Rejoice in God’s goodness  Struggles: flesh VS. spirit  Hope  Help  Assurance

Cannot take God’s goodness for granted  God adheres to His will  We must submit

Wished Israel could be saved, 2, 3

Israel greatly blessed, 4, 5  Adoption, Deut. 32:6  Glory, Ex. 40:34-38  Covenants, Ex. 2:24; 24:7, 8  Giving of the Law, Deut. 5:3

Israel greatly blessed, 4, 5  Service: tabernacle, temple  Promises, Acts 13:32, 33  Fathers: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob  Christ, Lk. 1:30-33; Jn. 1:1

God’s Word did not fail, 6

Purpose fulfilled in spiritual Israel, 6-13  Isaac, not Ishmael, Gen. 21:12; Gal. 3:7, 8  Jacob, not Esau -Same parents -Choice not based on merit -National, not individual, Gen. 25:21-23; 1 Chron. 18:12, 13; Mal. 1:1-5

God is sovereign,  Mercy, Ex. 33:19  Wrath, Ex. 9:16  Mercy VS. Hardened, Ex. 24:7; Prov. 28:13; Ex. 4:21; 8:15; 9:34

God is just,  God’s prerogative, Jer. 18:1-12  Unjust for longsuffering?  Unjust for mercy?  Unjust for fulfilling His Word?

Gentiles have received mercy, 30  Heathen  Obeyed, Acts 13:47, 48

Jews rejected the gospel,  Pursued the Law without believing  Rejected Christ, Acts 4:10-12

Rejoice in God’s goodness  Struggles: flesh VS. spirit  Hope  Help  Assurance

Cannot take God’s goodness for granted  God adheres to His will  We must submit