Romans 11 – Israel – Has God cast away Israel? No, Israel would not enter in because of unbelief. God turned to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous, so that some might be saved. vs.15 “For if their rejection be the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead.” vs.25-29 “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. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. 29 The gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” God has given to Israel the law and promises and will not take them away from her. Be aware that if God remove Israel because of unbelief, it could happen to you for they same reason. We are justified by faith, believing.

Crain Blanchard.

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Romans 9 – Israel – chosen ones in Old Testament. vs. 6 “For they are not all Israel who are descendants from Israel.” vs.15 “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” vs.16 “So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.”
Each man has a free will to chose God, but unless God gives repentance, no man will turn to God. God knows who will turn to him and will give his grace to that person. This is election and predestination. That is why we preach the gospel to whosoever will choose God, because only God knows who will serve him. vs.23 “And he did so in order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory.”
Israel was given the law to show them and the world they were sinners and separated from God. But they wouldn’t believe God and they stumbled over the stumbling stone laid in Zion.

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Romans 8 – Sanctification – vs.8 “and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” vs.11 “but if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to you mortal bodies through his Spirit who indwells you.” vs.14 “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.” We are sanctified by living in the Spirit. Since Adam, the whole world was under the law of sin and death, but now all creation eagerly awaits that new world where the sons of God are revealed. God knew us from the foundation of the world and what we would do. The ones who were predestined to become conformed to the image of Jesus, making him the first born of many brethren. Those whom God knew would serve him, he called. Those that are called are justified, God sees us as finished products and are glorified with him. This is God’s plan for his children. (election and predestination).
This doesn’t give us a license to do what we want. God sees the beginning and the end. He knows who will endure to the end. “For many are called, but few are chosen.” There is nothing that can separate you from God, except you.

Crain Blanchard.

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Romans 7 – Sanctification – vs.4 – “you also were made to die to the law through the body of Christ, that you might be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit unto God.” The flesh and spirit war against each other, that is why we must be dead to sin, but alive to Christ. We are sanctified in our union with Jesus. The law convicted us of sin. So we have to die to sin and be resurrected into the life of Jesus by God. So, that we are dead to sin but alive to Jesus. Paul explains how sin reigned in us and the law pointed it out. But now we join Jesus in death, so God can raise us up. Gal.:2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

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Vs.1 “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?” Taking God’s grace for granted is called lasciviousness, the works of the flesh. (Gal.5). Vs.4 ” Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” We are sanctified by death to self and through death we are freed from sin and the bondage of the world. Sanctification is the process by which we are cleaned up getting ready for us to go home. What the process takes our will. We have to be willing to let God do his work. With that work comes the fruit of the Spirit, we become the image and likeness of God. Sanctification is a life long project. We cannot be sanctified in a day or a week, It is our walk from here to eternity. It’s not always fun. But it is rewarding, sanctification.

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Justification had given us peace with God. God has given us His grace (charisma) through Jesus. vs.3-5 – we aren’t justified by works. But we are matured by tribulation.

Romans 5:3 “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” We are reconciled to God by the blood of Jesus and saved by his life. “Those who endure to the end shall be saved.”
Because of the sin of Adam, all have sinned. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, the guilt and punishment of sin was paid for. As it is written “As a result of the anguish of his soul, he will see it and be satisfied; by his knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, as he will bear their iniquities.” Isaiah 53:11. We are justified through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He paid the price so we can return and repent of our sins before God. And God can receive us back because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. This is justification before God.

Crain Blanchard.

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The Sins of the Whole World – From the beginning man was a sinner. There was no righteousness found in man. God called the Jews to have a people to show the world that there is a God of all. The law was given to convict the world of their sins. So with or with out the law, man is a sinner. Man must be righteous in the sight of God to be justified before Him. By His grace, we were given the gift from God to justify us, Jesus Christ the righteous. Then through faith in Jesus, his righteousness is accounted to us. We are born in sin and it corrupts everything we know. Did you ever wonder why a baby knows how to lie, cheat and steal. It is because of our sin nature. Thank God, He doesn’t attribute sin to us until we reach the age of reason. Which is about puberty. But at that point, we become responsible for our sin. That is why it is so hard to reach a teenager. God is the only one that can draw people to Himself. We preach the gospel and pray and let God draw all men to Himself.

Crain Blanchard.

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Paul wrote to the Romans about judging each other. He said there was no excuse to do it. Because you do the same thing and condemn yourself.
But God is the only one who can judge rightly.
But do you think that you will escape the judgement of God? Why are you jealous of the goodness of God? It is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance.
Why do you harden your heart against God and His judgement? You just store up judgement against yourself. God will give to each man according to his deeds. For God isn’t a respecter of persons. Paul had a specific group of people in mind when he wrote this. But it applies to everyone. If we condemn people is comes back to bite us. God is the only person who can judge rightly. He is the only person who is good. And it is that goodness that leads us home.

Crain Blanchard.

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