Text: Romans 9:1-8 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: At the beginning of Romans 9, Paul grieves the fact that many of his fellow Israelites have not believed in Jesus, the Messiah. But this does not amount to a failure on God's part, however, because it is not the physical descendants of Abraham to whom to promise is given, but his descendants by faith, Jew and Gentile. We learn from this passage the incredible truth that God has always had one people, and one plan to redeem them, so that they would be His people, and He would be their God, forever.