"Salvation for the Nations" (Romans 11:11-16)

“Salvation for the Nations” (Romans 11:11–16)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, September 16, 2018

Romans 11:11–16 NIV
       ¹¹ Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. ¹² But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!
       ¹³ I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry ¹⁴ in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. ¹⁵ For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? ¹⁶ If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

1. Israel has been hardened and has fallen, but their fall is not ultimate (v. 11a).

2. In God’s all-wise, gracious plan, Israel’s failure has brought salvation to the Gentiles (vv. 11b–12).

3. In God’s all-wise, gracious plan, the salvation of the Gentiles will stir up jealousy among Israel (vv. 11c–14).

4. So, the ultimate goal of God’s all-wise, gracious plan is to bring Israel back into the fold of his salvation in the end (vv. 14–16).