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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 11:1-6 - God’s Remnant

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Romans in Outline No. 103

ROMANS 9-11 SUMMARY

— Romans 9: God’s sovereign choice of Israel as the vehicle of salvation

— Romans 10: Israel’s stumbling over Christ and rebelling against God

— Romans 11: The prospect of Israel’s restoration and God being glorified thereby

— God has not totally rejected His people because of their unbelief

Romans 11:1-10

— Gentiles’ salvation is a result of Israel’s rejection, so they need to learn from Israel’s mistakes

Romans 11:11-24

— God’s rejection of His people is not final, and God’s purposes are too profound for man to understand

Romans 11:25-36

1.1  THE QUESTION CONCERNING GOD ABANDONING HIS PEOPLE

Romans 11:1a

1.2  PROOF #1 THAT GOD HAD NOT ABANDONED ISRAEL: PAUL

Romans 11:1b

2.1  His identity

3.1  AN ISRAELITE

3.2  THE SEED OF ABRAHAM

3.3  A BENJAMINITE

2.2  His remnant status

Romans 11:2a

1.3  PROOF #2 THAT GOD HAD NOT ABANDONED ISRAEL: ELIJAH

Romans 11:2b-4

2.1  Elijah’s two–fold complaint

Romans 11:2b-3a

3.1  THE FIRST COMPLAINT: THE SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AND WORSHIP CENTERS DESTROYED

Romans 11:3a

3.2  ELIJAH FELT ALONE AND VULNERABLE

Romans 11:3b

2.2  God’s response to Elijah

Romans 11:4

3.1  GOD HAS ACTED

Romans 11:4a

3.2  ELIJAH WAS PART OF A REMNANT

Romans 11:4b

1.4  THE APPLICATION TO THE REMNANT OF PAUL’S DAY

Romans 11:5-6

2.1  The remnant is a product of grace

Romans 11:5

2.2  Remnant grace is apart from works

Romans 11:6

Romans 11:1-6

1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 “LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. (NKJV)

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