| Solicitude
for the Jews vv.1 - 8 1. How did the apostle feel toward the Jews? What was he willing to do for them? vv.1-3 2. List the things that God had given Israel vv.4-5. 3. Why would people think that God' word (God Himself) had failed? 4. Who were "Israel" and Abraham's descendants What does Paul mean? 5. Why were they to be reckoned by Isaac? See Genesis 21:12. Who was Isaac a type of? 7. What determines the sonship? Who then are truly God's and Abraham's offspring? Promise for the chosen vv.9 - 13 1. What was the basis of God ending Sarah's barrenness? Gen. 18:10,14 2. What factors determined God choice between Jacob and Esau? 3. What was God's purpose in election? 4. Who was being referred to as the one who calls? Gen. 25:23 5. Who determines the destinies of men? 6. What was the promise? see Malachi 1:2,3 Creator's Prerogative vv.14-19 1. Is this divine caprice? How is God just? see Exodus 33:19 2. What then is the basis of election? 3. What was the Pharaoh's use for God? Exodus 9:16 4. Does God have the right to chose which ones to show mercy/harden? 5. What is the relationship between will and culpability? 6. How should a created thing (creature) relate to it's creator? 7. Describe the attitude we see in v.20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9 8. What kind of attitude does God want of his creation? Main Lesson: Memory Verse: Romans 9:18 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. |