TITLE:  Is God Unrighteous?
TEXT:  Romans 9:1-33
PROPOSITION:  God has the right to select or reject whom He wills.
QUESTION:  Who?
KEY WORD:  Examples
SCRIPTURE READING:  Romans 9:1-6

INTRODUCTION:

1. Verse 6 – They are not all Israel that are of Israel
2. Difference in physical and spiritual
3. God is not checking DNA, but spirit (heart)
4. I am not Israel (DNA) but I am part of spiritual Israel (Galatians 6:16)

9-Point Description of Israel – 9:4-5

Israelites are:

1. Adopted as a special people
2. Glory – God was with them is special ways
3. Covenant – God made with Abraham
4. Law – to give them direction
5. Service – They worshipped God for many years
6. Promises of the covenant with Abraham
7. Heritage – fathers, ancestry
8. Christ came from them
9. Blessed by God

But they were rejected – because of their unbelief

God’s Right of Selection – 9:6-29

1. Proven by Isaac – 9:6-9
2. Proven by Jacob – 9:10-13
3. Proven by Pharaoh – 9:14-18
4. Proven by potter and clay – 9:19-24
5. Proven by Scriptures – 9:25-29

Faith, the basis of selection – 9:30-33

1. Gentiles did seek by faith – 9:30
2. Israel did not seek by faith – 9:31
3. To some faith becomes a stumbling block – 9:32-33