STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 39

THE TRAGEDY OF ISRAEL’S UNBELIEF

Romans 9:1-5 (KJV)

9 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, ² That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. ³ For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: ⁴ Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; ⁵ Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Romans 9:1-5 (CEB)

9 I’m speaking the truth in Christ—I’m not lying, as my conscience assures me with the Holy Spirit: ² I have great sadness and constant pain in my heart. ³ I wish I could be cursed, cut off from Christ if it helped my brothers and sisters, who are my flesh-and-blood relatives. ⁴ They are Israelites. The adoption as God’s children, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the worship, and the promises belong to them. ⁵ The Jewish ancestors are theirs, and the Christ descended from those ancestors. He is the one who rules over all things, who is God, and who is blessed forever. Amen.

1.    PAUL’S SADNESS & GRIEF V.1-4A

Ø  Source: the condition of his people, Israel

Ø  Cause: their failure to achieve the plan of God for themselves

2.    WHAT ISRAEL WAS MISSING V.4B

Ø  These blessings: the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the worship and the promises

Ø  We will see why they were missing these things later in the chapter

3.    CHRIST CAME FROM ISRAEL, FOR ISRAEL – FIRST V.5

Ø  They missed that Christ was Jewish, coming from their ancestors

Ø  They couldn’t conceive that He rules over all things, is God and is blessed forever

WE MUST BELIEVE IN CHRIST JESUS TO RECEIVE GOD’S BENEFITS.

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