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I'd Give My Salvation | Paul's Sorrow for Israel (Romans 9) (July 25) · 1 Year Audio Bible Podcast

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In the opening verses of Romans chapter 9, Paul says
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with great sorrow and grief in his heart that
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he would be willing to give up his own salvation in Christ
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if it would bring his countrymen, his fellow Jews,
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into salvation in Christ.
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And then he talks about who the Israelites are.
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Concerning the adoption, the glory,
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the covenants that were given to Israel the people,
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the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises,
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of whom are the fathers and from whom according to the flesh Christ came,
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who is over all. So he's going
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to unpack for us some very, very important principles in Romans
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chapter 9 10 and 11.
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The question is, how do we become a member of the household
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or the family of God? In the Old
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Covenant, the first covenant that was given at Mount Sinai through
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Moses, basically if you were ethnically part
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of Israel by descent through Abraham and Isaac and Jacob,
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then you were automatically a member of God's household.
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If you were an ethnic Israelite. But now
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the rules for God's household have
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changed. Now there's a New Covenant,
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and to become a member of God's household,
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it is now opened up to Gentiles— that is, anyone who is not
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Jewish. Everybody else, all the nations,
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are invited and can have access and become a member
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of the household of God. How?
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Not by obeying the Law of Moses, the Law,
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the Torah that was given at Mount Sinai, but in the new house—
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in the new household rules, now anyone
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can become a member through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Listen in as we unpack Romans 9: 10
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and 11 and look at Israel, the Jews,
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the Gentiles, and being a part of God's household.
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Welcome to the One Year Audio Bible Podcast. Today is
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July 25th. Now let's continue our journey reading through the entire
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Bible in one year. This week we are reading from the
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Israel Bible for the Old Testament and from the King James for the New Testament.
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Numbers 29:21-29:40.
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The meal offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs
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in the quantities prescribed, and 1 goat for a sin offering in
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addition to the regular burnt offering, its meal offering,
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and libation. 4th day: 10 bulls, 2 rams,
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14 yearling lambs without blemish. The meal offerings and
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libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs in the quantities prescribed,
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and 1 goat for a sin offering, in addition to the regular
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burnt offering, its meal offering, and libation.
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5th day: 9 bulls, 2 rams,
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14 yearling lambs without blemish, the meal offerings
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and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs in the quantities prescribed,
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and 1 goat for a sin offering. In addition to the regular burnt
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offering, its meal offering and libation. 6th day:
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8 bulls, 2 rams, 14 yearling lambs without blemish,
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the meal offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs
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in the quantities prescribed, and 1 goat for a sin
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offering in addition to the regular burnt offering, its meal offering,
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and libations. 7th day: 7
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bulls, 2 rams, 14 yearling lambs without blemish,
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the meal offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs
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in the quantities prescribed, and 1 goat for a sin offering,
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in addition to the regular burnt offering, its meal offering,
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and libation. On the 8th day you shall
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hold a solemn gathering; you shall not work at your occupations.
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You shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire of
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pleasing odor to Hashem, 1 bull, 1 ram,
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7 yearling lambs without blemish, the meal offerings
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and libations for the bull, the ram, and the lambs in the
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quantities prescribed, and 1 goat for a sin offering,
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in addition to the regular burnt offering, its meal offering,
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and libation. All these you shall offer to Hashem
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at the stated times in addition to your votive and
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freewill offerings, be they burnt offerings and meal offerings,
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libations, or offerings of well-being.
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So Moses spoke to the Israelites, just as Hashem
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had commanded Moses.
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2 Chronicles 14:1-16:14.
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Asa did what was good and pleasing to Hashem his God.
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He abolished the alien altars and shrines. He smashed
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the pillars and cut down the sacred posts. He ordered Judah to
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turn to the God of their fathers and to observe
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the teaching and the commandment. He abolished the shrines and the incense stands throughout
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the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was untroubled under him.
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He built fortified towns in Judah since the land was untroubled,
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and he was not engaged in warfare during those years. For Hashem
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had granted him respite. He said to Judah,
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Let us build up these cities and surround them with walls and
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towers and gates and bars, while the land is at our disposal,
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because we turned to Hashem our God. We turned to Him and
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He gave us respite on all sides. They were successful in their
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building. Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing
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shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin,
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bearing bucklers and drawing the bow. All these were valiant men.
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Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army
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of 1,000,000 and 300 chariots. When he reached
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Mareshah, Asa confronted him and the battle lines were drawn
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in the Valley of Zephath by Mareshah. Asa called to
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Hashem his God and said, Hashem, it is all the same
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to You to help the numerous and the powerless.
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Help us, Hashem our God, for we rely on You, and in Your
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name we have come against this great multitude. You are Hashem
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our God. Let no mortal hinder You.
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So Hashem routed the Cushites before Asa and Judah,
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and the Cushites fled. Asa and the army with
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him pursued them as far as Gerar. Many of the Cushites
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fell wounded beyond recovery, for they broke before Hashem and His camp.
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Very much spoil was taken. All the cities in the vicinity
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of Gerar were ravaged, for a terror of Hashem seized
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them. All the cities were plundered and they yielded much booty.
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They also ravaged the encampment of herdsmen,
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capturing much sheep and camels. Then they
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returned to Jerusalem. The Spirit of Hashem came
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upon Azariah son of Oded. He came to Asa and said
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to him, Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin.
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Hashem is with you as long as you are with Him.
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If you turn to Him, He will respond to you. But if you forsake
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Him, He will forsake you. Israel has gone many days
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without the true Hashem, without a kohen to give
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instruction and without teaching. But in distress it returned to
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God of Israel and sought Him, and He responded to them.
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At those times no wayfarer was safe, for there was much tumult,
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among all the inhabitants of the lands.
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Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for Hashem
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threw them into panic with every kind of trouble. As for you,
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be strong, do not be disheartened, for there is
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reward for your labor. When Asa heard these words,
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the prophecy of Oded the Navi, he took courage and
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removed the abominations from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin,
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and from the cities that he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim.
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He restored the altar of Hashem in front of the porch of Hashem.
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He assembled all the people of Judah and Benjamin
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and those people of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simon who sojourned
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among them, for many in Israel had thrown in their lot with him when
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they saw that Hashem his God was with him.
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They were assembled in Jerusalem in the 3rd month of the 15th
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year of the reign of Asa. They brought sacrifices to Hashem
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on that day. They brought 700 oxen and 7,000
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sheep of the spoil. They entered
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into a covenant to worship God of their fathers with all their heart and
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with all their soul. Whoever would not worship God of
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Israel would be put to death, whether small or great, whether man
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or woman. So they took an oath to Hashem in a loud
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voice and with shouts, with trumpeting and blasts of the shofar. All Judah
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rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart and
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sought Him with all their will. He responded
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to them and gave them respite on every side. He also
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deposed Maacah, mother of King Asa, from the rank of queen
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mother, because she had made an abominable thing for the goddess
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of Asherah.
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Asa cut down her abominable thing, reduced it to dust,
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and burned it in the Wadi Kidron. The shrines indeed
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were not abolished in Israel; however, Asa was wholehearted
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with Hashem all his life. He brought into
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the House of Hashem the things that he and his father had consecrated: silver,
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gold, and utensils. There was no war until
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the 35th year of the reign of Asa.
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In the 36th year of the reign of Asa, King Baasha of Israel
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marched against Judah and built up Ramah to block
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all movement of King Asa of Judah. Asa took
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all the silver and gold from the treasuries of the House of Hashem and the
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royal palace and sent them to King Ben-Hadad of Aram,
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who resided in Damascus, with this message:
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There is a pact between me and you, as there was between my
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father and your father. I herewith send you silver and gold.
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Go and break your pact with King Baasha of Israel so that he may
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withdraw from me. Ben-Hadad acceded to
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King Asa's request. He sent his army commanders against the towns
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of Israel and ravaged Ijon, Dan,
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Abelmaim, and all the garrison towns of Naphtali. When Baasha
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heard about it, he stopped building up Ramah and put an end to the work
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on it. Then King Asa mustered all Judah
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and they carried away the stones and timber with which Baasha
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had built up Ramah. With these King Asa built up Geba
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and Mizpah. At that time Hanani the seer came
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to King Asa of Judah and said to him, Because you relied
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on the king of Aram and did not rely on HaShem your
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God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has slipped
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out of your hands.
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The Cushites and Libyans were a mighty army with chariots and
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horsemen in very great numbers. Yet because you relied on Hashem,
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He delivered them into your hands.
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For the eyes of Hashem range over the entire earth to
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give support to those who are wholeheartedly with Him. You have
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acted foolishly in this matter, and henceforth you will be beset
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by wars. Asa was vexed at
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the seer and put him into the stocks, for he was furious
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with him because of that. Asa inflicted cruelties on some of the people
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at that time. The acts of Asa
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early and late are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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In the 39th year of his reign, Asa suffered from an acute
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foot ailment. But ill as he was, he still did not turn to
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Hashem but to physicians. Asa slept
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with his fathers. He died in the 41st year of his reign
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and was buried in the grave that he had made for himself in the City
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of David. He was laid in his resting place which was filled with
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spices of all kinds, expertly blended. A very great
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fire was made in his honor.
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Romans 9:1-21.
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I Paul say the truth in Christ, I lie not,
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my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
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that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
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For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ
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for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. Who are Israelites,
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to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory,
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and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God,
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and the promises; whose are the fathers,
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and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came,
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who is over all, God blessed forever.
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Amen. Not as though the word of God has taken no
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effect. For they are not all Israel,
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which are Israel. Neither because
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they are the seed of Abraham are they all children,
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but in Isaac shall your seed be called.
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That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not
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the children of God, but the children of the promise are
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counted for the seed. For this is the word of promise,
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at this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son, And not
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only this, but when Rebekah also had conceived by one,
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even by her father Isaac; for the children being not yet
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born, neither having done any good or evil,
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that the purpose of God according to election might stand,
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not of works, but of Him that calls; it
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was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it
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is written, Jacob have I loved, But Esau have
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I hated. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness
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with God? God forbid! For He said to
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Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I
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will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
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So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him
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that runs, but of God that shows mercy.
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For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose
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have I raised you up, that I might show my power in you,
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and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
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Therefore has he mercy on whom he will have mercy,
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and whom he will he hardens.
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You will say then to me, Why does he yet find fault?
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For who has resisted his will? Nay, but, O man,
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who are you that replies against God? Shall the thing that
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formed Say to Him that formed it, Why have You made me thus?
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Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same
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lump to make one vessel to honor and another to dishonor?
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Psalm 19:1-14.
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The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament shows
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His handiwork. Day to day utters speech, and night to
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night shows knowledge. There is no speech nor language where
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their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all
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the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them
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has he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is
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as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices
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as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is
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from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends
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of it, and there is nothing hidden the heat thereof.
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The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.
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The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise
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the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right,
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rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the Lord is pure,
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enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean,
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enduring forever. The judgments of the Lord are
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true and righteous altogether. More to be desired
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are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also
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than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is your servant warned,
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and in keeping of them there is great reward.
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Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from my secret
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faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous
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sins; let them not have dominion over me.
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Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent
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from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth
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and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight,
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O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
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Proverbs 20:1. Wine is a
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mocker, strong drink is raging. And whosoever is deceived
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thereby is not wise.
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I want to speak to you today from our reading from Romans chapter
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9. And first of all, what we— the
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next few chapters in Romans, Romans 9, 10, and 11,
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really explain much and reveal much to us
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about Israel. And First
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of all, Paul tells us he himself is an Israelite.
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He uses the word Israelite and Jew interchangeably,
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that he is Jewish. He's of the tribe of Benjamin.
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And he goes on to say, if I
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could give up my own salvation in
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order for my brethren, that is the Jews, to come to know Christ,
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I would give up my salvation. He has great heaviness in his heart
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and continual sorrow in his heart. Because so many of
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the Jews at his time were rejecting salvation
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through Christ. Now, he talks
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about who the Israelites are, the nation
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of Israel, and that they were under
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the covenant, the first covenant that was given at Mount
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Sinai, the giving of the law. They were under Moses.
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They were given the service of God through the Kohanim,
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the Levite priesthood. And that
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the promises came from God to Abraham and
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through his children, that Abraham's seed would be
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more numerous than all the stars in the sky and more numerous than
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all the sand on the seashore. And so we owe a
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tremendous debt to the Jewish people.
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99% of the Bible, both Old Testament and New Testament,
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were written by Jews. They faithfully scribed
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and meticulously copied the Scriptures,
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and so they have given us the Bible.
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They have also given us a Jewish Messiah,
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Jesus, who is of the line from the tribe of
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Judah. And so they
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are a special, set-apart, chosen people.
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God calls them a special treasured possession and a
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peculiar people, a nation of priesthoods.
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But Paul goes on to say the Jews, they're chosen,
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the nation of Israel, it's a chosen set-apart nation. So there's
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a nation called Israel, there's a land called Israel,
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and there's a people called Israel, and there's a man whose
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name was originally Jacob, but his name changes to
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Israel. So when I speak of Israel here in
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this chapter, I'm speaking of those who are ethnically
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Israel. They are of the lineal descent,
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genealogical descent from Abraham, Isaac,
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and Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel.
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But Paul goes on to say, not as
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though the Word of God has taken no effect, for they are not all Israel
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which are of Israel. What does he mean by
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that? Not all are Israel
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which are of Israel. Well,
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God's household is called the house
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of Israel. It's family language, it's family talk
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that you become members of God's household. And he chose the
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nation of Israel at Mount Sinai, the ancient nation of Israel. And you
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were a member of the house of Israel ethnically,
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by genealogical descent. But there's
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been a change in God's household, a change in the rules.
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And the change is this: that now anyone
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can become a member of God's household by faith
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in Jesus Christ, and that it's open now
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to Gentiles. It's open to anyone from
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any nation, any tribe, any language.
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And so what he's saying here in verse 7,
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not all are Israel which are of Israel, is that there
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are Jews who are not
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members of God's household because they have not placed their faith in
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Jesus Christ. And so though ethnically they may be of
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the stock of Israel,
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they are not necessarily members of God's household.
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And so we have Jew and Gentile who are now
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invited and freely invited to be a member of God's
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household through faith in Jesus Christ.
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We will talk about this more in the next day or
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two as we get into Romans chapter 10 and
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Romans chapter 11. Have a blessed day,
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and we'll see you tomorrow.