Romans 9:14-29

Romans 9:14-29

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Israel’s Rejection and God’s Justice

14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! 15 For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” 18 Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.

19 You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

25 As He says also in Hosea:

“I will call them My people, who were not My people,

And her beloved, who was not beloved.”

26 “And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,

‘You are not My people,’

There they shall be called sons of the living God.”

27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:

“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,

The remnant will be saved.

28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,

Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”

29 And as Isaiah said before:

“Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,

We would have become like Sodom,

And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”

The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ro 9:14-29

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  Is there send out text message people around the world Saturday? What's this guy doing? Honestly, well, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to Coffee and devotions is where every day you and I we get together. We have a little bit of coffee, we get into God's word and we grow and I love the Lord together and this year to turn 2022 We'll make it from the book of Acts to the book of Philemon trying to hit the mic and we grow in our love for the Lord together. Let's go ahead and get some coffee. We'll pray we'll get the Lord's word. Let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for the mercy you have shown us in Jesus Christ. The mercy we don't deserve a grace that truly is pure grace. Or we pray that You would bless us if we read your work that we might understand and believe in Jesus's name. Here we go. We are at Romans chapter nine. Verses 14 through 29. Romans chapter nine verses 14 through 20. Let's get into God's Word together. What shall we say that? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not. For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whoever I will have mercy and I will have compassion on whom ever I will have compassion. So then, is not as him who wills or runs. But if God who shows mercy for the scripture says to Pharaoh, for this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show my power in you and that my Name may be declared in all the earth. Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills and he will and whom He wills you hardens. You will say to me, then, why does he still find for for who has resisted it well, but indeed Oh man. Who are you to reply against God? Well the thing formed say to him formed it. Why have you made me like this? Is not the potter have the power over the play? from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another dishonor? What if God wanting to show His mercy or say what is God wanting? To show his wrath and then make His power new, endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he had prepared beforehand for glory. Even us whom He called not of the Jews only but also of the Gentiles. As he also says in Hosea I will call them my people who are not my people and her beloved, who is not my beloved, And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people. There they shall be called sons of the living God. Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel, the number of the children of Israel BSSC sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved, for he will finish the work and cut it short and righteousness because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth and as Isaiah said before, unless the Lord of Cebu had left us a seat, he would have we would have become like Saddam and we would have been made like a more we need to ask ourselves a What is this about? Be what's the best verses summarize these, this section and these paragraphs and see, what are we called to do in response to these words, so a, what is this about? Well notice where it starts with, we talked about Jacob and Esau. And we have talked about Abraham, having Isaac and Ishmael. And so God has chosen before Jacob or Esau did anything either good or bad. And so the the logical question that comes from this is, is there unrighteousness with God? How can God still find fault hold on here, but he's the one who hardens people's hearts. He's the one who saves people. So how can you judge what did he say? When he says in verse 15, he calls back to what revealed Himself to Moses and the book of Exodus. God says to Moses, when he's going to pass his glory for them, he says, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. See, it's not that all of us deserve God's mercy or compassion. Don't we deserve God's judgment? But he's going to show mercy in his freedom. He's going to show grace so that it is not him who wills or him who runs but God who shows mercy isn't same thing that the apostle John told us in John chapter one, I'm gonna go ahead and turn there with you. It's so remarkable how how this lines up, John chapter one I have this in my other Bible underlined. I've got the cross reference here. John 112. And 13. I was looking at verse 14, says, There we go, but as many as received him to them who gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who are born out of blood, nor the will of the flesh, nor the will of man. But if God says not by our choosing, but this is choosing is not by our will, but it's by his world. That's what he's saying here. So it was so then it is not of Him. He wills nor him, he runs, but God shows mercy. This is God's sovereign choice, his sovereign grace, he gets to decide who he shows mercy to and he says even about Pharaoh, he's the one who hardened Pharaoh's heart. He's the one who made his resolve, turn against the board. And so it says He has mercy on whom He wills and I'm who he wills behind it. Some people don't like this, right. I remember talking about this at a youth group one time over a decade ago, as I was talking about this doctrine, election reading straight from Romans nine there was a young lady and very thoughtful lady in the, in the cloud in the class that she said, Well, hold on. Right, it doesn't like what why is that fair of God? Right. Why is he Why is God able to do that? It was kind of like, exactly what the Holy Spirit was anticipating. You will see that. Why does he find fault for who has resisted as well? Right, yeah. I think this is a natural response. If we're honest with ourselves about this, there's a reason why some people recoil from this doctrine of Alexa. And how does Paul answer that? Remembered creation? He's an analogy with a pot say to the potter with a clay say to the potter, make it be like this. Although Why are you doing these things? No. The pot is molded. The pot is made. The clay is is in the hands of the maker. It's not up to us. Let's see. God has a purpose. And His purpose is that we might know. We who have been objects of His mercy might know how good he is. One of wanting to show His wrath and make this our note endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction that he may might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy. What she had prepared beforehand for glory. Even asked to recall not only the Jews but also the Gentiles. Our charts, the troop Krishna when we see those vessels good for destruction can we realize that we are no better than me? That's when our horse realize I should have been destroyed. Here from the same lump of clay. He's shown such grace that you showed such mercy. He's prepared those objects of wrath. us who have been saved like have our hearts overwhelmed with thankfulness. He has been kind and loving, merciful and gracious. Like us. The doctrine of election is not meant to be an iron cold hammer by which we hit the doctor nail on the head but it is meant to break our hearts to make us come to tears that God is so gracious to us. Us who are born and sin us who rejected God and live in the futility of our minds as to transgressions as all of us who fell short of His glory us who are by nature as children of Adam, children of wrath just like the rest. And yet, for some reason by offering choice plucked us out of the fire. It made us children of white This is the beauty of this stuff. It is meant to bring us to our knees and things God so gracious. We call Gentiles like you and Gentiles like me. His people thought we were not as people that he would make those Jewish people who believe realize that they are the remnant that he has saved for himself. That they are the ones that they look around, like Isaiah chapter one and they see chaos and destruction, ruin and death. And it says if the Holy Spirit takes the blinders off their light off their eyes and they go, what is going on here? They come to God truly receives because if he hadn't been gracious, they would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah utterly destroyed. Do you see God's gracious to whom he wants to be gracious? And he shows mercy on who? He decides to show mercy. And this isn't meant to bring us to tears is meant to strip us of all of our righteousness. And throw us at the mercy of Jesus Christ. What's the best verses to summarize as well? In my Bible I have verse 16 on your life but maybe you would have something else. If you're on Facebook, or YouTube, let me know down in the comments what what is it that you would underline what do you think is getting at the heart of this? I think we've gone over calm but a gracious Christ we have a gracious Shepherd we have what a wonderful guy. Let's pray. Father thank you thank you for the grace you have shown us in Jesus Christ. We did not deserve this. God forgive the times that we have tried to give us or how we try to think about ourselves as righteous when we have nothing to bring to the table. But with an empty hand we will do you thank you for snatching us up and giving us thank you for saving us by groups thank you for knowing us for electing us a calling or justifying or it's all in Jesus you may walk with thankfulness before me your heart be overwhelmed and His grace. You walk in humility, love justice and mercy and the grace for today I'll see you on Monday. Bye Transcribed by https://otter.ai