October 18, 2015
Passage:  Romans 11:1-10
Speaker:  Bill Knepper
Main Point:  God’s purposes will succeed no matter what.

I. God’s eternal plans cannot be defeated.  (v 1-2)
            A. God has not rejected His people.  
            B. Paul is an example of a Messianic Jew.  
            C. God is God and His will, will be done.  
                        1. Foreknow does not mean advance awareness.  
                        2. Foreknow means to choose beforehand.  
                            1 Peter 1:20 Jesus was chosen before creation.  
                        Acts 2:23 Jesus was slain by God’s determined plan.  

II. Flagrant unbelief does not keep God from working.  (v 2-6)
            A. Elijah saw dark days in Israel.   (1 Kings 17-19)
            B. But God still had a remnant.  
            C. He offers grace and some will choose it.  

III. Those of faith see what others do not.  (v 7-10)
            A. The lost are hardened by their own choices.  
            B. The lost are consumed by the world.