_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:1.—Μὴ�; Did God cast off His own people? Observe the aorist. When God accepted a universal Church from all nations in Christ, did He by so doing cast off His own people the Jews? God forbid! God did not cast off the Jewish nation when He admitted all nations to His Church... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:6.—εἰ δὲ χάριτι, by grace, thus not of works. Salvation must be either by one or the other. Romans 11:7. THE ELECTION.—The faithful remnant which has profited by the free grace given to it by God. WERE HARDENED.—πώρωσις is a medical term applied to the induration of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:15.—The apostle awaits a boundless effect of blessing on the world from the future conversion of the Jews, which will be as life from the dead. Romans 11:16.—FIRSTFRUIT denotes the representative offerings by which the whole mass is consecrated to God. _MAIN HOMILETICS... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:25.—πλήρωμα is a word specially applied to ships. The full complement of the Gentile world shall enter the sacred vessel of the Church, the ark of salvation. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Romans 11:23_ Dual aspects.—The gifts and calling of God are without repentanc... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Romans 11:29_ The unchangeableness of God’s attitude towards men.—It is difficult to comprehend that, while change and decay are recognised everywhere in men and in nature, these should not have any place with God. Our preconceived notions lead us to expect shift... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:33.—JUDGMENTS are God’s decrees; AND HIS WAYS are His ways of bringing them to pass. How just is Paul’s reflection upon the whole of his preceding remarks! God’s works in providence and grace are mysterious, and we may well exclaim, O THE DEPTH! Romans 11:36.—God is the... [ Continue Reading ]