A Study of The Book of Romans

Lesson 62 Chapter 9:9 – 13

 

  1. Verse 9 “For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.”
    1. This goes back to verse 6 “Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect.” And the promises of God, God made many and God came true on every promise.
    2. The word of God is the word of truth, and is to be believed as absolute truth because God “…which God, that cannot lie… Titus 1:2 Also Jesus was known as “truth” John 14:6
    3. “For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.” The promise was to deliver a miracle in the birth of Isaac, not by nature (because she could never have another child) but by grace and mercy. And because God had predestinated wonderful things for Isaac.
    4. This is the election of God, God chose to give this child, there was nothing more than Grace and Mercy, God choosing to do His blessed will.  
    5. Isaac was the child which the promise from God to Abraham would flow and not Ishmael because that is what God chose.
  2. Verse 10 “And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;”
    1. The second example of Gods electing grace. The argument being that maybe God chose Isaac because he was the child of a husband and wife while Ishmael was the son of Abraham and his bondwoman. So there is a better example.
    2. Here God uses the example of twins Jacob and Esau with Esau being the elder of the two. God chooses to keep the promise to Abraham and salvation through Jacob the younger of the two.
    3. God going against all Jewish law of the first is first chose the last. This was Gods promise at their birth.  Genesis 25:23 “And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.” – which Paul noted in Verse 12 “It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.”
    4. God chose the last first in Jacob, showing He does as He pleases no matter what man deems right.
    5. God’s election here is He chose one and denied the other, only because He chose too.
  3. Verse 11 “(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)”
    1. This verse is what is called a verse of explanation and the explanation is God chose Jacob to rule over the eldest Esau before they were born with all things even, before there was a reason to choose one over the other.
    2. This is Gods election, we (as Christians) were chosen before the foundation of the world. Romans 11:5 “Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.”
    3. That remnant is the chosen seed of all who will be saved on this earth, and ever one of them were chosen in Christ “…being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil...” God has this right because He is the potter and can therefore mold the clay as He chooses, to make one vessel (Jacob) unto honor and another unto dishonor (Esau)  and no one has the right to ask “Is God unrighteous” “…Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. Verse 14
    4. It is perfectly clear God does not choose after the fact but before the fact.
    5. It is also perfectly clear that God chooses according to His good pleasure.
  4. Verse 13 “As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
    1. This was Gods choice before their birth and before the foundation of the world.
    2. Notice God HATED Esau but why? Because He did not elect to save him.
    3. God hates all sinners outside of His elect. Psalms 5:4 - 5 “For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. (5.) The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.” The word “iniquity” means – those who are unjust or eternally lost, or the non-elect. - Psalms 14:1 “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”
    4. Some of the non-elect and unjust claim to be Christians with wonderful moral works, but they are still unjust. Matthew 7:21 - 23 “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (22.) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (23.) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
    5. We will pick up with verse 13 next week.