For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Ver. 17. Raised thee up] For a vessel of wrath, and an instance of my justice.
Verse 17. _FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH UNTO PHARAOH_] Instead of showing the Israelites mercy he might justly have suffered them to have gone on in sin, till he should have signalized his wisdom and just...
FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH - Exodus 9:16. That is, God saith to Pharaoh in the Scriptures; Galatians 3:8, Galatians 3:22. This passage is designed to illustrate the doctrine that God shows mercy accordin...
II. DISPENSATIONAL. GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL. Chapter s 9-11. 1. Israel and God's Sovereignty. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. Paul's Yearning over Israel. (Romans 9:1 .)_ 2. What Israel Possesseth. (Romans 9:...
GOD'S FREE ELECTION. Romans 9:6. We must distinguish: to be of Israel, is not to be Israel. Mere physical heredity counts for nothing: Isaac was the proper seed of Abraham, designated as the child of...
What shall we then say? Are you going to say that there is injustice with God? God forbid! For, he says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whomsoever I will have mercy and I will have pity on whomsoever...
THE PROBLEM OF THE JEWS (Romans 9:1-6) In Romans 9:1-33; Romans 10:1-21; Romans 11:1-36 Paul tries to deal with one of the m
PURPOSE. Literally thing. RAISED... UP. App-178. The same word is used in the Septuagint of 2 Samuel 12:11. SHEW. See Romans 2:15. POWER. App-172. DECLARED. See Luke 9:60 (preach). App-1
_For_ See on Romans 9:15. In this verse St Paul _recurs_to the question "Is there unrighteousness, &c.?" and replies to it, by citing not now a general Divine utterance (as in Romans 9:15) but a speci...
14–33. This choice of GOD is not unjust, because it flows from His Mercy, not from man’s disposition or efforts. (17) Pharaoh himself was raised up to give an instance of GOD’S power and to make wide...
E. Romans 9:1 to Romans 11:36. THE REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL BY ISRAEL The theme of Romans 1:16-17 has been worked out; it has been shown that the Gospel is a power of GOD unto salvation for them that b...
ΈΞΉΓΕΙΡΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΕΓΕΊΡΩ (G1825) подниматься, вставать. Относится к Богу, Который призывает актеров на сцену истории (SH). ΈΝΔΕΊΞΩΜΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΝΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ (G1731) показ...
FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH, &C.— _Moreover,_ &c. Doddridge. It is plain that this is no proof of what immediately goes before; and therefore γαρ is properly rendered by_moreover,_ which is consistent wit...
_TEXT_ Romans 9:14-18. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. Romans 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on w...
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. FOR THE SCR...
__ God's Sovereignty-Individual 37 God's love never lets us go. The trials and tribulations we endure are not tokens of His displeasure. They are all tempered by His loving heart. A sense of His lov...
9:17 Pharaoh, (m-6) See Exodus 9:16 . thus (n-22) I have said 'that I might _ thus_ ' because the word translated 'that' does not signify the ultimate end, but the means or way of doing it. The same w...
From Exodus 9:16. RAISED THEE UP] i.e. as king. St. Paul quotes Scripture to show that it was simply due to God's choice that Pharaoh, not some one else, was to be a world-wide example of God's power...
THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL NO DISPARAGEMENT OR DISPROOF OF THE GOSPEL The Apostle sorrows over the exclusion of Israel (Romans 9:1), but their exclusion does not involve any breach of God's promises, for...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 9 GOD’S *BLESSINGS FOR THE *JEWS 9:1-5 V1 I speak the truth in *Christ. I am not lying. The *Holy Spirit guides my con...
The converse proposition is also true, that God also uses the wickedness of men as a means of exhibiting His power and justice. RAISED THEE UP. — Brought into the world and on to the scene of history...
(14-18) These verses contain the second part of the vindication. This power of choosing one and refusing another has always been reserved to Himself by God; as is seen by the examples of Moses and Pha...
CHAPTER 20 THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY Romans 9:1 WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in that Corinthian chamber, when Tertius had duly inscribed the...
In the second part of his theodicy Paul meets the objection that this sovereign freedom of God is essentially unjust....
f. But Paul goes further, and explains the contrary phenomenon that of a man who does not and cannot receive mercy in the same way. λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή : it is on Scripture the burden of proof is laid h...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD'S CHOICES Romans 9:14 God desires to do His best for every man. But, as in the case of Esau, who wantonly sold his birthright, and of Pharaoh, who turned all God's revelation...
The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the experience of one in close communion with the Lord experimentally....
(13) For the (r) scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I (s) raised thee up, that I might (14) shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the eart...
For the Scripture saith to Pharao, &c. St. Paul had shewn that there was no injustice in God by his giving special graces to the elect; now he shews that God cannot be accounted unjust for leaving the...
“ _For the Scripture saith unto Pharoah, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore ha...
TWENTY-FIRST PASSAGE (9:1-29). THE LIBERTY OF GOD IN REGARD TO THE ELECTION OF ISRAEL. The apostle opens this passage with a preface expressing the profound grief he feels in view of the mysterious fa...
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. (15) For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassio...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
17._For the Scripture saith, etc. _He comes now to the second part, the rejection of the ungodly, and as there seems to be something more unreasonable in this, he endeavours to make it more fully evid...
There remained one important question to be considered, namely, how this salvation, common to Jew and Gentile, both alienated from God this doctrine that there was no difference was to be reconciled w...
FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH UNTO PHARAOH,.... אמר קרא, "The Scripture saith", is a Talmudic l way of speaking, used when any point is proved from Scripture; and is of the same signification with אמר רחמנ...
_For_ Or, _moreover_, rather, as it seems γαρ ought to be translated, (the passage here quoted being no proof of what immediately goes before,) God has an indisputable right to reject those who will n...
THE SCRIPTURE SAITH; EXODUS 9:16. HAVE I RAISED THEE UP; caused thee to stand; continued thee on earth a long time, notwithstanding all thy sins. MY POWER IN THEE; my power to overcome all oppositio...
FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH UNTO PHARAOH, EVEN FOR THIS SAME PURPOSE HAVE I RAISED THEE UP, THAT I MIGHT SHOW MY POWER IN THEE, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE DECLARED THROUGHOUT ALL THE EARTH....
THE DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY AND ITS RESULT. A serious objection answered:...
WHAT OF GOD'S PROMISES TO ISRAEL? Now, such being the case - that God had purposed in eternal counsel the blessing of Gentiles on an equal basis with Jews, as it is this day - what is to become of the...
God loved Jacob. God "hated" Esau. NOTE: 1. Nothing to de with their eternal salvation. 2. Not hate in sense of "despise, bad feelings" 3. Vine, p. 538, "Relative preference for one thing over an...
FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH UNTO PHARAOH, FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE DID. RAISE THEE UP, THAT. MIGHT SHOW IN THEE MY POWER, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PUBLISHED ABROAD IN ALL THE EARTH. 'For' -'Paul goes furt...
14-24 Whatever God does, must be just. Wherein the holy, happy people of God differ from others, God's grace alone makes them differ. In this preventing, effectual, distinguishing grace, he acts as a...
This verse shows, that God is not unjust in rejecting others of equal condition with the elect; for the proof of which, he cites a testimony out of EXODUS 9:16. This verse must be joined with ROMANS 9...
For the scripture [Paul is still answering the question at verse 14 by Scripture citation] _saith unto Pharaoh_ [We have had election choosing between Ishmael and Isaac, and Esau and Jacob: we now hav...
Romans 9:17 For G1063 Scripture G1124 says G3004 (G5719) Pharaoh G5328 For G3754 G1519 this G5124 purpose...
THE MESSSIAH HAS COME AND IS FOR ALL. GOD HAS NOT FAILED IN HIS PROMISES TO THE TRUE ISRAEL. SALVATION FOR ALL IS THROUGH FAITH IN THE MESSIAH (9:1-11:36) Paul now expands on Chapter s 1-8, in which h...
NOT ALL ISRAEL ARE THE TRUE ISRAEL. THE TRUE ISRAEL ARE A REMNANT OF ISRAEL CHOSEN BY GOD, TOGETHER WITH SOME BELIEVING GENTILES. FOR GOD HAS A RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE WILL (9:6-29). Paul now begins to es...
THE SCRIPTURE DEMONSTRATES THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER ALL THINGS AND HAS MERCY ON WHOM HE WILLS (9:14-18). Paul recognises that what he has just demonstrated about God's elective mercy might raise the...
‘For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose (for unto this thing) did I raise you up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth”.' T...
II. _God's Promise is not Void._ The rejection of the gospel by the Jews, which has caused the deep emotion of the Apostle in view of their great privileges (Romans 9:1-5), does not render God's promi...
Romans 9:17. FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH UNTO PHARAOH. What the Scripture says is here regarded as equivalent to what God says: comp. Galatians 3:8; Galatians 3:22. The choice of an illustration outside t...
TO PHARAOH (τω Φαραω). There is a national election as seen in verses Romans 9:7-13, but here Paul deals with the election of individuals. He "lays down the principle that God's grace does not neces...
Paul begins by expressing his great sorrow because the Jews had rejected Christ. Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I hav...
The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of r...
CONTENTS: Covenants of Israel not set aside by Gospel. The seven-fold privilege of Israel. The blinding of Israel and God's mercy to the Gentiles. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Sarah...
Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not._ These forms of speech are equivalent to a solemn oath, and emanate from a heart deeply imbued with the sentiments of the Saviour, who often wept ove...
FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAYS TO PHARAOH. It does not say Pharaoh was _born_ for this purpose, but that he was made king. [Compare Christ's choice of Judas (John 6:64; John 6:70-71; 2 Timothy 2:19-21).]...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:17 Paul quotes Exodus 9:16 to show that God is sovereign over evil as well as good. Even the wrath of man praises God ...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:1 God’s Righteousness to Israel and to the Gentiles. Paul has made it clear that God’s saving promises have been fulfilled for the Gentiles. He now asks whether the promises Go...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 9:17.—According to Sir G. Wilkinson, the Pharaoh here meant was Thothmes III., not drowned, but overthrown in the Red Sea. Reigned twenty-five years after that event. So Jewish...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 11:1 2. _The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation con-sidereal._ ROMANS 9:1 (1) _Deep regret expressed for the present exclusion of the Jewish nation from inheritan...
Paul has just closed the eighth chapter of Romans in which he has taken us into the very peaks of the spiritual experiences that are ours in Christ Jesus. Showing us that we have this glorious place i...
1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; 1 Samuel 4:8; Daniel 4:22; Daniel 5:18;...
Saith. Present tense. "There is an element of tirelessness in the utterance. If the scripture ever spoke at all, it continued and continues to speak. It has never been struck dumb" (Morison). Pharaoh...
HATH GOD CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE? Romans 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have the depths of the heart of Paul toward the Jews. How the heart of the Apostle must have throbbed as he wrote, "I say the truth...
Moreover — God has an indisputable right to reject those who will not accept the blessings on his own terms. And this he exercised in the case of Pharaoh; to whom, after many instances of stubbornness...
How can Pharaoh be free if God hardened his heart? PROBLEM: God said to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed throughout...
Our apostle here proceeds to remove another objection, namely, the seeming injustice or severity of rejecting the Jews, and reserving them to wrath, giving them up to an obdurate heart, because they w...