Romans 9 Flashcards
According to Romans 9:1, how does Paul say he is speaking?
I tell the truth, I am not lying
According to Romans 9:1, what bears witness that Paul is telling the truth and not lying?
his conscience, in the Holy Spirit
According to Romans 9:2, what emotions is Paul speaking the truth about?
great sorrow, continual grief
According to Romans 9:3, what state does Paul wish he was in for his brethren/countrymen?
accursed from Christ
According to Romans 9:3, Paul wishes he was accursed from Christ for the sake of which people?
his brethren, his countrymen
According to Romans 9:4, who are Paul’s brethren/countrymen?
Israelites
According to Romans 9:4-5, what characteristics does Paul say his countrymen possess?
the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, the promises, the fathers
According to Romans 9:5, who came from ‘the fathers’?
Christ (according to the flesh)
According to Romans 9:5, how is Christ described?
over all, the eternally blessed God
According to Romans 9:6, has the word of God had no effect?
No
According to Romans 9:6, what is Paul’s explanation for why the word of God might APPEAR to have no effect?
they are not all Israel who are of Israel
According to Romans 9:7, are all Israelites children just because they are seed of Abraham?
No
According to Romans 9:7, what does not necessarily cause all Israelites to be children?
being the seed of Abraham
According to Romans 9:7, what Genesis statement is quoted by Paul?
“In Isaac your seed shall be called”
According to Romans 9:8, T/F–those who are children of the flesh are always the children of God.
False (are NOT the children of God)
According to Romans 9:8, as opposed to the children of flesh (meaning being born Jewish), what children are actually counted as seed?
children of the promise
According to Romans 9:8, what are children of the promise counted as?
the seed
According to Romans 9:9, what ‘word of promise’ is quoted from Genesis in v 9?
“At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son”
According to Romans 9:10, not only did Sarah have a son, but who did Rebecca conceive by?
one man, our father Isaac
According to Romans 9:11, God had chosen Rebecca’s sons for a purpose before they had even done what three things?
been born, done good, done evil
According to Romans 9:12, what statement was said to Rebecca about her twins?
“The older shall serve the younger”
According to Romans 9:13, what was written about Jacob and Esau?
“Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated”
According to Romans 9:13, how did God feel about Jacob and Esau?
Jacob=loved, Esau=hated
According to Romans 9:14, is God unrighteous?
Certainly not!
According to Romans 9:15, who was God speaking to when He spoke about mercy and compassion?
Moses
According to Romans 9:15, what two characteristics did God speak of when speaking to Moses?
mercy, compassion
According to Romans 9:15, FITB ‘For He says to Moses, ‘I will have ____ on whomever I will have ____, and I will have ______ on whomever I will have _______.’
mercy, mercy, compassion, compassion
According to Romans 9:16, what two things do NOT determine who God gives Mercy to?
him who wills, him who runs
According to Romans 9:16, what does will (desire) and running (work) not determine?
who God shows mercy to
According to Romans 9:17, what old Testament person is mentioned that God raised up in order to show His power?
Pharaoh
According to Romans 9:17, for what purpose was Pharaoh raised up?
to show My power in you, that My name may be declared in all the earth
According to Romans 9:18, on whom does God have mercy?
whom He wills
According to Romans 9:18, how else can God change those if He wills?
He hardens them
According to Romans 9:19, what two questions might someone ask of God because they wonder why He makes the choices He does?
Why does He still find fault?, For who has resisted His will?
According to Romans 9:20, what does Paul say man cannot do against God?
reply against God
According to Romans 9:20, what question might ‘the thing formed’ (man) say to ‘him who formed it’ (God)?
“Why have you made me like this?”
According to Romans 9:21, who has power over the clay?
the potter
According to Romans 9:21, what does the pottery have power over?
the clay
According to Romans 9:21, what two things can the potter make from the ‘same lump’?
one vessel for honor, one vessel for dishonor
According to Romans 9:21, a potter can make a vessel for either honor or dishonor from what?
the same lump
According to Romans 9:22, how does God treat the ‘vessels of wrath prepared for destruction’?
with much longsuffering
According to Romans 9:22, who does God treat with much long-suffering? Be specific
the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction
According to Romans 9:22, what could God show and make known but instead deals with vessels of wrath with longsuffering?
show His wrath, make His power known
According to Romans 9:23, what did God bestow on the vessels of mercy?
the riches of His glory
According to Romans 9:23, who did God bestow the riches of His glory on?
the vessels of mercy
According to Romans 9:23, what had God beforehand prepared for the vessels of mercy?
glory
According to Romans 9:24, does God call Jews only?
no, also Gentiles
According to Romans 9:25, what old Testament book is quoted from in this verse?
Hosea
According to Romans 9:25, who does God call My people?
those who were not My people
According to Romans 9:25, who does God call beloved?
she who was not beloved
According to Romans 9:26, what will come to pass in the place where it was said to them ‘you are not My people’?
they shall be called sons of the living God
According to Romans 9:27, what other old Testament prophet cries out about Israel?
Isaiah
According to Romans 9:27, how does Isaiah describe the number of the children of Israel?
as the sand of the sea
According to Romans 9:27, what group of the children of Israel will be saved?
the remnant
According to Romans 9:28, what will God do to the work?
finish the work, cut it short in righteousness
According to Romans 9:28, how is God’s work on the earth described?
the Lord will make a short work
According to Romans 9:29, what did Isaiah say that the Lord of the Sabaoth had left ‘us’?
a seed
According to Romans 9:29, who left a seed?
the Lord of Sabaoth
According to Romans 9:29, what would Israel have come like if the Lord of the Sabaoth had not left them a seed?
Sodom, Gomorrah
According to Romans 9:30, did the Gentiles pursue righteousness?
no (did not pursue righteousness)
According to Romans 9:30, although the Gentiles did not pursue righteousness, what kind of righteousness did they attain?
the righteousness of faith
According to Romans 9:31, did Israel pursue the law of righteousness?
yes
According to Romans 9:31, T/F although Israel pursued the law of righteousness, they did not attain it.
True
According to Romans 9:32, why did Israel not attain righteousness even though they pursued it?
they did not seek it by faith, but by the works of the law
According to Romans 9:32, how does Paul describe trying to attain righteousness by works instead of faith?
stumbled at that stumbling stone
According to Romans 9:33, quoting Isaiah, Paul says that it is written that what two things are laid in Zion?
a stumbling stone, a rock of offense
According to Romans 9:33, where is a stumbling stone and rock of offense laid?
Zion
According to Romans 9:33, what is the outcome of believing on Him?
whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame
