Fellowship Bible Church of Longview TX

In today’s passage, Paul wraps up his teaching about Israel and their place in God’s plan. He reveals a mystery that explains why they are resistant to the gospel and how that is a means of His mercy.

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Paul has argued since chapter 9 that God is faithful, and His Word is effective. His argument focused on God bringing Jews into a relationship with Jesus. Does this imply that God changed His mind and has rejected Israel as a nation?

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In the first section of chapter 10, Paul explained that many Jews missed out on the gospel, because they clung to the Gospel of Self instead of the Gospel of Jesus. Now Paul goes a step deeper: Why did they cling to the Gospel of Self?

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In chapter 9, Paul defended God against the charges that He failed or was unjust to Israel. Now Paul explains why so many Jews missed out on the Gospel: they clung to the Gospel of Self instead of the Gospel of Jesus.

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Chapter 9 opened with an important question: Did God fail? If God failed to keep His promise to Israel, then maybe He will fail to keep His promises to us. Paul now turns to another question that could cause us not to trust God: Is God unjust? As with last week, we will see that God is trustworthy.

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At the end of chapter 8, Paul exultantly tells us that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ. Now, he turns to the subject of the Jews who largely rejected Christ. Their spiritual state raises the question: Did God fail to keep his chosen people?

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Romans 8:31-39 is the great “So What?” to the first eight chapters of Romans. Paul summarizes what he has said so far with a flourish, celebrating God’s unbreakable love.

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Romans 8:17 ends with the statement: “we are heirs of God and fellow heirs of Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.” Is the inheritance worth the suffering? Even if it is, how do we endure the suffering?

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In last week’s passage, God told us that there is no condemnation for those in Christ, and that we’ve been made alive through the Holy Spirit. Today’s passage reveals our adoption into God’s family, and the Holy Spirit’s role in making that real.