege.
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We have now to study your word
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in Jesus name! Amen.
All eyes are on Israel
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our world is rife with strife.
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We have the Israeli-Palestinian
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conflict, we have the conflict
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between Israel and
Lebanon we have issues raising
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now in Syria and
to their other borders
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we have problems in
Iraq and difficulties around
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all over the world
and much of it surrounds
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the role of
Israel. Israel has claimed
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a divine
prerogative to the land on which
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they currently
possess and so today
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we're going to
explore who the Bible
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classifies as Israel, who
the Bible classifies as Israel.
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If you have your Bible,
I'd like to invite you to open
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to Romans chapter 9
and Romans chapter 9
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is a fascinating chapter
that deals with the issue
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of who is Israel from
a Biblical perspective
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additionally Romans
9 touches on some very
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interesting issues when it comes
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to the whole process
of Salvation as well.
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And Romans 9 has historically
been used to support
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the doctrine of predestination
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that is that God
has chosen some to be
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saved and some to
be lost and so since
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we're in Romans 9
talking about who is Israel,
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we will also
deals with Romans 9 and
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the issues there
concerning who, how God saves?
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And I think you will
find this to be a very
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helpful
treatment of this chapter.
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Romans chapter 9,
verse 1, Paul says
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I'm speaking the truth
in Christ, I'm not lying
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my conscious
bears me witness in the
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holy spirit, that I
have great sorrow and
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unceasing anguish in my heart
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for I could wish that
I myself were accursed
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and cut off from
Christ for the sake of my
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brothers, my kinsman
according to the flesh
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Now here Paul is
expressing the heart cry
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of pain that he has.
He is deeply concerned
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for in his words,
according to verse 3
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my brothers, my kinsman
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according to the
flesh. Now he defines them
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in verse 4, they are Israelites
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and to them belong
the adoption, the glory
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the covenants,
the giving of the law
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the worship and the promises.
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Now fascinating, fascinating
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picture here
Paul is saying listen
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I want you to understand
that I am full of sorrow,
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I am full of anguish
in heart for my people,
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my people the Israelites,
these people that God
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adopted and the people
to whom belong to the glory
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the covenants, the
giving of the law, the
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temple worship and
all of his promises.
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Paul says, I'm burdened
for the Jewish nation, I'm
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burdened for the
Israelites, my heart is full
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of unceasing
anguish, my heart is full of
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unceasing pain for these people
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I think so much of
them, I love them so much
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and my heart is burden for them
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that's what the
apostle Paul says.
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He says in verse
5, again he is making
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it clear who he is talking about
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to them belong the patriarchs
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and from their race
according to the flesh
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is the Christ who is God
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over all blessed
forever and ever! Amen.
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Here Paul says, I
am burdened for the
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Israelites and
then he makes it clear
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who he is talking
about, those people that were
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adopted by God and
God poured out his glory
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the covenants,
the giving of the law,
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the worship and
then the people from whom
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the patriarchs
are their descendants
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and then it says
and then the key one
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in verse 5 is from
them, from their race
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according to the
flesh is Christ who is God
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overall blessed forever. Amen.
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So now, it's fascinating
here Paul has just expressed his
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burden for the Israelites,
for the Jewish people.
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Now it's fascinating
too and I just need to bring
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this out that Paul
tells us that Christ
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is a Jew, that
Christ is a descendant
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of the nation of
Israel and then he makes
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it clear and I want
you to listen what Paul
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how Paul refers to Jesus.
He says and from their race
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according to the flesh is Christ
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who is God,
overall blessed forever.
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It's very important
that we understand this
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in this text the
apostle Paul refers to Jesus
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Christ is God.
Did you hear that?
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We can't miss
that, we cannot miss that
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he says from their race
according to their flesh
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is the Christ, who is God.
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Overall blessed forever.
My friends I want you to
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understand the
glorious great news that Paul
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was telling us, Paul
says I'm burdened for the
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Israelites, I'm
burdened for the Jewish nation
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Jesus Christ is one
of their descendants
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and Jesus Christ
is God over everything
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blessed forever!
Amen. My friends we cannot
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ever, ever, ever,
ever forget that fact
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that Jesus Christ is fully God.
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This is the testimony
of scripture throughout
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whether you're reading in John
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chapter 1, verse 1,
where the word of God
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says, in the
beginning was the word,
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the word was
with God and the word
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was God, whether
you're looking in Second Peter
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chapter 1, verse
2, where he says grace
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and peace be
multiplied to you in the
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knowledge of God
and of, pardon me,
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in verse 1,
that we have obtained
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a faith of equal
standing with ours
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by the righteousness
of our God and savior
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Jesus Christ. Our God and savior
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Jesus Christ.
John, in John chapter 1
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calls Jesus God, in
the beginning was the word
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the word was with
God, the word was God.
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Paul calls Jesus
Christ God in Romans
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chapter 9 saying that
Jesus Christ, who is God
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overall blessed
forever and then Peter calls
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Jesus Christ our
Lord God in the plainest
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language Second Peter
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chapter 1, verse 2, my
friends, Paul is burdened,
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he is burdened
for the Jewish nation,
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he is burdened
for the Israelites
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that they would understand
the great and glorious
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trues of the Gospel,
he is pained in his soul
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that they would
understand that Jesus
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is God and not
only that Jesus is God
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but that Jesus gave
his life for our sins.
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Now verse 6,
introduces an interesting
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concept, we're looking
in verse 6 of chapter 9,
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but it's not as
though the word of God
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has failed, for not
all who are descended
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from Israel belong to Israel.
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Now Paul here tells
us something and really
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what Paul is doing
is his getting into the
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mind of the
Israelites. You see, all
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throughout the book of Romans
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Paul has laid his
case okay, Paul has laid
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his case that all
humanity together is completely
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lost and all
humanity can be totally saved
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by Jesus Christ. But that leaves
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the Israelites, the
Jewish nation to a difficult
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problem and that is
okay, if Jews are lost
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just like Gentiles are lost
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and Jews can be
saved just like Gentiles
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can be saved by Jesus Christ
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what about all of
God's promises to Israel?
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What about
everything God has promised
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in the Old Testament
God promised you would
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inherit this land,
God promised all Israel
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would be saved,
God promised lots
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of things in the Old Testament
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and Paul, if you're
telling us that all Israel
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is lost and that all
Israel could be saved
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by faith in Christ,
then not just all Israel is
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lost, but all of
humanity is lost, Jews and
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Gentiles and everybody
can be saved, the Jews and
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Gentiles, then Paul is
asking the hypothetical
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question then, if the
Israelites are indeed lost
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and they have to
be saved by Jesus
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what about all of
God's promises fulfilling
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the Old Testament to save them
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and to give them the
land, and what Paul is
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addressing is a
potential objection
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to his theology that
all people Jews and Gentiles
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alike are lost and all
people, Jews and Gentiles
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alike can be saved by Christ.
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Here is the
potential objection, well Paul
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if that's true
what about all the God's
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promises to the Jews?
What about all the God's
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promises to the
Israelites? Have those promises
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failed, and what's Paul's answer
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it's not as though
the word of God has failed
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verse 6, I am reading verse 6,
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for not all who are descended
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from Israel belong to Israel.
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Now did you hear
the language the apostle
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Paul has used, he
said not everybody
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that is a descended of Israel
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is an Israelite.
Now that's interesting
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my last name is
Renner, I am Nathan Renner.
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Okay, now that means
that my dad's name is
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Renner and my grandfather's name
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is Renner and my
great grandfather's name is
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Renner and my
great, great, great,
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grandfather's
name is Renner and my
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great, great,
great, great, great
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grandfather's name is Renner.
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Now, what Paul is
saying is essentially and it
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would be a little bit
like me saying not everybody
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that's a Renner
is really a Renner.
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Well, what Paul is
saying is just because
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your great, great,
great great, great, great,
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great, great,
great, great grandfather
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was Israel, you remember
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Abraham and Isaac, Isaac became,
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Abraham and
Isaac, Isaac had Jacob,
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Jacob became
Israel, just because your
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great, great,
great great, great, great
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grandfather is
Jacob, your great, great,
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grandfather is
Israel does not mean that
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your really an
Israelite. Now that would lead
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people to ask what in the
world are you talking about
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Paul, how can
somebody whose great, great,
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great, great,
great, great, great, great
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great grandfather was Israel
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how can somebody whose
great, great grandfather
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was name was
Israel not be a descendant
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of Israel, how can that be?
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Notice what Paul says,
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verse 7, not all are children
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of Abraham, because
they are his offspring,
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but through Isaac your
offspring shall be named.
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Fascinating,
fascinating scripture
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not all are children of Abraham,
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because they are his
offspring, but through
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Isaac shall your
offspring be named.
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Now Abraham has
two famous children
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okay, one's name was
Isaac his other famous
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son's name was
Ishmael. Okay, those are the two
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famous sons of
Abraham. Now any self respecting
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Jew would know
that's God's promises
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to Abraham were
to Abraham and Isaac,
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not to Abraham and Ishmael
so Paul is basically saying
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if all it takes
to be an Israelite
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is for you great,
great, great, great,
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great grandfather
to be an Israelite
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and all it takes
to be a descendant
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of Abraham is for
your great, great, great,
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great grandfather to
be a descendant of Abraham
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then Ishmael would
equally be a Jew with the
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Jews, you follow
that argument, yes or no,
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does that make sense?
I mean Paul is basically
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saying listen guys
well, I'll read it again
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and I'm sure you'll
get it not are all children
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and not are all
children of Abraham
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because they are his offspring,
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but it's through
Isaac your offspring shall
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be named. Now
again just to review
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Paul's argument
Abraham had two sons
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two famous sons, he had more
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he had Isaac and Ishmael.
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Now the Jews were not
too happy about Ishmael,
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the Jews believe
that there are Abraham's
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descendant through Isaac
and they believe that the
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children through
Ishmael are not descendants
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of Abraham's properly
and what Paul is saying
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is if you think
Jews, that when God's word
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tells you that God
is gonna to bless you,
00:16:06.51\00:16:08.83
because
Abraham's your grandfather
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then that applies to you
on the basis of hereditary,
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a heredity, you are mistaken.
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If all it took
to be an Israelite
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or a child of
Abraham was heredity
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then Ishmael would
also be an Israelite.
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So then Paul tells us
what the issue really is
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in verse 8, this
means it's not the children
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of the flesh who
are the children of God,
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but the children of the promise
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that are counted as offspring.
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Now here Paul is
telling us what the
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distinction is
between Ishmael and Isaac
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distinction is
between Ishmael and Isaac
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you remember the
story God comes to Abraham,
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God comes to Sarah
and God says to them
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you'll have a child
and then time ticks away
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time ticks away, time ticks away
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and there is no child coming.
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No child coming, so
what does Abraham do?
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What does Sarah do?
Well, Sarah comes up
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with a "brilliant idea"
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Abraham we're not having a baby
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God said we're
going to have a baby.
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So, I've got this lady
here, her name's Hagar,
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she helps around the house
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you know, she
dust the tent for me,
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and takes care of things
why don't you lay with her?
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and then the baby that she has
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will be mine and that
will be the fulfillment
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of God's promise.
And of course Abraham
00:18:01.35\00:18:05.81
takes her up on the
idea he gets together with
00:18:05.84\00:18:08.43
Hagar, Hagar has the
baby and that is supposedly
00:18:08.46\00:18:12.18
in Abraham's
thinking the heir that God
00:18:12.21\00:18:14.63
had promised. Now
I have some bad news
00:18:14.66\00:18:16.74
for Abraham and
he figured this out
00:18:16.77\00:18:17.86
God eventually
comes in and he says
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Ishmael is not the
one, Sarah is going to have
00:18:20.23\00:18:24.24
a child. Now Paul tells
us that these two children
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Isaac and Ishmael and the
way that they were born, one
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born through trusting in God's
00:18:35.57\00:18:37.52
remarkable promise and
the other through taking
00:18:37.55\00:18:40.56
matters into you
own hands, the flesh
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these two
children are illustrations
00:18:42.63\00:18:46.77
of two different ways
of relating to God, okay.
00:18:46.80\00:18:50.97
Look in verse 8,
let's look at it again
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these means it's not
the children of the flesh
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who are the children of God,
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but the children of the promise
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that are counted as offspring.
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So now, notice the key issue
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here, the issue is very simple
00:19:03.69\00:19:05.69
Abraham had Isaac
through simple faith and trust
00:19:05.72\00:19:10.89
in God to do what
God promised he would do,
00:19:10.92\00:19:13.11
God had Ishmael by
trust in himself and doing
00:19:13.14\00:19:19.19
what God had said
that God would do.
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You see the
difference yes or no,
00:19:22.17\00:19:23.69
one is trusting to the flesh
00:19:23.72\00:19:25.78
what I can do, the
other is trusting the
00:19:25.81\00:19:28.20
God's promise what he has said
00:19:28.23\00:19:30.45
he would do and
what Paul is saying here
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is simply this, if
all it takes to be a
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descendant of
Abraham is to be a physical
00:19:36.71\00:19:40.11
descendant then
Ishmael has as much claim
00:19:40.14\00:19:43.94
to it as Isaac, but
that's not what it takes
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the reason that God accepted
00:19:48.33\00:19:50.42
Isaac and didn't accept Ishmael
00:19:50.45\00:19:51.93
was because Isaac was
born on the basis of promise
00:19:51.96\00:19:56.33
and Ishmael was born
on the basis of flesh
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are we all on the
same page, yes or no?
00:19:59.41\00:20:01.07
We are on the same
page. So, it's not the flesh
00:20:01.10\00:20:04.31
that matters to
God it's God promise
00:20:04.34\00:20:07.44
that matters.
Okay, now verse 9 Paul
00:20:07.47\00:20:12.32
illustrates this the same again
00:20:12.35\00:20:14.56
for this is
what the promise said
00:20:14.59\00:20:16.53
about this time next
year I will return and Sarah
00:20:16.56\00:20:19.73
shall have a son.
Now Paul illustrates
00:20:19.76\00:20:23.49
the point again and
not only so, but also
00:20:23.52\00:20:27.77
when Rebekah had
conceived children
00:20:27.80\00:20:30.59
by one man, our
forefather Isaac, though they
00:20:30.62\00:20:34.95
were not yet born
and had done nothing
00:20:34.98\00:20:38.99
either good or bad
in order that God's
00:20:39.02\00:20:42.19
purpose of election
might continue, not because
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of works, but because of
his call she was told the
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older will serve the younger,
00:20:49.68\00:20:53.14
the older will
serve the younger,
00:20:53.17\00:20:56.15
as it is
written Jacob I've loved
00:20:56.18\00:20:57.67
but Esau have I hated.
Now, I want you to think
00:20:57.70\00:21:01.18
about this, all throughout
the Bible, all throughout
00:21:01.21\00:21:04.23
history there is
this special place
00:21:04.26\00:21:06.98
for the first born son,
there is this special place
00:21:07.01\00:21:10.63
for the first born
son. So here's a woman
00:21:10.66\00:21:15.60
Rebekah, she is
going to have a child
00:21:15.63\00:21:18.68
and God tells her
before the children
00:21:18.71\00:21:22.91
are born, before
either one of them
00:21:22.94\00:21:25.39
has done anything good or bad
00:21:25.42\00:21:26.69
God tells her that
the younger is actually
00:21:26.72\00:21:31.19
going to rule over the older,
00:21:31.22\00:21:32.65
that the older is
going to serve the younger.
00:21:32.68\00:21:36.41
Now what is God
trying to communicate here,
00:21:36.44\00:21:40.92
what is God trying
to communicate here,
00:21:40.95\00:21:45.21
God is saying
that he is not bound,
00:21:45.24\00:21:49.58
are you
listening? God is saying that
00:21:49.61\00:21:51.92
he is not bound by the
requirements of the flesh.
00:21:51.95\00:21:56.05
The flesh dictates
that the older is incharge
00:21:56.08\00:22:03.06
right, the first
born son is at the head
00:22:03.09\00:22:05.50
but what God is
saying in making Jacob
00:22:05.53\00:22:12.58
the younger above
the Esau the older
00:22:12.61\00:22:16.42
what is God
saying? God is saying
00:22:16.45\00:22:18.71
that I God am not
bound by your fleshy rules.
00:22:18.74\00:22:25.65
Does this make sense yes or no?
00:22:25.68\00:22:27.17
So God says listen not everybody
00:22:27.20\00:22:31.56
who is an
Israelite, not everybody who
00:22:31.59\00:22:33.28
is a Jew is really a
Jew, it's not just because
00:22:33.31\00:22:38.39
you are a physical
descendant of Abraham
00:22:38.42\00:22:40.84
if all the physical
descendants of Abraham
00:22:40.87\00:22:43.07
are equal as far as
God's promises are concerned
00:22:43.10\00:22:47.80
that would put
Ishmael and the Ishmalites
00:22:47.83\00:22:52.25
on the same footing as the Jews,
00:22:52.28\00:22:53.82
but Paul says no, no no,
no, no, the reason it was Isaac
00:22:53.85\00:22:57.24
not Ishmael is
because Isaac was a product of
00:22:57.27\00:23:00.51
faith and
promise, where Ishmael was
00:23:00.54\00:23:03.37
a product of works and flesh.
00:23:03.40\00:23:06.90
The reason that
it was Jacob not Esau
00:23:07.42\00:23:12.40
is because God was
trying to demonstrate that God
00:23:12.43\00:23:14.78
isn't bound by fleshly
order, generally it's the older
00:23:14.81\00:23:19.92
that's in charge of the
younger, not the younger
00:23:19.95\00:23:21.81
incharge of the
older, but God says
00:23:21.84\00:23:24.16
I am the boss, I
can turn the flesh
00:23:24.19\00:23:28.14
upside down,
because of my awesome grace.
00:23:28.17\00:23:31.01
Now what has God said
essentially? God has said
00:23:31.04\00:23:40.17
in these simple
verses here, we're asking the
00:23:40.20\00:23:42.69
Question, who is
modern day Israel?
00:23:42.72\00:23:44.81
who is modern day Israel?
00:23:44.84\00:23:46.64
And what has God said so far,
00:23:46.67\00:23:49.42
God has said I,
that being an Israelite
00:23:49.45\00:23:54.31
is not based on
physical descendant, being an
00:23:54.34\00:23:58.94
Israelite is
based on God's promise,
00:23:58.97\00:24:02.46
it's not based on God's
promise, it's not based on
00:24:02.49\00:24:08.11
your flesh, your human
descent, that's what God
00:24:08.14\00:24:10.76
has said, No. 1, that's
what God has said, No. 1
00:24:10.79\00:24:12.26
and God has said No.
2 is that God is free
00:24:12.29\00:24:15.53
to turn things upside down
00:24:15.56\00:24:18.23
like in the
example of Jacob and Esau.
00:24:18.26\00:24:22.69
Now, people find
troubling that the
00:24:22.72\00:24:25.36
Bible says Jacob I've
loved but Esau have I hated.
00:24:25.39\00:24:29.20
People find that very troubling
00:24:29.23\00:24:32.06
and I suppose that
is troubling, because
00:24:32.09\00:24:34.48
we know the Bible
also says for God so loved
00:24:34.51\00:24:36.67
the world. So how
does the Bible say that God
00:24:36.70\00:24:39.90
love the world in one breath
00:24:39.93\00:24:41.71
and then it says
that he hates Esau
00:24:41.74\00:24:45.08
and another before
Esau ever did anything
00:24:45.11\00:24:46.96
right or wrong.
How can the Bible say
00:24:46.99\00:24:49.51
that? Have you
ever wondered that?
00:24:49.54\00:24:51.81
The answer is
actually quite easy
00:24:51.84\00:24:53.18
the word hate in
the Bible doesn't always
00:24:53.21\00:24:56.20
that kind of a mean
spiritedness about it.
00:24:56.23\00:25:02.06
As it does in
the English language.
00:25:02.79\00:25:05.12
Jesus one time in
the Book of Matthew said
00:25:05.90\00:25:08.31
that if you love
father, mother, sister, brother
00:25:08.34\00:25:11.55
more than me you
cannot be his disciple.
00:25:11.87\00:25:14.43
Luke in recording
the same incident says.
00:25:14.98\00:25:17.42
He who does not hate
father, brother, sister,
00:25:17.68\00:25:19.90
mother cannot be my disciple.
00:25:19.93\00:25:21.74
So Luke says if you
don't hate your parents and
00:25:22.30\00:25:24.33
your family, you
can't be a disciple.
00:25:24.36\00:25:26.28
Matthew says,
quoting Jesus, that if you
00:25:26.65\00:25:29.02
do not prefer
Jesus more then them.
00:25:29.05\00:25:32.77
You understand, yes or
no? So here you put those
00:25:33.51\00:25:36.27
two things together,
the text from Matthew
00:25:36.30\00:25:38.03
and the text from Luke.
And what do you come up with?
00:25:38.06\00:25:40.45
You come up with a
better understanding of the word
00:25:40.48\00:25:43.54
hate as it's used in the Bible.
00:25:43.57\00:25:45.47
Hate does not mean 'I hate you,
00:25:45.87\00:25:48.98
you know I can't stand
you.' No, hate comes across
00:25:49.01\00:25:52.67
in a biblical
worldview as preferring
00:25:52.70\00:25:56.33
one above another.
You follow that yes or no?
00:25:56.36\00:25:59.37
And here we see that
God preferred is Jacob
00:25:59.40\00:26:03.06
over Esau not because
one was good and one was bad,
00:26:03.09\00:26:06.97
but God preferred Jacob
over Esau because it was
00:26:07.00\00:26:09.93
God's prerogative to do that.
00:26:09.96\00:26:12.07
You understand, yes or
no? It's an expression of
00:26:12.10\00:26:14.91
God's freedom. And see the Jews
00:26:14.94\00:26:18.29
in Paul's day were trying
to say God is bound to keep
00:26:18.32\00:26:22.81
his promise to
us. And Paul is saying
00:26:22.84\00:26:25.36
God is free to do
whatever he wants.
00:26:25.39\00:26:28.48
Number one and number
two God hasn't made promises
00:26:29.39\00:26:33.34
to the physical descendants,
he has made promises
00:26:33.37\00:26:36.25
on the basis of promise
not on the basis of flesh.
00:26:36.28\00:26:40.41
Everybody
tracking here yes or no?
00:26:40.79\00:26:42.47
So being an Israelite
is not so much about God's,
00:26:42.86\00:26:45.99
it's not so much about
who your grandfather is
00:26:46.45\00:26:49.68
or your great grandfather.
It's about God's promise.
00:26:49.71\00:26:53.87
And it's not so much
about whether God is obligated
00:26:54.79\00:26:58.46
to you, it's more
what has God said.
00:26:58.79\00:27:02.35
Because he is free
to do whatever he wants.
00:27:02.38\00:27:04.84
And whatever he
wants he makes it clear.
00:27:05.11\00:27:08.13
Now verse 14, again
and I will be perfectly
00:27:08.91\00:27:13.93
honest with you, as
we look at these versus.
00:27:13.96\00:27:15.81
I want you to
understand something.
00:27:15.84\00:27:16.90
These versus are
not easy to understand.
00:27:17.38\00:27:20.57
Alright. So
stick with me and we'll
00:27:20.60\00:27:23.44
get through it, I think
it will make good sense.
00:27:23.47\00:27:25.45
Romans chapter 9, verse
14 What shall we say then?
00:27:27.60\00:27:32.93
Is there
injustice on God's part.
00:27:33.51\00:27:36.69
Paul's answer, by
no means or God forbid.
00:27:37.88\00:27:41.23
Okay, now when Paul says
essentially that God choose
00:27:41.77\00:27:45.17
Jacob the younger
over Esau the older
00:27:45.20\00:27:49.25
the question then is
well that sure wasn't a
00:27:49.70\00:27:51.58
very nice thing to do,
the oldest is entitled to it.
00:27:51.61\00:27:54.10
And is this an
injustice on God's part and
00:27:54.37\00:27:56.37
Paul says get over
it. Of course it's not an
00:27:56.40\00:28:00.18
injustice on God's part.
Why is it not an injustice
00:28:00.21\00:28:03.50
on God's part, verse
15. For he says to Moses,
00:28:03.53\00:28:07.71
I will have mercy on
whom I will have mercy,
00:28:08.12\00:28:10.24
and I will have
compassion on whom
00:28:10.74\00:28:12.52
I will have
compassion. So then it does not,
00:28:12.55\00:28:17.91
depend on human will or exertion
00:28:17.94\00:28:20.10
but on God who has
mercy. Now I have to stop
00:28:20.43\00:28:23.16
right here, what
Paul is saying is this.
00:28:23.19\00:28:25.87
No, there is no
injustice when God chooses the
00:28:25.90\00:28:27.87
younger to be
ruler over the older.
00:28:27.90\00:28:29.97
There is no
injustice there because God
00:28:30.08\00:28:31.61
can do whatever he
wants. God can have mercy
00:28:31.97\00:28:34.66
on whoever he wants.
God can have compassion
00:28:34.69\00:28:37.84
on whoever he wants.
And right here is where
00:28:37.87\00:28:40.24
many people make a
nose dive in their theology.
00:28:40.27\00:28:43.66
Many people make a tremendous
00:28:44.93\00:28:46.48
theological mistake
right here and they have
00:28:46.51\00:28:49.04
invented a purely
human theology and that
00:28:49.07\00:28:54.89
human theology
says the God has chosen
00:28:54.92\00:28:57.45
some people to be
save. And God has chosen
00:28:57.48\00:29:00.24
other people to be damned.
And the reason they say is,
00:29:00.27\00:29:03.09
well the Bible says God
can have mercy on whoever
00:29:03.12\00:29:05.93
he wants to have
mercy. He can have compassion
00:29:05.96\00:29:08.38
on whoever he
wants to have compassion.
00:29:08.41\00:29:09.92
So God says I will
have compassion on you
00:29:10.17\00:29:12.23
and I won't have
compassion on you.
00:29:12.26\00:29:13.80
I'll bring you to heaven
and I'll send you to hell.
00:29:13.83\00:29:16.31
What a ghastly doctrine.
And what a misinterpretation
00:29:16.34\00:29:20.95
of what Paul has
said. What has Paul said?
00:29:20.98\00:29:24.50
Paul has simply said
God can have mercy on
00:29:25.78\00:29:28.93
whoever he wants.
He can have compassion
00:29:28.96\00:29:31.60
on whoever he
wants. Paul has not yet
00:29:31.63\00:29:35.08
told us in
chapter 9 who God wants
00:29:35.11\00:29:37.94
to have mercy on.
He has not yet told us
00:29:37.97\00:29:42.27
who God wants to
have compassion on.
00:29:42.66\00:29:44.72
Okay, follow, God
can have mercy on whoever
00:29:45.20\00:29:48.99
he wants the Bible says. God can
00:29:49.02\00:29:51.62
have compassion
on whomever he wants.
00:29:51.65\00:29:54.35
But Paul has not yet
said in Romans 9 who that is?
00:29:54.38\00:29:58.09
Although throughout the
rest of the Book of Romans
00:29:58.12\00:30:00.31
Paul has made it
clear. God wants to have
00:30:00.34\00:30:01.96
mercy and compassion
00:30:01.99\00:30:02.96
on anybody and everybody
00:30:02.97\00:30:04.87
who has faith. Now,
again we are driving
00:30:04.90\00:30:10.85
at the question, who is Israel?
00:30:10.88\00:30:14.03
Today, in our
modern day who is Israel?
00:30:14.59\00:30:16.86
And Paul has made it very clear.
00:30:16.89\00:30:18.24
That you are not a Jew.
You are not an Israelite.
00:30:18.27\00:30:21.12
Because of your
physical descent.
00:30:21.38\00:30:23.86
You are an Israelite.
A person is an Israelite
00:30:24.34\00:30:26.96
because of God's promise.
It's not because of your
00:30:26.99\00:30:30.85
physical descent and
then he makes the argument
00:30:30.88\00:30:34.57
pretty clear that God
can do whatever he wants.
00:30:34.60\00:30:37.53
God is not bound by
your physical descent.
00:30:37.56\00:30:40.34
God isn't going to save
you. God isn't gonna treat you
00:30:40.37\00:30:42.80
kindly just
because of your parentage.
00:30:43.28\00:30:45.61
Because of your
heritage. God can do
00:30:45.64\00:30:48.68
whatever he
wants. Now, before we go
00:30:48.71\00:30:52.18
any further I would
like to introduce you to
00:30:52.21\00:30:53.98
an important word,
it's called Non-Sequitur.
00:30:54.01\00:30:56.00
Okay, a
Non-Sequitur is Latin for
00:30:56.27\00:31:01.10
it does not follow.
It does not follow, Okay.
00:31:01.13\00:31:03.99
And what is that mean?
Well, it means just this,
00:31:04.29\00:31:07.77
if I say 2+2 is 5
that's a Non-Sequitur, okay.
00:31:07.80\00:31:11.89
Because that
doesn't follow, 5 does not
00:31:12.40\00:31:14.34
follow 2+2, 2+2 is 4.
So if I say 2+2 equals 5
00:31:14.37\00:31:21.46
the conclusion
is inconsistent with
00:31:21.49\00:31:25.16
the line of argumentation.
You follow that, yes or no?
00:31:25.19\00:31:28.30
The conclusion
is inconsistent with
00:31:28.70\00:31:30.51
a line of argumentation.
So, what is Paul's
00:31:30.54\00:31:33.99
conclusion? Okay, we
have seen the beginning
00:31:34.02\00:31:36.38
of his argument.
The beginning of his
00:31:36.41\00:31:37.80
argument is this.
You are not a Jew,
00:31:37.83\00:31:40.01
just because
you're a physical descent.
00:31:40.04\00:31:41.79
Descendant of
Abraham. You are not a Jew,
00:31:41.82\00:31:44.37
just because Jacob is your
great, great, great grandad.
00:31:44.40\00:31:48.96
You are a Jew, if you
are a Jew on the basis of
00:31:49.38\00:31:52.94
God's promise. If you are a Jew
00:31:52.97\00:31:55.79
because God has chosen to have
00:31:55.82\00:31:57.28
compassion on you.
Now notice the end of
00:31:57.31\00:31:59.87
the chapter gives us
the conclusion who it is
00:31:59.90\00:32:03.05
that God wants to
have compassion on?
00:32:03.08\00:32:04.95
Look in verse
30, look in verse 30.
00:32:05.88\00:32:08.88
What shall we say
then the Gentiles,
00:32:09.67\00:32:11.72
who did not
pursue righteousness have
00:32:11.75\00:32:14.94
attained it, that
is the righteousness
00:32:14.97\00:32:18.05
that is by faith;
Israel, who pursued a law
00:32:18.08\00:32:21.78
that would lead
the righteousness,
00:32:21.81\00:32:23.28
did not succeed
at reaching the law
00:32:23.31\00:32:25.55
why because they did
not pursue it by faith,
00:32:25.85\00:32:28.34
but as it were based on works.
00:32:28.37\00:32:31.59
They have stumbled
over the "stumbling stone."
00:32:31.76\00:32:34.38
Notice the
conclusion of Paul's argument.
00:32:34.64\00:32:36.87
You know it's the
conclusion in verse 30,
00:32:36.90\00:32:38.51
because he says
what shall we say then?
00:32:38.54\00:32:40.97
Those are concluding
words. When I say what shall we
00:32:41.41\00:32:43.90
say then, you know I
am summing up my argument.
00:32:43.93\00:32:46.79
So Paul he goes
through Romans 9 and his
00:32:47.31\00:32:49.45
conclusion is, well he
says what shall we say then.
00:32:49.48\00:32:52.90
In conclusion
lets look at the facts.
00:32:53.13\00:32:55.78
And what does Paul say?
Paul says, that Gentiles
00:32:55.81\00:33:00.09
who are not
trying to be righteous,
00:33:00.12\00:33:02.22
got to be
righteous because of faith.
00:33:03.20\00:33:05.79
But Jews who were
trying to be righteous
00:33:06.52\00:33:09.19
because of the law
did not get righteousness.
00:33:09.22\00:33:13.12
We follow Paul's
conclusion, Paul's conclusion is
00:33:14.04\00:33:16.94
very simple, Paul's
conclusion is is this.
00:33:16.97\00:33:20.23
Jews who try to be
righteous aren't righteous,
00:33:20.74\00:33:25.52
but Gentiles who
trust in God by faith
00:33:27.18\00:33:30.82
are righteous. In
fact, if you look in
00:33:31.66\00:33:35.12
Romans chapter 10.
The Romans chapter 10
00:33:35.15\00:33:37.51
makes it clear
that all who call on the
00:33:37.54\00:33:40.61
name of the Lord will be saved.
00:33:40.64\00:33:44.34
Romans chapter 10,
verse 13 everyone who calls
00:33:44.37\00:33:47.69
on the name of the
Lord will be saved.
00:33:47.72\00:33:49.72
That's what Romans
10:13 says and the key point
00:33:50.04\00:33:52.70
then is then simply
this, the question is not
00:33:52.73\00:33:56.06
when Paul says in
Romans 9 that he will mercy
00:33:56.94\00:34:01.23
on whom he will have
mercy. He will have compassion
00:34:01.26\00:34:03.85
on whom he will have compassion.
00:34:03.88\00:34:05.18
He can do, God is
saying I can have mercy
00:34:05.70\00:34:07.84
on whoever I wanna
have mercy, but Paul
00:34:07.87\00:34:10.62
didn't tell us who he
wants to have mercy on till
00:34:10.65\00:34:13.00
the end of the chapter.
And at the end of the chapter
00:34:13.03\00:34:15.28
he tells us that God
wants to have mercy on
00:34:15.31\00:34:19.53
anybody that has faith.
00:34:19.56\00:34:21.71
You follow the
argument, yes or no?
00:34:22.53\00:34:24.12
So, now the question then
goes back to who's an Israelite?
00:34:24.15\00:34:28.24
If you're not an Israelite
just because your grandfather
00:34:29.65\00:34:31.91
was Israel, if you not
an Israelite just because
00:34:31.94\00:34:35.15
your grandfather was
Abraham, if you are in Israelite
00:34:35.18\00:34:38.05
because you have part
taken of God's promise
00:34:38.08\00:34:40.64
then who is the true Israel?
00:34:40.89\00:34:43.64
And who is it that
God says is true Israel
00:34:44.55\00:34:47.21
those he wants to
have mercy on, it is those
00:34:47.24\00:34:50.02
who have faith.
In fact if you look,
00:34:50.05\00:34:55.35
this is the
Testimony of the New Testament.
00:34:55.38\00:34:57.42
Look in Romans chapter
2, look in Romans chapter 2,
00:34:57.45\00:35:01.67
we'll look in verse
26, so if a man who is
00:35:02.67\00:35:10.47
uncircumcised keeps
the precepts of the law
00:35:10.50\00:35:13.19
will not his uncircumcision
be regarded as circumcision?
00:35:13.22\00:35:17.15
Then he who is physically
uncircumcised, but keeps
00:35:18.77\00:35:22.96
the law will condemn you
who have the written code
00:35:22.99\00:35:27.04
and circumcision,
but break the law.
00:35:27.07\00:35:29.97
Notice verse 28, now
listen very carefully,
00:35:30.37\00:35:32.44
for no one is a Jew who
is merely one outwardly.
00:35:33.52\00:35:38.30
No is circumcision
outward and physical,
00:35:39.10\00:35:43.79
but a Jew is one
inwardly, and circumcision is a
00:35:43.82\00:35:48.34
matter of the heart by
the Spirit, not the letter
00:35:48.37\00:35:53.37
his praise is not
for man, but from God.
00:35:53.79\00:35:57.98
Did you hear
what Paul said there,
00:35:58.18\00:35:59.46
again let me read
it, it's for no one.
00:35:59.87\00:36:03.21
Now, notice Paul's
words. No one is a Jew who is
00:36:04.11\00:36:07.97
merely one outwardly.
You're not a Jew if you're
00:36:08.00\00:36:11.90
just a Jew by physical descent.
00:36:11.93\00:36:13.95
You're not a Jew just
because you've been circumcised?
00:36:14.60\00:36:16.87
That's what Paul says.
He says a Jew is someone
00:36:16.90\00:36:22.56
that's a Jew
inwardly. He says circumcision
00:36:22.59\00:36:31.28
it's not just a
matter of what you
00:36:31.89\00:36:33.01
do with some skin.
Circumcision is a matter
00:36:33.04\00:36:37.42
of the heart.
And that circumcision
00:36:37.45\00:36:40.93
takes place by the
Spirit. It's not by the letter.
00:36:40.96\00:36:44.91
And then it's interesting
it says his praise is not
00:36:45.77\00:36:48.53
for man, but from
God. The word praise,
00:36:48.56\00:36:50.71
the word Jew, Judah is
the Hebrew word for praise.
00:36:50.74\00:36:55.78
It's very interesting,
so, so, so, Judah, Jew is the
00:36:57.18\00:37:03.67
Hebrew word for
praise and here the text says
00:37:03.70\00:37:06.02
That a Jew is not one outwardly,
00:37:06.51\00:37:08.82
a Jew is not, circumcision
is not a matter of the
00:37:09.83\00:37:13.59
outside it's a
matter of the heart.
00:37:13.62\00:37:15.30
And then he says his
praise, his Jewishness is not
00:37:15.33\00:37:21.28
for man, but from
God. Did you get that,
00:37:21.31\00:37:24.92
his Jewishness is not
for man, but from God.
00:37:24.95\00:37:28.77
You see my friends if
you are, if a person is a
00:37:28.80\00:37:31.79
physical
descendant from Abraham,
00:37:32.10\00:37:34.28
he is a Jew
outwardly. His Jewishness comes
00:37:35.11\00:37:39.62
from man, his praise, his
Jewishness comes from man.
00:37:39.65\00:37:43.53
But if a person is a
believer, who has been
00:37:44.22\00:37:48.00
circumcised by
faith, by the Spirit.
00:37:48.03\00:37:50.67
His praise, his Jewishness
doesn't come from man.
00:37:51.52\00:37:55.27
It doesn't come from
who his grandfather is.
00:37:55.30\00:37:57.21
It comes from
God. So who's a Jew?
00:37:58.01\00:38:03.62
Well, Paul says it right here,
Paul says it in the clearest,
00:38:04.36\00:38:07.69
plainest
language. You are a Jew,
00:38:07.72\00:38:10.76
if you are a Jew inwardly
if God's spirit has come
00:38:10.79\00:38:15.28
into your life and
circumcised your heart,
00:38:15.31\00:38:17.78
it's change the
person that you are.
00:38:17.81\00:38:20.00
That's who the true
Jew. If your Jewishness
00:38:24.19\00:38:25.16
comes from man
that's, that's one thing,
00:38:25.17\00:38:26.64
that's just a
physical Jew, but for Paul
00:38:27.09\00:38:29.32
a true Jew, his Jewishness,
his praise comes from God.
00:38:29.35\00:38:34.19
In fact, if we look
in Galatians chapter 3.
00:38:35.14\00:38:36.93
Galatians chapter 3,
verse 26, notice what
00:38:38.09\00:38:43.92
Paul says, for in Christ Jesus
00:38:43.95\00:38:47.87
you are all sons
of God through faith.
00:38:47.90\00:38:52.32
Now you remember
in the Book of Ezekiel
00:38:52.35\00:38:55.35
the Bible refer,
pardon me the Book of Exodus
00:38:55.38\00:38:57.88
the Bible refers to
Israel as God's first born son
00:38:58.00\00:39:00.99
and here Paul says
then if you're in Christ,
00:39:01.25\00:39:03.95
you are God's
son. You have the same
00:39:03.98\00:39:07.48
designation as ancient
Israel and then he says.
00:39:07.51\00:39:10.64
He says for as many
of you were baptized into
00:39:11.05\00:39:15.16
Christ to put on Christ,
verse 28 there is neither
00:39:15.19\00:39:18.10
Jew nor Greek, there
is neither slave nor free,
00:39:18.13\00:39:20.37
there is
neither male nor female,
00:39:20.68\00:39:22.68
you are all one in
Christ. Verse 29 and if you are
00:39:22.84\00:39:26.75
Christ's then you
are Abraham's children.
00:39:26.78\00:39:31.17
Heirs according to the promise.
00:39:31.67\00:39:32.92
Notice what Galatians
chapter 3 says, that if
00:39:33.23\00:39:36.25
are Christ then you are
a descendant from Abraham.
00:39:36.28\00:39:39.90
Did you catch that?
Remember it is not the
00:39:40.47\00:39:43.88
physical descendants
of Abraham that matter.
00:39:43.91\00:39:46.45
It's the spiritual
descendants of Abraham
00:39:46.48\00:39:48.83
based on God's promise
and if you are Christ's,
00:39:48.86\00:39:52.21
Paul's says then you
are Abraham's descendant
00:39:52.24\00:39:55.26
you are true Jew, you
are an Israelite indeed.
00:39:55.29\00:40:00.45
There is neither Jew nor Greek,
00:40:00.60\00:40:02.18
Paul says, there is
neither slave nor free,
00:40:02.66\00:40:05.17
there is
neither male nor female,
00:40:05.20\00:40:07.28
you are all one,
you are all one in
00:40:07.31\00:40:11.24
Christ Jesus.
If you are Christ's
00:40:11.27\00:40:14.66
then you are Abraham's
children, heirs according
00:40:15.17\00:40:19.77
to the promise. Who is a Jew,
00:40:20.45\00:40:21.56
who is Israel, who are
the true Israelites in this
00:40:22.06\00:40:25.28
day and age. The true Israelites
00:40:25.31\00:40:27.53
are every single
true believer in the Lord
00:40:27.56\00:40:31.95
Jesus Christ, you are
the true Jew if you are a
00:40:31.98\00:40:35.11
follower Jesus
Christ. There is neither
00:40:35.14\00:40:37.44
male nor
female, there is neither
00:40:37.47\00:40:39.07
slave nor free, you are
all sons of God through faith
00:40:39.10\00:40:43.58
and if you are in
Christ, you are one in him and
00:40:43.61\00:40:47.03
you are Abraham's
children, in fact Paul says it
00:40:47.06\00:40:51.76
slightly different
in Galatians chapter 6
00:40:51.79\00:40:55.74
verse 16, it says in
verse 15 and 16, for neither
00:40:56.53\00:41:01.93
circumcision counts for
anything or uncircumcision
00:41:01.96\00:41:06.52
but a new creation,
Paul says it doesn't
00:41:08.79\00:41:09.76
matter if you
are a physical Jew,
00:41:09.77\00:41:10.74
or a physical
Gentile, if you are circumcised
00:41:10.75\00:41:13.11
or uncircumcised.
What matters is if
00:41:13.14\00:41:15.67
you are a new creation
and then he says as for
00:41:15.70\00:41:18.71
all who walk by this
rule, in another words everybody
00:41:18.74\00:41:21.61
who understands that
being physically circumcised
00:41:21.64\00:41:24.32
doesn't make you a Jew,
being, physically uncircumcised
00:41:24.35\00:41:27.32
doesn't make you far
from God. Everybody that
00:41:27.35\00:41:29.45
understands the
new creation is what
00:41:29.48\00:41:31.49
really matters, he
says as for all who walk by
00:41:31.52\00:41:35.57
this rule, peace and mercy
be on them and then the word
00:41:35.60\00:41:40.30
is and there and
upon the Israel of God.
00:41:40.33\00:41:43.52
And interestingly
enough, I don't want to get
00:41:43.55\00:41:45.78
too far in to the
Greek here, but the word
00:41:45.81\00:41:47.55
Kai there, Kai is the
word that's translated end,
00:41:47.58\00:41:49.87
it's used epexegetically
and really the translation
00:41:50.23\00:41:53.76
should be namely,
okay so everybody who
00:41:53.79\00:41:56.68
understands that
it's a new creation that
00:41:56.71\00:41:58.73
matters, okay. The Bible says
00:41:58.76\00:42:01.47
peace and mercy upon
them. That is upon the
00:42:01.50\00:42:04.93
Israel of God. The
Israel of God is every
00:42:04.96\00:42:08.34
single person who
believes that what matters
00:42:08.37\00:42:12.02
is being a new
creation in Christ.
00:42:12.25\00:42:14.10
The Israel of God is
every person that is in
00:42:14.38\00:42:17.75
Christ, every
person that is a believer
00:42:17.78\00:42:21.36
in Christ, is in
Christ and is a descendant
00:42:21.39\00:42:24.54
of Abraham.
That's what Paul says
00:42:24.57\00:42:26.29
in Romans 9, lets go
back there to Romans 9.
00:42:26.32\00:42:30.10
Paul has made it
clear, in Romans 9 in verse 6
00:42:30.86\00:42:36.63
It is not as though
God's word had failed.
00:42:36.66\00:42:38.65
Not all who are
descended from Israel
00:42:39.29\00:42:41.37
belong to Israel.
Not everybody that's a
00:42:41.40\00:42:43.69
physical descendant of
Israel's is an Israelite.
00:42:43.72\00:42:45.87
Not all the children of
Abraham, not are all children
00:42:46.93\00:42:49.25
of Abraham because they
are his offspring. It's through
00:42:49.28\00:42:52.04
Isaac that your
children are named. Again,
00:42:52.07\00:42:54.79
Abraham had two
children Isaac and Ishmael.
00:42:55.02\00:42:58.41
It's not just
through, it's just through
00:42:58.47\00:43:00.89
Isaac, Ishmael doesn't
count, so we know it's not
00:43:00.92\00:43:03.93
just the physical descendants
and the difference between
00:43:03.96\00:43:06.40
Isaac and Ishmael was
that according to verse 8
00:43:06.43\00:43:09.33
this means it is
not the children of the
00:43:09.64\00:43:10.84
flesh that are children of God.
00:43:10.87\00:43:12.31
But it's the
children of the promise.
00:43:12.61\00:43:14.42
So, my friends, you
can be an Israelite today,
00:43:14.45\00:43:18.38
I can be an Israelite today.
00:43:18.41\00:43:19.70
How? By tracing
my genealogy back to
00:43:19.73\00:43:23.61
Abraham, absolutely
not. I can be an Israelite
00:43:23.64\00:43:26.59
today, by tracing
my genealogy back to
00:43:26.62\00:43:27.59
faith in Jesus Christ.
When I put my faith in Jesus,
00:43:29.92\00:43:33.64
the Bible says
according to Galatians 3
00:43:33.67\00:43:35.88
that I am in Christ
and then I am a descendant
00:43:35.91\00:43:38.50
of Abraham. I am
an heir according
00:43:38.53\00:43:40.91
to the promise, you
see Romans chapter 9,
00:43:40.94\00:43:45.28
verse 9 again this is
what the promise said,
00:43:45.31\00:43:47.67
about this time next
year I will return and Sarah
00:43:47.70\00:43:49.90
will have a son.
And not only so, but
00:43:49.93\00:43:52.04
also when Rebekah
conceived children by
00:43:52.07\00:43:54.16
one man, our father
Isaac. Through though they were
00:43:54.19\00:43:58.13
not yet born.
And had done nothing
00:43:58.16\00:44:00.10
either good or
bad. In order that God's
00:44:00.13\00:44:02.14
purpose of
election might continue.
00:44:02.17\00:44:03.98
Not because of works
but because of his call.
00:44:04.21\00:44:06.47
She was told, "The
older will serve the younger."
00:44:06.50\00:44:08.85
As it is written
Jacob I have loved and Esau
00:44:08.88\00:44:11.36
have I hated. Again,
it's about on the basis
00:44:11.39\00:44:13.44
of God's
promise. God promised that
00:44:13.47\00:44:15.56
Isaac would come not
on the basis of the flesh.
00:44:15.59\00:44:18.61
What Abraham did to make an heir
00:44:18.95\00:44:21.33
with Hagar and it's on
the basis of God's call
00:44:22.29\00:44:25.66
that is God can flip
the flesh upside down.
00:44:26.92\00:44:29.12
The flesh is the
older will be incharge
00:44:31.28\00:44:32.25
to the younger and God
says the younger will be
00:44:32.26\00:44:33.60
incharge of the
older. So then again back to
00:44:33.63\00:44:38.27
Romans 9 and lets
unpack the rest of these
00:44:38.30\00:44:40.41
difficult text, what
shall we say then, is there
00:44:40.44\00:44:43.32
injustice on God's
part. Will you say God unjust
00:44:43.35\00:44:46.73
if he says it's by the promise,
00:44:46.76\00:44:48.54
not by the flesh, is
God unjust if he says
00:44:48.57\00:44:51.77
that it's gonna, he is gonna
flip the flesh upside down and
00:44:51.94\00:44:54.67
that the youngest is going
to be incharge of the older.
00:44:54.70\00:44:56.48
Is God unjust?
No, God isn't unjust
00:44:56.51\00:45:00.22
because God can do
whatever he wants to do.
00:45:00.25\00:45:02.38
And what does God want to
do. He wants to have mercy
00:45:02.41\00:45:04.68
on who he wants to
have mercy, he wants to have
00:45:04.71\00:45:06.50
compassion on whom he
wants to have compassion.
00:45:06.53\00:45:08.60
Verse 16, so
that it depends not on
00:45:09.01\00:45:12.43
human will or exertion.
But on God, who has mercy
00:45:12.46\00:45:16.54
and again my friends
we learn who is it that
00:45:16.57\00:45:19.13
God wants to have mercy
on. God wants to have mercy
00:45:19.16\00:45:21.87
on all who have faith.
Jesus says that he will
00:45:21.90\00:45:27.22
not cast out any
that come to him.
00:45:27.25\00:45:29.77
Notice, then we have
verse 17, for the scripture
00:45:30.46\00:45:35.83
says to Pharaoh,
for this very purpose
00:45:35.86\00:45:38.77
I have raised you
up, that I might show
00:45:38.80\00:45:40.23
my power in you, and that
my name might be proclaimed
00:45:40.26\00:45:43.51
in all the earth. So,
he has mercy on whomever
00:45:43.54\00:45:46.44
he wills and he
hardens whomever he wills.
00:45:46.47\00:45:51.37
Now that has
always puzzled people.
00:45:52.17\00:45:54.59
That has always puzzled people.
00:45:54.62\00:45:56.25
When the Bible says
that he has mercy on whomever
00:45:56.63\00:45:58.42
he wills, and he
hardens whomever he wills.
00:45:58.45\00:46:01.65
Now, let me give a
very classic illustration
00:46:01.68\00:46:04.48
of this, if you're a
00:46:04.51\00:46:12.00
non-believer and it's Saturday
morning and somebody knocks
00:46:12.03\00:46:14.45
on your door and there
there, cheery offering you
00:46:14.48\00:46:20.34
Jesus Christ, offering you
Bible studies, offering you
00:46:21.01\00:46:23.10
the way of
salvation and you of a sudden
00:46:23.13\00:46:26.39
respond negativity and
you, now get out of here.
00:46:27.18\00:46:30.47
I don't want you
round here, okay.
00:46:30.88\00:46:33.65
And the next day, the
next week, next Saturday
00:46:33.86\00:46:37.00
morning the same
cheery guy knocks on
00:46:37.03\00:46:39.39
your door, and he is
there with a Bible study.
00:46:39.42\00:46:45.76
Ready to talk to you
and you say get out of here
00:46:46.14\00:46:48.62
I don't want to talk
to you and you come back
00:46:48.65\00:46:51.44
the next week, do you
think the guy is getting
00:46:51.73\00:46:56.18
generally softer or harder,
generally getting harder.
00:46:56.21\00:47:01.77
Now, what you to
understand something my friends.
00:47:03.20\00:47:04.78
God has mercy on
whoever has faith, but whoever
00:47:05.68\00:47:10.32
refuses his mercy,
okay God extends mercy,
00:47:10.35\00:47:14.23
God tells people and
he sends the message of
00:47:14.26\00:47:16.38
salvation to people and
if they hear it and they
00:47:16.41\00:47:19.02
don't believe, every
time God sends that message
00:47:19.05\00:47:22.39
they are getting harder
and harder and harder, it's
00:47:22.42\00:47:26.02
just like if you put out
clay in the sun and you put a
00:47:26.05\00:47:28.72
candle in the sun.
The candle will melt
00:47:28.75\00:47:31.37
and the clay will
harden. So, when God sends
00:47:31.40\00:47:34.85
his message of love
and mercy to this world.
00:47:34.88\00:47:37.44
On some people it will
melt them and some people
00:47:37.62\00:47:40.54
it will harden them, but
it is up to the individual
00:47:40.57\00:47:43.97
how they will respond
to the message of God.
00:47:44.00\00:47:46.73
My friends God's
message is very simple,
00:47:49.10\00:47:52.25
God's message here is
very simple, who is Israel?
00:47:53.42\00:47:55.63
Who is Israel?
Israel is not necessarily
00:47:56.35\00:48:01.28
the physical
descendants of Abraham.
00:48:01.31\00:48:03.40
Israel is everyone
who is God's people on the
00:48:04.14\00:48:08.31
basis of God's
promise. You are not a Jew
00:48:08.34\00:48:13.28
because you one outwardly.
You are not a Jew because
00:48:13.31\00:48:16.18
you have been circumcised.
You are a Jew because
00:48:16.21\00:48:18.56
the Spirit of God has
circumcised your heart.
00:48:18.59\00:48:21.03
You are a Jew because
you get your Jewishness,
00:48:21.24\00:48:23.37
your praise from
God not from man.
00:48:23.40\00:48:25.56
You are a Jew
because you put your faith in
00:48:26.16\00:48:27.90
Jesus Christ.
You are a descendant
00:48:27.93\00:48:30.15
and child of Abraham
by faith in Jesus Christ.
00:48:30.18\00:48:34.61
You are on the basis
of God's promise, not on
00:48:34.88\00:48:37.85
the basis of the
flesh and that's why
00:48:37.88\00:48:39.91
Paul says that the
Gentiles, the Gentiles
00:48:39.94\00:48:44.02
who were not, well I'll
read it to you; it says that the
00:48:44.05\00:48:47.71
Gentiles who did not
pursue righteousness have
00:48:47.74\00:48:51.48
attained it, that
is the righteousness
00:48:51.51\00:48:53.70
that is by faith.
You see you got the
00:48:53.73\00:48:55.85
Gentiles, they
are not seeking to be
00:48:55.88\00:48:58.54
righteous by the
law. They are not seeking
00:48:58.57\00:49:00.51
to be righteous by the
law, but they find faith
00:49:00.54\00:49:03.14
in Christ and the
Bible says that they find it.
00:49:03.17\00:49:06.30
In Israel they
pursued the law that would
00:49:09.98\00:49:12.24
lead to righteousness,
but they did not succeed
00:49:12.27\00:49:15.90
at reaching the law, because
God's plan is not to show
00:49:15.93\00:49:18.13
mercy on people by
law. God's plan is to show
00:49:18.16\00:49:20.94
mercy on people by
faith. God's plan is not to make
00:49:20.97\00:49:23.99
you a Jew by the flesh.
God's plan is to make you
00:49:24.02\00:49:26.39
a Jew by his
promise through faith.
00:49:26.42\00:49:28.63
God's plan is not to show
mercy on you, on the basis
00:49:28.66\00:49:31.60
of what you have done,
but on the basis of what
00:49:31.63\00:49:33.67
Christ has done.
The Israel who pursued
00:49:33.70\00:49:36.57
a law that would lead
to righteousness did not
00:49:36.60\00:49:38.36
succeed in
reaching that law, verse 32,
00:49:38.39\00:49:41.14
why, because they did
not pursued it not faith
00:49:41.17\00:49:44.83
but as it were based on works.
00:49:44.86\00:49:47.30
They have stumbled
over the "stumbling stone."
00:49:47.66\00:49:49.51
As it is written,
behold I'm laying in Zion
00:49:49.94\00:49:52.56
a stone of stumbling
and a rock of offense and
00:49:52.59\00:49:55.07
whoever believes in him
will not be put to shame.
00:49:55.10\00:49:57.66
That's Paul's conclusion
my friend, that how you relate
00:49:57.69\00:50:00.94
to Jesus determines
whether you get mercy. How you
00:50:00.97\00:50:03.94
relate to Jesus by
faith or rejection determines,
00:50:03.97\00:50:07.67
whether or not you
will receive God's mercy,
00:50:07.70\00:50:09.79
whether you're an
Israelite and whether
00:50:09.82\00:50:11.72
God's promises apply to
you. What is this here in the
00:50:11.75\00:50:16.03
end of the
chapter were it says that
00:50:16.06\00:50:18.30
Israel pursued by
works, not by faith and then
00:50:18.33\00:50:22.49
they stumbled at
the stumbling stone.
00:50:22.52\00:50:24.25
And the
stumbling stone is Jesus.
00:50:24.28\00:50:26.08
Imagine my friends,
there is the young man.
00:50:31.24\00:50:33.81
He gets hired on by a company
00:50:35.26\00:50:36.68
as a mail boy and he
faithfully delivers mail
00:50:36.71\00:50:41.95
faithfully delivers
mail and then he begins
00:50:41.98\00:50:44.40
to work his way up the company.
00:50:44.43\00:50:46.26
No college, no
anything, he is just a
00:50:46.29\00:50:48.75
mail boy and he is
working his way, working his way
00:50:48.78\00:50:51.57
working his way up
the company and all of a
00:50:51.84\00:50:54.66
sudden after many
years of hard work and
00:50:54.69\00:50:56.66
labor, 20 years.
He is the Executive
00:50:56.69\00:51:00.76
Vice President.
And the President is
00:51:00.79\00:51:06.80
about to retire and
place him at the helm.
00:51:07.23\00:51:12.44
And he is thinking
back of all his life of
00:51:14.32\00:51:17.11
hard work and hard
toil and his faithfulness
00:51:17.14\00:51:20.52
there on the job that
has got him to the pinnacle
00:51:20.55\00:51:23.87
of success. Well, about the time
00:51:23.90\00:51:28.30
the President is gonna retire.
00:51:28.33\00:51:29.67
The President's daughter
has graduated from college.
00:51:30.79\00:51:34.82
And she has
married a young fellow,
00:51:36.67\00:51:40.36
that just graduated
from Harvard with his
00:51:41.54\00:51:44.60
M.B.A. Masters in
Business Administration.
00:51:44.63\00:51:48.22
And the President
of the company decides
00:51:52.35\00:51:56.04
to pass over this man
that has worked and toiled
00:51:57.08\00:51:59.89
his way to get to the
top. The man has always
00:51:59.92\00:52:04.53
thought he is gonna to
be the President someday.
00:52:04.56\00:52:06.24
He is gonna to be
the President someday,
00:52:06.27\00:52:07.69
the President told
him that he was gonna make
00:52:07.72\00:52:09.92
him President someday
and all of a sudden the time
00:52:09.95\00:52:12.25
comes for him to
become President and the
00:52:12.28\00:52:14.80
President the
actual President takes this
00:52:14.83\00:52:17.67
young whipper snapper
that married his daughter
00:52:17.70\00:52:20.71
and makes him the
President of the company.
00:52:20.74\00:52:23.86
Can you imagine? Can you
imagine the consternation?
00:52:26.57\00:52:31.33
Can you imagine how
that would have just
00:52:31.53\00:52:34.69
plunged that hard
working Vice President
00:52:34.72\00:52:39.27
into despair? I
worked all my life
00:52:39.30\00:52:43.75
and then this young
whipper snapper, this
00:52:43.78\00:52:45.59
young punk just walks
right into that position
00:52:45.62\00:52:48.88
I was supposed to have.
How is it that this happened?
00:52:48.91\00:52:53.61
My friends that is a
little bit about what
00:52:55.36\00:52:58.33
happened with the
Jews. The Jews think they are
00:52:58.36\00:53:01.07
the people of the
God and they are working,
00:53:01.10\00:53:03.03
working, working,
working to be accepted by God
00:53:03.06\00:53:07.31
working, working, working,
to receive God's promises.
00:53:07.34\00:53:10.69
Working, working,
working, to be at the pinnacle
00:53:10.91\00:53:13.36
where they will be
acceptable by God and then
00:53:13.81\00:53:16.69
God sends Jesus in.
And God says that there is
00:53:16.72\00:53:21.27
no salvation in any
other name, give it among men
00:53:21.30\00:53:24.77
where about we must be
saved, except for Jesus.
00:53:24.80\00:53:27.45
And they're
saying wait a minute,
00:53:28.72\00:53:29.77
wait a minute, wait a minute,
00:53:29.80\00:53:30.77
we've toiled, we
worked, we've labored.
00:53:30.78\00:53:32.50
We are trying to do
it. And God says no,
00:53:32.53\00:53:35.19
there is only way to do
it and that is faith in Jesus
00:53:35.41\00:53:37.89
God says I have mercy
on whoever I want to have
00:53:37.92\00:53:40.40
mercy, I harden
whoever I want to harden.
00:53:40.43\00:53:42.68
God says, I can
do whatever I want.
00:53:42.86\00:53:44.70
I want to have mercy
on people on the basis of
00:53:44.84\00:53:48.55
faith in Jesus
Christ. I want to make people
00:53:48.58\00:53:51.33
Israelites on the basis
of my promise to have mercy
00:53:51.36\00:53:54.57
on whoever believes.
Not on the basis of who
00:53:54.80\00:53:57.23
your grandfather
was? Not on the basis of
00:53:57.26\00:53:59.50
how you did in life,
but on the basis of my
00:54:00.22\00:54:02.64
mercy and my promise
of the coming Christ.
00:54:02.67\00:54:07.29
And so Paul says that
those Gentiles who worked
00:54:08.63\00:54:12.29
their whole life's
doing there own thing,
00:54:12.52\00:54:15.13
but came to faith in
Christ, they are Israelites.
00:54:16.24\00:54:19.96
They are sons of God.
They have taken the spot.
00:54:20.31\00:54:25.52
That physical Israel,
natural Israel was in.
00:54:26.63\00:54:30.18
My friends this is
the great, glorious
00:54:31.34\00:54:32.70
promise to all of
us. If you are a Jew
00:54:32.73\00:54:34.57
God's promise is that
you can become a true Jew.
00:54:35.14\00:54:37.33
And if you are a
Gentile God's promise to you
00:54:38.16\00:54:40.43
is that you can become a Jew.
00:54:40.68\00:54:42.01
Because the Bible says
in Romans 10 as a conclusion
00:54:42.46\00:54:45.52
to Romans 9 that if you
confess with your mouth,
00:54:45.55\00:54:48.30
that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart
00:54:48.33\00:54:50.46
that God raised
him from the dead,
00:54:50.49\00:54:51.74
you will be
saved. With the heart one
00:54:51.77\00:54:56.22
believes that he is
justified, with the mouth
00:54:56.25\00:54:57.94
when confess and
saved. For the Scripture says,
00:54:57.97\00:55:00.66
everyone who
believe in him, will not be
00:55:00.69\00:55:02.24
put to shame for
there is no distension
00:55:02.27\00:55:04.35
between the Jew and
Greek, the same Lord is Lord
00:55:04.38\00:55:07.04
of all bestowing his
riches on all who call on him,
00:55:07.07\00:55:11.03
for everyone who
calls on the name of the
00:55:11.06\00:55:13.71
Lord will be saved.
Awesome, glorious truth
00:55:13.74\00:55:19.37
God isn't, God does
not have one club here,
00:55:19.40\00:55:21.61
one club there. God
says all who put their
00:55:21.64\00:55:23.69
faith in me, they are
true Jews, all who put their
00:55:23.72\00:55:26.72
faith in me they will be saved.
00:55:26.75\00:55:28.56
If you confess with
your mouth that Jesus is Lord
00:55:28.59\00:55:31.40
you believe in your
heart that God raised him
00:55:31.43\00:55:33.53
from the dead.
You will be saved.
00:55:33.56\00:55:36.26
My friends, you put
your faith in Christ,
00:55:36.47\00:55:39.08
you put your faith
in Christ and as Paul
00:55:39.11\00:55:41.10
says in Galatians,
chapter 3 if you are Christ's.
00:55:41.13\00:55:45.93
Then you are
Abraham's descendant.
00:55:46.50\00:55:48.26
Heirs according to the promise.
00:55:49.06\00:55:50.55
If you are Christ,
you are Abraham's child
00:55:50.79\00:55:53.83
a true Jew, a true Israelite.
00:55:53.86\00:55:56.21
If you are Christ and
if you're a new creation,
00:55:56.24\00:55:59.45
then you are the
Israel of God. Galatians 5:16
00:55:59.48\00:56:02.86
I was quoting
Galatians 3:29 a moment ago
00:56:03.09\00:56:06.34
my friend today, what are you?
00:56:06.37\00:56:09.41
Have you accepted God's
promise of righteousness
00:56:11.02\00:56:13.45
by faith? Have you
trusted in God's promise,
00:56:13.48\00:56:16.54
that if you believe in Christ,
00:56:16.57\00:56:18.62
He will do for you what
you cannot do for yourself.
00:56:18.65\00:56:21.31
Have you received
Jesus? Have you confessed
00:56:22.20\00:56:25.86
with your mouth
that Jesus is Lord?
00:56:25.89\00:56:27.42
Have you believed
in your heart that God
00:56:27.45\00:56:29.89
raised him from the
dead? If so good, if not
00:56:29.92\00:56:33.97
pray with me just
now. Father in heaven,
00:56:34.32\00:56:37.00
right now I confess
with my mouth that Jesus is
00:56:37.37\00:56:40.52
Lord and I believe
with my heart that you
00:56:40.55\00:56:42.17
raised him from the
dead. And Lord I know they
00:56:42.20\00:56:44.11
are others listening
right now, about doing the same.
00:56:44.14\00:56:46.29
You promise that if we
do this, we will be saved
00:56:46.61\00:56:49.43
that we wont be put to shame.
00:56:49.46\00:56:50.83
And that all who're
calling your name will be safe.
00:56:51.09\00:56:53.79
Keep your promise
Lord and we thank you
00:56:53.82\00:56:56.11
in Jesus name. Amen!
My friends if you have
00:56:56.14\00:57:01.28
heard this message, if
you have heard this message
00:57:01.31\00:57:04.69
then if you are a
true believer in Jesus.
00:57:04.72\00:57:07.78
You will be saved. You will be a
00:57:07.81\00:57:09.63
true Israelite. I
am pleading with you
00:57:09.66\00:57:12.09
to believe it,
trust it and then live it.
00:57:12.12\00:57:15.54