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<font size="3"><u><b>ROMANS - 9-11 - T2606R</b></u></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1. 9:3-4a
(9:1-13) ISRAEL: BY THE PRINCIPLE OF REMNANT. "For I could wish
that I myself were anathema from the Christ for my :brethren's sake,
my :kinsmen according to </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh:</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4a</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">who
are Israelites." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Father, we sense the travail of Paul's soul (Gal 4:19) for his
nation. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper who love
you (Psa 122:6). We join Paul in praying for a nation to be born in a
day. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Hallowed
be your :name.</span></span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2. 9:16
(9:14-29) ISRAEL: PICTURE OF GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY. "So then it is
:not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that has
mercy." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Lord,
let us not forget that we were dead in trespasses and sins, and You
spoke a word of mercy, 'Let him live!' and then the gift of
repentance and faith and life entered into us! We owe all to You. All
that the Father gives Me shall come to Me. Lord: the Father gave us,
and we have come, and You have received us. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Your
:kingdom come.</span></span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3. 9:30
(9:30-33) ISRAEL: FAILED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS APART FROM FAITH. "What
shall we say then? That </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the
</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">nations,
who followed not </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">after</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
righteousness, apprehended righteousness, even </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
righteousness which is of faith." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jesus,
You are the Good News of the Kingdom, and we have not stumbled at
You. The Father granted us the gift of repentance and faith. O let
Israel's eyes be opened, and be grafted back into the Root. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4. 10:9
(10:1-15) ISRAEL: SHOWN TRUE WAY OF FAITH. "Because if you shall
confess the word with your :mouth that Jesus </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Lord, and shall believe in your :heart that :God raised him from </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
dead, you shall be saved." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
return thanks unto You, Father, and praise Your holy Name; for
through this word we entered Your Kingdom. We submitted unto Your
righteousness, the righteousness of God in Messiah by faith. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Our
:daily bread Give us this day.</span></span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5. 11:12
(10:16-11:12) ISRAEL'S REMNANT: HAS FAITH IN RHEMA-WORD. "Now if
their trespasses is riches of a world, and their :loss riches of
nations, how much more their :fullness?" </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Lord,
we see resurrection-life in fullness in the church coming from the
fullness of Israel. O may we see antisemitism and blinding in the
church to these truths - as deception from the enemy, and
ungratefulness on our part. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6. 11:15
(11:13-24) ISRAEL: TEMPORARILY CUT OFF FOR GENTILES. "For if the
casting away of them is a reconciling of a world, what is the</span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">ir</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
receiving but life from </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
dead?" </span></font></b><u><font size="3"><span style="">Reconciliation</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- through Jesus our peace offering! </span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="">Reconciliation</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- made possible by the temporary cutting off of Israel. </span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="">Restoration
of Israel</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
- life from among the dead for all of us! </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7. 11:28-29
(11:25-26) ISRAEL: TO BE RESTORED WITH GENTILES. "As to the
gospel, they are enemies for your </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">sake:</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
but as to the election, they are beloved for the fathers' </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">sake</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
</span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">29
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;">For
the gifts and the calling of :God are not repented of." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Israel
is still beloved for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob's sake. Father, do we
share this truth? Do we perceive the revelation? Does the spirit of
Nazism still pollute our souls? Lord, we </span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="">reject</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
satan's lies. We choose to pray the prayers of Paul. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">But
deliver us from the evil </span></span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">one.</span></span></font></p>
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<u><b><font size="3">NOTE:</font></b></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Some have thought these 3 chapters to be a parenthesis. </span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="">Not
so!</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
These 3 chapters are the very </span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="">heart</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the teaching on "Justification by Faith. Except God had in His
Wisdom and Foreknowledge temporarily taken Israel out of His chose
position for her, we Gentiles would not have been grafted into their
Roots. But He </span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="">did</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
take this drastic action, and whether we are aware of it or not - our
blessing as Gentiles in the Church is based on the temporary
exclusion of Israel from their favored position.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
if we as Gentiles see and are aware of God's great blessing toward us
at the temporary expense of Israel, then what can we do to show our
thanksgiving both to God and to them? According to Paul in Romans 11,
in humility we can pray that the fullness of the Gentiles might soon
take place, and that then in mercy God can return to His promises to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For when He grafts Israel back into their
Roots, and a nation is born again in a day - </span></span></font><u><font size="3"><span style="">then</span></font></u><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
blessings to Gentiles and Jews together in the One New Man will
increase beyond all human conception.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Derek
Prince most clearly saw this whole unfolding panorama.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Let
us read again these 3 chapters. We should especially meditate upon
Romans chapter 11. In 1991 in Yelm, Washington, I heard an Egyptian
newly arrived in Canada for his life's safety as a witness to Jesus.
He had many relatives lose their lives through the various wars in
the past between Israel and their Arab neighbors, especially Egypt.
God asked him, "Would you be willing to seek to win Jews to Me and
pray for the spiritual Restoration of Israel?" "Of course not,"
he replied, "in the light of what they have done against me!" But
God persisted - "Yet because you are Mine, and you can see My
promises in Romans 11 on their behalf - would you not reconsider your
reply?"</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">My
friend did reconsider his reply, and that night in Yelm brought one
of the most powerful challenges for Christians on the basis of Romans
11, that I have ever heard.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Years
later as the head of a Missionary Movement in Canada, he was
responsible in setting up a meeting between survivors of the St.
Louis, with Canadians who represented the rejection of over 900 of
their relatives during World War II. Over 600 of them went to
Hitler's gas chambers because the United States and Canada turned
this ship away.</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">I
will never forget the challenge of Romans 11 by this young Egyptian.
All Gentiles need to share his deep vision and commitment to bring
God's will to pass. Jim Watt</span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">PS.
See Isaiah 19 for a most unusual prophecy concerning Egypt, Israel
and modern Iraq! The city Heliopolis mentioned in this passage,
happens to be the birth place of the young Egyptian mentioned above.
J.W.</span></span></font></p>
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