Category: Romans 9
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Faith Is The Key
(Romans 9:30-33) There is no other way to come to God and be accepted by Him except on the grounds of faith. That is the focus of these few scriptures at the end of Romans 9. In These few words we see the situation both in Jesus Christ and also before He came to the…
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Opening Up Gods Mercy
(Romans 9:19-29) There was a time before Jesus Christ came to the earth when God saw fit to select one nation for Himself to whom He would show mercy. That nations was of course Israel and grew from the basis of the faith of Abraham. All the other nations of the time were under condemnation…
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It’s Up To God
(Romans 9:14-18) In this and the previous verses of Romans 9 we see Paul discussing God’s process and purpose of election. He shows us that God selects and chooses people to do certain things and he explains that God raises some people up for both good and evil. Here we see Paul speak of how…
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Children Of Faith
(Romans 9:6-13) When Abraham walked the earth he lived a righteous life. He chose to follow the ways of God and he believed that God could do anything. He understood that when God was testing him by asking that he offer his son Isaac, through whom he had been told by God that his descendants…
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Choose Christ
(Romans 9:1-5) This section of scripture looks at the issue of choices. It considers the choices God made and the choices that people made in biblical times, which carry through to today. God chose Israel to be His chosen people and in other places He calls Israel the “Apple of my eye”. It was God's…
