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Verse Romans 9:16. _SO THEN IT IS NOT OF HIM THAT WILLETH_, c.] I
conclude, therefore, from these several instances, that the making or
continuing any body of men the peculiar people of God, is right...
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SO THEN - It follows as a consequence from this statement of God to
Moses. Or it is a doctrine established by that statement.
NOT OF HIM THAT WILLETH - This does not mean that he that becomes a
Christ...
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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:...
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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...
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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
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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...
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WILLETH. Greek. _thelo_. App-102. Isaac willed, Esau ran....
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_of him that willeth_ Not that human willing and running are
_illusions;_but they are not the _cause_of mercy. They follow it; they
may even be the channel of its present action; but they are not the...
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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...
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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...
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ΆΡΑ ΟΎΝ (G686; G3767) итак; делает вывод из
предыдущего,
ΘΈΛΟΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. gen. masc. sing. от_ ΘΈΛΩ
(G2309) желать. Subst. part. praes. описывает
текущую деятельность. _Gen._ может быть
об...
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DISCOURSE: 1885
GOD’S SOVEREIGN MERCY THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR BLESSINGS
Romans 9:16. _So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that
runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy_.
THE Apostle, being...
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GOD THAT SHEWETH MERCY— _Shewing mercy,_ and _obtaining mercy,_ are
applied to the donation of extraordinary favours and privileges upon a
people, chap. Romans 11:30. 1 Peter 2:10.; and that it is to...
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_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...
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So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but
of God that sheweth mercy.
SO THEN IT IS NOT OF HIM THAT WILLETH (or hath the inward intention),
NOR OF HIM THAT RUNNETH (maket...
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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...
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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...
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RUNNETH] i.e. as a racer strives....
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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...
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OF HIM THAT RUNNETH. — A metaphor taken from the foot-races as St.
Paul may very possibly have seen them practised at Corinth. (Comp.
Romans 9:16; Galatians 2:2; Galatians 5:7;...
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(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...
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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...
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In the second part of his theodicy Paul meets the objection that this
sovereign freedom of God is essentially unjust....
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Conclusion from this word of God. It (namely, the experience of God's
mercy) does not depend on man's resolve or effort (for τρέχειν
_cf._ 1 Corinthians 9:24 ff.), but on God's merciful act. This, of...
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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...
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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....
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(12) So then [it is] not of him that (q) willeth, nor of him that
runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
(12) The conclusion of the answer: therefore God is not unjust in
choosing and saving from hi...
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_I will have mercy, &c. Then it is not of him that willeth, &c. By
these words he again teaches that God's call and predestination of
those whom he has decreed to save, in not upon account of any work...
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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...
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“ _What shall we say then? Is there not unrighteousness with God?
Let it not be! For He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have
mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. So...
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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...
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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...
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_PREDESTINATION AND FREE WILL_
‘So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but
of God that sheweth mercy.’
Romans 9:16
Viewing things on the side of God’s absolute sovereignty,...
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16._It is not then of him who wills, etc. _From the testimony adduced
he draws this inference, that beyond all controversy our election is
not to be ascribed to our diligence, nor to our striving, nor...
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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...
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SO THEN IT IS NOT OF HIM THAT WILLETH,.... This is not a consequence
drawn by an adversary, showing that if this be the case, it signifies
nothing for men to will or do, they may even sit still and do...
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So then _it is_ not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but
of God that sheweth mercy.
Ver. 16. _So then it is not, &c._] _Nec volentis, nec volantis_ (as a
nobleman gave it for his motto),...
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_What shall we say then?_ To this. The apostle now introduces and
refutes an objection. _Is there unrighteousness_, or injustice, _with
God?_ In the distribution of his providential blessings, in this...
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OF GOD THAT SHOWETH MERCY; the blessings which God bestows upon
sinners originate wholly with himself. They are bestowed upon such
persons, at such times, and in such ways and measures as he sees best...
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THE DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY AND ITS RESULT.
A serious objection answered:...
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SO, THEN, IT IS NOT OF HIM THAT WILLETH, NOR OF HIM THAT RUNNETH, BUT
OF GOD THAT SHOWETH MERCY....
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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...
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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...
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SO THEN IT IS NOT OF HIM THAT WILLETH, NOR OF HIM THAT RUNNETH, BUT OF
GOD THAT HATH MERCY.
-'it is not. question of human will or effort' (Mof), 'not on human
wishes or human efforts' (TCNT). Again,...
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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...
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q.d. God's election is not of Jacob s, or of any other man s, willing
or running; i.e. it is not from his good desires or deeds, his good
inclinations or actions, or from the foresight thereof; but it...
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So then [With these words Paul introduces the answer to the question
in Romans 9:14; as inferred or deduced from the citation in Romans
9:15; as though he said, "As a conclusion from what I have cited...
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Romans 9:16 So G686 then G3767 not G3756 wills G2309 (G5723) nor G3761
runs G5143 (G5723) but...
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‘So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God
who has mercy.'
‘It' clearly refers to the previous verse, speaking of God's showing
of mercy, whilst the present tense of the verb...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Romans 9:16. SO THEN. With this favorite expression, Paul introduces
an inference from the passage cited: ‘In consequence of all this, it
is proven that.' The word to Moses is accepted as a divine axi...
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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...
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SO THEN
(αρα ουν). In view of this quotation.IT IS NOT OF
(ου). We must supply εστιν ελεος with ου. "Mercy is not
of." The articular participles (του θελοντοσ, του
τρεχοντοσ, του ελεωντος) can be...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SO THEN. This repeats the reasoning of Romans 9:11-13. Esau was
Isaac's favorite son and the one firstborn, Esau acted to receive his
_birthright._ Yet God was influenced by none of this, and blessed...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:14 God is just in choosing one over the
other because _no one_ deserves to be saved (see Romans 3:23). The
salvation of anyone at all is due to God’s...
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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...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 9:13. AS IT IS WRITTEN, JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED—There
is no necessity to soften the “hated” into “loved less”; the
words in Malachi proceed on the fullest meaning of ἐ...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:13;...
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It is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth. It, the
participation in God's mercy. Of him, i e., dependent upon. Runneth,
denoting strenuous effort. The metaphor from the foot - race is a
fa...
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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...
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It — The blessing. Therefore is not of him that willeth, nor of him
that runneth — It is not the effect either of the will or the works
of man, but of the grace and power of God. The will of man is he...
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As if the apostle had said, "The foregoing instances abundantly show,
THAT IT IS NOT OF HIM THAT WILLETH; for Abraham willed that Ishmael
might live to be partaker of the blessing promised to his seed...