Roman’s Chapter 11

ROMANS 11 

Understanding God’s Plan 
for Israel, the World, and Us!

CONTEXT:
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1. God has a  (vv. 1-10)

   I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”? 4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
   

2. God keeps his  (vv. 11-16)
   

   11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

   13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.
   

3. God gives us a  (vv. 17-24)

   …they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. 22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. 23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

4. God is  (vv. 33-36)

   33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments,
   and his paths beyond tracing out!

   34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”

   35 “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?

   36 For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.