a week-by-week Bible study for 2017 week 25: Romans 9:1-29

Bible study time A gentle proposal

Today’s class Reading the text (What does it say?) Explaining the text (What does it mean?) Applying the text (So what?) Personalizing the text (Now what?) Table prayer time (How can we help?)

Condensed ESV outline Righteousness introduced (1:1-17) (3) Righteous wrath (1:18-3:20) (6) Saving righteousness (3:21-4:25) (3) Righteous freedom (5-8) (11) Righteousness  Jews (9-11) (8) Righteous living (12:1-15:13) (9) Paul’s closing (15:14-16:23) (5) Righteousness summarized (16:25-27) (2)

Review 1 All that God does is good All that God does is right All that God does is holy

contradiction ≠ complexity Review 2 contradiction ≠ complexity

Review 3: Israeli family history Abraham (Sarah) Ishmael Isaac (Rebekah) Jacob Esau

syngenes

syn genes

Stay on the cart path

Homework Write down what Romans 9:14-29 says and think about the implications of those statements. Extra credit: review Exodus 33; 8-9; Isaiah 28-29; Hosea Thought to keep in mind: God never got off of His path

Table prayer time See the “Weekly Update” at your table Review and update prior prayer requests Write down new prayer requests Lean in, engage, and pray as a table Clean up and move to the auditorium