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)

Sermon Notes June 20th 2010 - As for Me and My House

"As For Me and My House"

Joshua 24: 14-15

 

I.  A Godly man is indwelt by the Holy Spirit

        Numbers 27:15-21

        Eph 5:18

        Gal 5:16

        IThes  5:19

        Eph 4:30

 

II.  A Godly man follows the Lord when its tough

       Num 13:1-2, 25-29

       Num 14:1-9

       Exod  6:6-8

       Gen  15:18-21

 

III.  A Godly man leads confidently

        Joshua 24:14-18, 23

        Judges 2:6-10