REFLECTION/LIFEGROUPQUESTIONS

ReadRomans11Ø AretherepeopleyouthinkarebeyondGod’sreach?Peoplethathe

hasgivenupon?Howdoesthispassageofscripturechangethisattitude?

Ø HowdoestheideathatGodsavesaremnanttoinfluencean

unbelievingworldaffectthewayyouseeyourplaceinthehistoryofGod’sstoryofredemption?

Ø Couldsomeonelookingatyourlifeclearlysee,andsocometoenvy

orbejealous,ofthebenefitsoftheGospelyouenjoy?Ø Haveyoueverexperiencedapersonwitharroganceabouttheir

salvation?Howdidthisaffectyourdesiretobeapartoftheircommunityoffaith?

Ø HowdoesthispassageofscripturechangeyourviewofJewish

people?Ø Asyouobservethelandscapeofunbeliefinyourworld,areyou

hopefulorhopeless?HowdothetruthsthatweresharedthispastSundayhelpchangeyourhearttobeamorehopefulexample?

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GOD&ISRAELRomans11~JULY31ST,2016

Romans11:1Iask,then,hasGodrejectedhispeople?Bynomeans!

GODDOESNOTREJECTTHOSEWHOREJECTHIM

Romans11:1-6For Imyselfaman Israelite,adescendantofAbraham,amemberofthetribeofBenjamin.2Godhasnotrejectedhispeoplewhomheforeknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how heappealstoGodagainstIsrael?3“Lord,theyhavekilledyourprophets,theyhave demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seekmy life.”4ButwhatisGod’sreplytohim?“IhavekeptformyselfseventhousandmenwhohavenotbowedthekneetoBaal.”5Sotooatthepresenttimethereisaremnant,chosenbygrace.6Butifitisbygrace,itisnolongeronthebasisofworks;otherwisegracewouldnolongerbegrace.

GODALWAYSSAVESAREMNANT:Asmallportionofpeople

separated&savedtoleadothersbacktoGod.

BEINGAREMNANTISARESPONSIBILITYRomans11:11-1211SoIask,didtheystumbleinorderthattheymight

fall?Bynomeans!RatherthroughtheirtrespasssalvationhascometotheGentiles,soastomakeIsrael jealous. 12Nowiftheirtrespassmeansrichesfor theworld,and if their failuremeansriches for theGentiles,howmuchmorewilltheirfullinclusionmean!

Ø ASAREMNANTWEHAVEARESPONSIBILITYTOBE

INCLUSIVENOTEXCLUSIVE

Romans11:13-1613NowIamspeakingtoyouGentiles.InasmuchthenasIamanapostletotheGentiles,Imagnifymyministry14inordersomehowtomake my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. 15For if theirrejectionmeansthereconciliationoftheworld,whatwilltheiracceptancemeanbutlifefromthedead?16Ifthedoughofferedasfirstfruitsisholy,soisthewholelump,andiftherootisholy,soarethebranches.Ø ASAREMNANTWEHAVEARESPONSIBILITYTOALLOWGODTO

SHAPEUSTOBEAFAMILYOTHERSWANTTOBEAPARTOF

Romans 11:17-24But if some of the brancheswere broken off, and you,although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and nowshareinthenourishingrootoftheolivetree,18donotbearroganttowardthebranches. Ifyouare,remember it isnotyouwhosupporttheroot,buttherootthatsupportsyou.19Thenyouwillsay,“BrancheswerebrokenoffsothatImightbegraftedin.”20Thatistrue.Theywerebrokenoffbecauseoftheirunbelief,butyoustandfastthroughfaith.Sodonotbecomeproud,but fear. 21For if God did not spare the natural branches, neitherwill hespareyou.22NotethenthekindnessandtheseverityofGod:severitytowardthosewhohavefallen,butGod’skindnesstoyou,providedyoucontinueinhiskindness.Otherwiseyou toowillbe cutoff. 23Andeven they, if theydonotcontinue in theirunbelief,willbegrafted in, forGodhas thepower tograft them in again. 24For if youwere cut fromwhat is by nature awildolivetree,andgrafted,contrarytonature,intoacultivatedolivetree,howmuchmorewillthese,thenaturalbranches,begraftedbackintotheirownolivetree.

Ø AS A REMNANT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING LIFE

THROUGHOURHUMILITYNOTARROGANCE

Romans11:25-2725 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”; 27 “and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

Ø ASAREMNANTWEHAVEARESPONSIBILITYTOREMAIN

HOPEFULNOTHOPELESS

What shall we hope for in a hopeless world?

GODISALWAYSFAITHFULTOHISWORD

• Romans11:27-29

GOD’SLOVEFORYOUISNOTBASEDONYOURLOVEFORHIM

• Romans11:30-32GOD’SWISDOMISBEYONDOURWISDOM

• Romans11:33-36