...when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls...
Romans 9:10-11
“God’s purpose of election” in this context has nothing to do with the eternal salvation of either Jacob or Esau. It is about who God is choosing for a specific mission in this world, as a pattern for a higher spiritual reality, and for who would be the progenitor of the one who would enable the eternal salvation of all who would believe in him.
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How does God use our disobedience to bring us to repentance and restoration to relationship with him?
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For this is what the promise said: “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Romans 9:9 ESV
It was impossible for Sarah to conceive a child, yet God made it happen. There is no question that Isaac was the genetic offspring of Abraham and Sarah, but he was also a child solely of promise. For obvious reasons, Abraham and Sarah both had to accept God’s offer of a child. Without their cooperation, Isaac could not have been born. Their involvement was necessary at every step in the process.
This fact should undermine the confidence of Calvinists in their interpretation of this passage, but it seems to go completely unnoticed.
Not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”
Romans 9:7 ESV
Not all of Abraham's or Isaac's children inherited the Covenant. Although all of Jacob's children inherited the covenant, the precedent has been established and some of his more remote descendants can be cut off.
The true children of Abraham are by promise and divine intervention, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t include his natural children. Isaac was the natural son of Abraham and Sarah, even if his conception was miraculous. Salvation and judgment both are to the Jew first, and only then to the gentile.
But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
Romans 9:6 ESV
Paul says “But it is not as though the word of God has failed” in reference to his dismay at the unbelief of his Jewish kinsmen.
Since God promises that the nation of Israel will one day be restored, does their current unbelief mean that God’s promise has failed? No, every tree needs to be pruned before it branches out and blossoms. The nation itself will remain forever, but individual branches will be pruned. Which branches is not for us to say.
Paul and John said that the Law defines sin, so how is it possible for people who have never known the Law to be guilty of sin? Actually, all people know enough of the Law to be guilty of breaking it. The Law is in our DNA and all people know most of it without ever having to be told.
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WORD FOR TODAY “the value”: Gen 25:33 And Jacob said, "First swear to me"; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
SPOKEN VERSE FOR TODAY: Pro 18:24 A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
“Faith comes by hearing” positive frequencies spoken out loud hourly.
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