282 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 24 - Not All Israel is Israel - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 24 NOT ALL ISRAEL IS ISRAEL Romans 9:8 "That is, They which are the children of the flesh, (That is those from Ishmael and later on from Esau) these are not the children of God: (Oh they're children of Abraham, but they're not in the line of the Covenant.) but the children of the promise are counted for the seed." Now you remember the word "seed" is from the Greek word Zera. It is a word very much like our English word "sheep." In other words if you look at one sheep over here it's a sheep, and if you look at a flock of sheep over here it's still sheep. Genesis 21:9-12 "And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: (son of flesh)for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. (son of promise) Back to Romans Chapter 9. Romans 9:9 "For this is the word of promise" Now I can't emphasize enough this word promise as I did in the last lesson. Abraham's almost 100 years old, and Sarah is almost 90, so it had to take a miracle of God for her to conceive, and that miracle of course is a result of the promise of God. Now God's speaking. People have written that they appreciate my standing constantly on the Sovereignty of God, and I will never back away from that. God is Sovereign, and we're going to see that in some of these coming verses. All right, so God made the promise, that through Abraham, and Isaac would come this next son of promise in verse 10: Romans 9:10,11 The Sovereign God! Listen, the Bible never teaches that! We came into this position because in eternity past, "God Chose Us." Now you see that's something that only the believer can take by faith because God said it. The unbeliever has to understand that God has said: The Scripture says that Christ died for every man. Let's look at John's Gospel, and it's speaking of John the Baptist. John 1:7-9 "The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, (Speaking of Christ) that all men through him might believe." In verse 8, John the Baptist wasn't that Light. It says, "He lighteth every man," and The Book doesn't lie. I Corinthians 15:1-4). And we can't comprehend a Righteous God sending them to an eternal lake of fire. I can't explain it but that's what The Book says, and that's what it says right here, that when Christ came into the world, "His light lighteth every man that cometh into the world." It's The Word of God. Titus 2:11 "For the grace of God (That unmerited favor that God has poured out on the whole human race) that bringeth salvation hath (past tense) appeared to all men." Romans 1:18,19a "For the wrath of God..." And remember we're not under the wrath of God today, but rather the Grace of God. Now reading on: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may (Now watch this)be known of God is manifest in them..." Romans 1:19b,20 "for God hath shewed it unto them. We are to be ambassadors of the tremendous message of reconciliation, but man will never come up before God at the Great White Throne Judgment, and be able to say to God that He was unfair, and that they never had a chance. They can't say that they didn't know, and God is going to say unto them, "Depart from me I never knew you." Now back to Romans Chapter 9. So always temper this with the fact that we can't comprehend this, even though God's Word says it, until we're a believer. I'm secure in the Body of Christ because God chose me. I don't remember the man that wrote it. Well the grace of the Governor. We were just as deserving of God's punishment as anybody could be, but why have we escaped? The Grace of God. Never lose sight of that fact that it's only the Grace of God that He put His finger on you, and me. This writer felt that the Sovereign God supernaturally predetermines which sperm fertilizes which ova. An act of God? Absolutely! Never sell short the Sovereignty of our God, and it was only by His Grace that He reached down and chose us. You'd better be concerned, because Christ died for every human being. I Corinthians 15:1-4.) Once you've believed the Gospel for your Salvation then God will move in Grace, and He will show all these truths to you. Now verse 11 again: Romans 9:11,12 God knew that one day Esau would come in and sell the birthright for a bowl of bean soup, and God knew that later on Esau would also lose the blessing, and so in His foreknowledge God could say: Romans 9:12b #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible