Romans 11
The Remnant of
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I say then, Hath God cast away his
people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of
Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Phil. 3.5
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God hath not cast away his people which
he foreknew. Wot ye not what the Scripture saith of Eli'jah? how he
maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
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Lord, they have killed thy prophets,
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and digged down thine altars; |
and I am left alone, |
and they seek my life. 1 Kgs.
19.10, 14 |
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But what saith the answer of God unto
him?
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I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, |
who have not bowed the knee to the image of Ba'al. 1 Kgs.
19.18 |
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Even so then at this present time also
there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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And if by grace, then is it no
more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more
work.
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What then? Israel hath not obtained
that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and
the rest were blinded
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(according as it is written,
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God hath given them the spirit of slumber, |
eyes that they should not see, |
and ears that they should not hear;) |
unto this day. Deut.
29.4 · Is.
29.10 |
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And David saith,
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Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, |
and a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto
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let their eyes be darkened, that they may
not see,
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The Salvation of the
Gentiles |
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I say then, Have they stumbled that
they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall
salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke
them to jealousy.
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Now if the fall of them be the
riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the
Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
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For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch
as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine
office:
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if by any means I may provoke to
emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of
them.
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For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of
them be, but life from the dead?
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For if the firstfruit be holy, the
lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
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And if some of the branches be broken
off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them,
and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive
tree;
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boast not against the branches. But if
thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
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Thou wilt say then, The branches were
broken off, that I might be graffed in.
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Well; because of unbelief they were
broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but
fear:
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for if God spared not the natural
branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
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Behold therefore the goodness and
severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee,
goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou
also shalt be cut off.
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And they also, if they abide not still in
unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in
again.
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For if thou wert cut out of the olive
tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature
into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which be the
natural branches, be graffed into their own olive
tree?
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The Restoration of
Israel |
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For I would not, brethren, that ye
should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your
own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until
the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
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And so all Israel shall be saved: as it
is written,
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There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, |
and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Is.
59.20 |
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for this is my covenant unto
them,
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As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they
are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
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For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
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For as ye in times past have not believed
God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
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even so have these also now not believed,
that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
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For God hath concluded them all in
unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
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O the depth of the riches both of the
wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his
judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
or who hath been his counselor? Is. 40.13
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or who hath first given to him, and it
shall be recompensed unto him again? Job. 41.11
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For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.
Amen.
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