Sermon Notes: Has God abandoned Israel? Rom. 11:1-10

Has God abandoned Israel?
Rom. 11:1-10

I.  God has not abandoned Israel.
        (I Sam. 12:22; Ps. 94:14; Deut. 31:17)
        forsake (Deut. 31:17) = azab = to leave; LXX kataleipo = to leave, to leave behind; Acts 16:18-19
        reject (Rom. 11:1) apotheo = push aside, reject, idea of complete abandonment
    a.  God will not reject those He foreknew.
            foreknow = prokinosko = to know beforehand
    b.  God preserves a remnant.
    c.  God graciously chose a remnant.
         (Isaiah 64:6)
 II.  God accomplished by grace what Israel could not obtain.
        "those who were chosen obtained it" = election obtained it.
    a.  God gave righteousness the chosen.
    b.  God hardened the rest.  
    c.  God gave them an inability to perceive.
            (Deut. 29:4; Is. 29:10, 14; Ps. 69:22-23)