This means. This illustrates the contrast between the natural family-line of race, and the spiritual family-line of faith. This destroys the claim of the Jews: "Abraham is our ancestor" (Matthew 3:9 and note).
Verse Romans 9:8. _THAT IS, THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH_] Whence it appears that not the children who descend from Abraham's loins, nor those who were circumcised as he was, nor even tho...
THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH - The natural descendants. THESE ARE NOT THE CHILDREN OF GOD - Are not of necessity the adopted children of God; or are not so in virtue of their descent merel...
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...
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
But it is not as though the word of God had been completely frustrated. For not all who belong to the race of Israel are really Israel; nor are all really children because they can claim physical desc...
COUNTED. Greek. _logizomai._ See Romans 2:26. FOR. Greek. _eis_. App-104....
_That is_, &c. We may paraphrase this verse, after the Gr.; "That is," (in view of both the Romans 9:6-7,) "the children of God" (it being implied in the Promise that Abraham's children should be also...
ΤΟΥ͂Τ' ἜΣΤΙΝ Κ.Τ.Λ., the principle of selection is seen at work in the choice of lines and persons for the execution of GOD’S purpose: the starting point is GOD’S promise to Abraham, including both th...
6–13. The present condition of Israel has not been explicitly stated in Romans 9:1-5, but implied in S. Paul’s wish that he might have been ἀνάθεμα� for them. They are ἀνάθεμα� in spite of all their p...
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...
ΛΟΓΊΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) быть сосчитанным....
_TEXT_ Romans 9:1-13. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, Romans 9:2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. Romans 9:3 For...
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. THAT IS, THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH, T...
__ 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...
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...
CHILDREN OF THE FLESH] i.e. those born into the family in the course of nature. CHILDREN OF GOD] i.e. partaking of the 'adoption' to special privilege spoken of in Romans 9:4. OF THE PROMISE] i.e. bor...
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...
(6-13) Now follows a vindication of the dealings of God in rejecting Israel. And this is divided into three parts. Part 1 extends to the end of Romans 9:13, and the object of it is to clear the way by...
THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN. — The Apostle explains this restriction in a spiritual sense. Mere natural descent gives no claim to membership in the theocracy. OF THE PROMISE — _i.e.,_ not merely “pro...
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...
f. τοῦτʼ ἔστιν : the meaning of this action of God is now made clear. It signifies that not mere bodily descent from Abraham makes one a child of God that was never the case, not even in Abraham's tim...
LONGING FOR HIS KINSMEN Romans 9:1 Our consciences should be continually bathed in the light and warmth of the Holy Spirit, Romans 9:1, that the inward witness may be maintained in its integrity. We...
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....
(5) That is, They which are the children of the (k) flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the (l) promise are counted for the seed. (5) A general application of the former p...
“ _Not as though the word of God were made of no effect; for they are not all Israel_, _which are of Israel. Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children; but, In Isaac shall th...
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...
In this verse Paul detaches the general principle from the particular fact which has just been cited. The τουτέστι, _that is_, exactly expresses his intention to derive from the historical fact the pr...
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: (7) Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall th...
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...
8._That is, They are not, etc_. He now gathers from God’s answer a proposition, which includes the whole of what he had in view. For if Isaac, and not Ishmael, was the seed, though the one as well as...
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...
THAT IS, THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH,.... This is an explanation of the foregoing verse, and shows, that by "the seed of" Abraham are meant, the natural seed of Abraham, who are born afte...
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these _are_ not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. Ver. 8. _The children of the promise_] Abraham by bel...
_Not as though_ The original expression, ουχ οιον δε οτι, is rather obscure; but Erasmus supplying, after the Greek scholiast, the words τουτο ου λεγω, seems to have given the sense of it thus; _I do...
THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH; Abraham's children by mere natural descent. THE CHILDREN OF GOD; in a special sense, as being heirs of the promises made to Abraham. THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE; the child...
THAT IS. THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH, THESE ARE NOT THE CHILDREN OF GOD; BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE ARE COUNTED FOR THE SEED....
The promises of God concern the spiritual descendants of Abraham:...
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's Word has not failed, not lack power."THEY ARE NOT ALL ISRAEL, WHICH ARE OF ISRAEL." 1. Not all born a Jew are faithful to God. 2. Faith, not birth, is the key. APPLY: To the church - 1. "Not...
THAT IS, IT IS NOT THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH THAT ARE CHILDREN OF GOD; BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE ARE RECKONED FOR. SEED. 'children of the flesh' -i.e. Ishmael and other children of Abraham (Gen...
6-13 The rejection of the Jews by the gospel dispensation, did not break God's promise to the patriarchs. The promises and threatenings shall be fulfilled. Grace does not run in the blood; nor are sa...
q.d. That I may speak more plainly, all those that are the children of Abraham according to the flesh, are not therefore the adopted children of God; it is not their blood, but their faith, must make...
That is, it is not the children of the flesh [of Abraham] _that are_ [reckoned or accounted as] _children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed_. [Are accounted the children...
Romans 9:8 is G5123 (G5748) children G5043 flesh G4561 these G5023 not G3756 children G5043 God G2316 but...
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...
‘That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. For this is a word of promise, “According to this season will I come, an...
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 REJECTION OF THEIR MESSIAH BY THE MAJORITY OF ISRAEL HAS NOT BROUGHT THE WORD OF GOD TO NOUGHT FOR IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE THAT NOT ALL OF SUPPOSED ISRAEL ARE TRULY ISRAEL, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO...
Romans 9:8. THAT IS; the Old Testament saying amounts to this. NOT THEY WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH, ARE CHILDREN OF GOD. Not those who must be regarded merely as the fruit of physical generat...
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...
THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE (τα τεκνα της επαγγελιας). Not through Ishmael, but through Isaac. Only the children of the promise are "children of God" (τεκνα του θεου) in the full sense. He is not s...
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...
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 9:1. I SPEAK IN CHRIST THE TRUTH.—Not to be rendered, “I speak the truth in Christ.” The apostle, not as a man merely, but as a member of Christ, in His name, as His apostle....
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 John 3:1; 1 John 3:2; Galatians 3:26; Galatians 4:22; Galatians 4:
That is. The Old - Testament saying amounts to this. Children of the promise. Originating from the divine promise. See Galatians 4:23....
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...
That is, Not the children, &c. — As if he had said, This is a clear type of things to come; showing us, that in all succeeding generations, not the children of the flesh, the lineal descendants of Abr...