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As a result of the re-gathering and reuniting of the remnants from Israel and Judah, the Gentiles would then be brought into God’s salvation. They weren’t seeking covenant membership. But they “attained” it. Israel pursued righteousness, and covenant membership, but they never arrived at it. "Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works." (Rom.9:32) So Paul takes two verses from Isaiah—both of them very familiar to the Jews—and combines them to show that Jesus is...

God's promise was never meant to be realized in the nation as a whole. God's promises were always limited, they were to the true, spiritual Israel—the children of promise. But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; Romans 9:6. To understand what Paul is saying we need to realize that there is a distinction between "Jews" and "Israel". When the Bible talks about Jews, who is it referring to? YouTube:...

The Apostle Paul is defending God's covenant faithfulness. Many questions were to arise and arguments to be had that he anticipated. Paul doesn't launch into a great legal debate here, he simply quotes the Scripture. The Jews would have trouble arguing with their own Scripture. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/thekingdomprojectpodcast Email:...

This whole problem of whether God is being faithful to His covenant with Israel in the work of Christ is what Paul is now dealing with in Romans 9-11. Israel's lack of faith on the part of some does not mean, then, that God's promises that were entrusted to them have failed. Paul is going to teach us that God's promises have not failed, they were misunderstood! Paul explains how they were misunderstood. "For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel" I can't emphasize how...

Paul says the ultimate proof that God will not be swayed in His support for us is seen in His willingness to put Christ on the cross for our sake. Now, the seven things Paul lists are an inventory of what the Lord experienced on the way to the cross. He endured all these things for our sake. Before Paul even introduces the subject of his next discussion, he affirms that he is telling the truth. "I am telling the truth"--is a claim to personal honesty. Paul was looked upon by the Jews as an...

Verses 29-30 are often called the "Golden Chain of Salvation," or the "Ordo Salutis" which is Latin for "the order of salvation," which deals with the logical sequence of steps or stages involved in the salvation of a believer, and, more importantly, it has to do with who made the first move in our salvation, God or man? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group:...

There is a traditional view and other views for this section of text. The arguments in the commentaries boil down to whether this text deals with rational or irrational creation. We will start by looking at what would be seen as the non-traditional way of interpretation within the context of many wordings and phrases used in this letter. Then we go over the traditional view as well for it holds application to our lives today. YouTube:...

In this text, the contrast is the Old and New Covenants. When Paul "according to the flesh," he is talking about those who are members of the body of Adam/Moses, which is the body of sin and those who are members of the body of Christ. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/thekingdomprojectpodcast Email: thekingdomprojectpodcast@gmail.com

For Paul, "sin dwelling in me" and "evil lies close at hand" are the consequence of Adam's offspring. It is relational. We were born outside the covenant with God, which man was created to enjoy, and into a covenant of sin and death. The consequence of Adam's disobedience was universal, as all his decedents were driven out of God's presence with him. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group:...

We first revisit verses 5 and 6 to further understand the meaning of "in the flesh" and then Paul will exonerate The Law as being identical to sin. The next point for us to understand today is just what or who is Paul speaking about for the rest of this section. Some believe Paul is describing the normal Christian experience. To say that Paul describes a Christian in Romans 7 and in Romans 8 borders on contradiction. Paul’s description of a believer in Romans 8 is contrasted, not correlated,...

Paul refuses to accept the conclusion that Christ promotes sin and lays down this principle in verse 16, and that is that we become the slaves of whatever we choose to obey. Just as Israel was freed from slavery so believers have been freed in the second Exodus from sin. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/thekingdomprojectpodcast Email:...

By understanding chapter 5 we can understand chapter 6. Many of us have a hard time comprehending chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Romans. I'm sure there is good reason, many of us read many texts in application to ourselves. We are good at isolating texts out of their original context and surrounding context. So we will look at some things in relation to the surrounding context that Paul has already laid out. Maybe it's not as confusing as it has been understood. From old to new could be pointing...

In Romans 4 Paul showed us how Abraham was justified by faith apart from works. Justification is not a matter of Law, it is not a matter of works, it is not a matter of human effort. So in 5:1-11, Paul deals with assurance. If you have trusted Jesus Christ you will have assurance. And this assurance will bring hope. Now, Paul has a second argument now in assuring you that your salvation by faith is genuine. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help...

We have seen how Abraham stands as ultimate proof for the manner of salvation. He is our example of how a person can be led to faith in a promise from God. Now, Paul will analyze Abraham’s faith. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/thekingdomprojectpodcast Email: thekingdomprojectpodcast@gmail.com

Paul moves to explore another point from his Chapter 3 summary: this salvation plan is for all humanity, there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile, and it deals with a single question, Who are the children of Abraham? The circumcised or the uncircumcised? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/thekingdomprojectpodcast Email: thekingdomprojectpodcast@gmail.com

Paul will now draw a conclusion. How can anyone boast if justification is a gift of God’s grace? Moving into Chapter 4, Paul will use Old Testament proofs starting with Abraham and then David. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group: https://www.facebook.com/thekingdomprojectpodcast Email: thekingdomprojectpodcast@gmail.com

This section runs from 3:21 through 4:25 and it shows God’s faithfulness to the covenant. But Israel has been unfaithful. Does this mean that God's covenant plan has failed? The covenant faithfulness of God is revealed through one who will do and be what Israel should have done and been. God will be faithful to the covenant with Abraham, through the one faithful Israelite--Jesus through whom the light will shine to all the world. YouTube:...

Paul goes deeper into his treatment of Judaism moving into chapter 3. Paul will ask and answer 5 questions. He asks what he knows the audience will ask and then answers one at a time all while refuting the lie. He will then return back to the first rhetorical question about whether or not Jews have any advantages answering it with greater clarity. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6iFjfgzzajleMLL2F99Rg/playlists Help Support: https://paypal.me/thekingdomproject Join the group:...

Paul continues his discussion on the moralist and then turns to Judaism. God's judgment is announced because their works fall short of God's perfect standard. The moralist plays the judge because of the sliding scale they have created. And because God shows no partiality His judgment will come upon the Jewish man as well. Paul explains that the possession of the Law is of no advantage. Nor is having Abraham as a father or circumcision. A Jew is one inwardly. The evidence of our rightness...

This is a very well-known section of Romans. Paul will speak of self-evidence. Although what is knowable of God is enough to convict a man for ignoring Him, it isn't enough to be saved. Yet, it leaves us without excuse and it also suppresses the truth of God evident in Creation by perpetuating the lie that the Creation is God which is paganism. But not everyone in society participates to the same degree in these behaviors although some will condone it. This gives rise to judgments connecting...