Rightly Pursue Righteousness
June 30th, 2024
Romans 9:6-33
1. Salvation Is Not Based Upon
Nor
; (Vs. 6-10) it Cannot be
! (Vs. 11-13, Deut 7:6-8, Luke 14:26)
Deuteronomy 7:6-8, “For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be his own possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. “The LORD had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors, he brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”
Luke 14:26, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.”
2. God Displays His
To All
In His
. (Vs. 14-18; Exodus 33:19, 9:16; Psa 76:10; Josh 9:9)
Exodus 33:19, “He said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name ‘the LORD’ before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.””
Exodus 9:16, “However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power and to make my name known on the whole earth.”
Psalm 76:10, “Even human wrath will praise you; you will clothe yourself with the wrath that remains.”
Joshua 9:9, “They replied to him, “Your servants have come from a faraway land because of the reputation of the LORD your God. For we have heard of his fame, and all that he did in Egypt…”
3. Whether Slow to
or Quick to
, God is
. (Vs. 19-26, Rom 1:16, 1 Pet 2:10, 2 Pet 3:9)
Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.”
1 Peter 2:10, “Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
2 Peter 3:9, “The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.”
4. The Lord is
To
His Work, Even if We are
. (Vs. 25-29, Isa 10:22-23)
Isaiah 10:22-23, “Israel, even if your people were as numerous as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction has been decreed; justice overflows. For throughout the land the Lord God of Armies is carrying out a destruction that was decreed.”
5. The Righteousness of God’s Law (His Holy
) is only
Through
. That Faith Must be in
. Let Him Be Your
! (Vs. 30-33, Rom 10:9-13)
Romans 10:9-13, “If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. For the Scripture says, ‘Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame’, since there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him. ‘For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’”