“God’s Electing Purpose” (Romans 9:10–13)

“God’s Electing Purpose” (Romans 9:10–13)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, June 24, 2018

Romans 9:6–13 (NIV)
       ⁶ It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. ⁷ Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”  ⁸ In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. ⁹ For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.” 
       ¹⁰ Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac. ¹¹ Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: ¹² not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”  ¹³ Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 

1. Israel Not Israel

2. Promise Not Parents

3. God’s Power Not Human Plans

4. Grace Not Worthiness

a. Not the worthiness of ancestry
b. Not the worthiness of position
c. Not the worthiness of good works
d. Not the worthiness of future faith

5. God’s Electing Purpose Not Anything Else!

God’s Purpose:

a. Originates with God
b. Eternal and Unchangeable
c. Predestined and Settled
d. All-encompassing and Universal
e. Operates by Grace not Merit
f. Works in Concert with Election
g. Issues in a Gracious, Effectual Calling