Scofield's Reference Notes - Romans 11:14
save (See Scofield " :-") . read more
world kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield " :-") . read more
abide See, Jeremiah 3:21-25; Jeremiah 50:4; Jeremiah 50:5; 2 Corinthians 3:16. read more
fullness The "fullness of the Gentiles" is the completion of the purpose of God in this age, viz. the outcalling from among the Gentiles of a people for Christ's name, "the church which is His body" Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 1:23 Cf ; Acts 15:14; Ephesians 4:11-13; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:13. It must be distinguished from "the times of the Gentiles" Luke 21:24. mystery See note, (See Scofield "Luke 21:24- :") . read more
Jacob Summary: Israel, so named from the grandson of Abraham, was chosen for a fourfold mission: (1) To witness to the unity of God in the midst of universal idolatry Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 43:12 (2) to illustrate to the nations the blessedness of serving the true God Deuteronomy 33:26-29; 1 Chronicles 17:20; 1 Chronicles 17:21; Psalms 144:15. (3) to receive, preserve, and transmit the Scripture Deuteronomy 4:5-8; Romans 3:1; Romans 3:2. (4) to produce, as to His humanity, the... read more
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 11.In chapters 9-11 Paul is dealing with a couple of subjects; one the sovereignty of God, but it is the sovereignty of God in setting aside the nation Israel as God's primary target, you might say for work, and beginning to pour out His Spirit and work among the Gentiles. Because Paul is a Jew through and through, his heart, his prayer for Israel is that they might be saved, and yet, he can see in the scriptures those prophecies of God's move... read more
Romans 11:1 . Hath God cast away his people? The jews would say, what else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God, and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls the righteousness of God? St. Paul denies this, for he himself, and the thousands which believed in Judea, as well as the thousands dispersed on Stephen’s persecution, were all jews, and afforded proof to the contrary. Though God had denationalized them, and sentenced them to dispersion; and though... read more
Romans 11:11-22I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?The rejection of IsraelI. How occasioned.1. They stumbled at Christ.2. Were rejected because of their unbelief.II. How overruled.1. For the benefit of the Gentiles.2. Indirectly for their own.III. How finally compensated.1. By their fulness.2. By enlarged blessing upon the world. (J. Lyth, D.D.)The fall of Israel isI. Temporary (verses 11-16).1. It was overruled for the benefit of the world, because in consequence of their... read more
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 11:34-36
DISCOURSE: 1903GOD ALL IN ALLRomans 11:34-36. Who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.GOD is represented in the Scriptures as “a jealous God.” And well he may be so: for it is not fit that any portion of “his glory should be given to another.” But man is ready, on all occasions, to arrogate something to... read more