Romans 12:1: Prepared for Action; exhortation; present your bodies: as a sacrifice, for reasonable service, Heb. 9:1; Jn. 16:2; worship; church services, Is. 1:10-13; 1 Cor. 11:17. NB It may […]
Romans 11:32-36 Lesson 55
Romans 11:32-36: mercy to all, Gal. 3:22; God’s wisdom and knowledge; mind of the Lord, Is. 40:13; no claim against God, Job 41:11; Jew and Gentile in God’s big plan. […]
Romans 11:27-31 Lesson 54
Romans 11:27-31: Future for Israel, forgiven, return to land, Messianic Age, Is. 27:6-9a,12-13; deliverer from Zion: New Covenant Jer. 31:31-34; Israel are enemies for the sake of the Gentiles; beloved […]
Romans 11:26 Lesson 53
Romans 11:26: Mystery of the partial hardening of the Israel; all Israel saved; deliverer from Zion, Is. 59:20-21;Ps. 14:7;53:6;Rev. 1:7; Zech. 12:10;13:1-3; Great Apostasy,2 Thess. 2:1-5; Joel 2:31-32; Separation of […]
Romans 2:21-29 Lesson 10
Romans 2:21-29: Circumcision and the Law; the Jewish thinking; outward and inward circumcision, Deut. 10:16;Jer. 4:4;Ezek. 44:9;Deut. 30:6; New Covenant, Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek. 11:17-20;36:24-28;Joel 2:28-29. NB It may take several […]
REPOST: Romans 2:7-20 Lesson 9
Romans 2:7-20: For his argument, Paul gives the opponent’s wrong thinking: good work renders eternal life; disobedience brings wrath; those doing the law are justified. NB It may take several […]
Romans 11:21-25 Lesson 52
Romans 11:21-25: kindness and severity of God; remain in His kindness, Col. 1:22-23; Heb. 3:6,14; Israel grafted back in with belief; mystery of the partial hardening of Israel; fulness of […]
Romans 11:13-20 Lesson 51
Romans 11:13-20: Israel’s rejection, world’s reconciliation; life from the dead; firstfruits of dough, Num. 15:17-21; ; holy root, branches too, wild olive shoots; Gentiles warning; stand by your faith, Phil. […]
Romans 11:8-12 Lesson 50
Romans 11:8-12: eyes that cannot see, Deut. 29:4; Is. 29:10; Jn. 12:37-40; their table a snare, Ps. 69:22-23; Israel not completely fallen; The Jewish Jealousy; riches for the Gentiles. NB […]
Romans 11:1-7 Lesson 49
Romans 11:1-7: Israel’s present: a remnant of grace; God not rejected Israel, Elijah’s lesson on the remnant, 1 Kgs, 19:3-18; elected by grace, 1 Pet. 1:1-2; rest were hardened; Brief […]