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676. Exile for National Israel, Restoration for Spiritual Israel

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

Big Idea: Paul juxtaposes two types of Israel: national Israel (11:7–10) versus spiritual Israel (11:1–6). The former remains in exile and under the covenant curses, but the latter as the remnant is enjoying the long-awaited restoration of Israel as well as the covenant blessings. Understanding the Text Romans 11 moves from Paul’s day to a day in the future when national Israel will convert to J...

677. The Remnant of Israel

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

11:1–32 Review · The salvation of Israel:Paul points out that it would be wrong to conclude that God has rejected Israel and that Jews cannot find salvation. There is a remnant of Jews who have come to faith (11:1–10). More importantly, Israel’s unbelief has caused the gospel to be proclaimed among the Gentiles, whose experience of God’s saving grace is meant to make Israel jealous (11:11–24), pro...

678. The Remnant of Israel

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

Israel’s rejection of Jesus Christ was a denial of its own calling and redemption. It was as though an infant in the womb could somehow decide not to be born, and thus frustrate the rightful goal of its life. But contrary to expectation, Israel’s denial of its destiny does not frustrate God’s purpose. We saw in Romans 9 that God was prepared to make sovereign choices in history, even wrathful choi...

679. The Gifts and the Calling of God

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship The Lord calls upon all of us today to be his servant people, his loving disciples, and his joyful children. Collect God of all, we are all your people. None of us are complete without you. You have given us a vocation, you have granted us gifts to share with each other, you have found us and called us to your kingdom. Guard us and guide us this day and this week. Amen. Prayer Of...

680. God's Merciful Plan

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let us worship together this day, all who would seek God's love. People: For we have all sinned and each of us has strayed from the Lord. Leader: Our God, the Lord of History, knew of our sin and sent to us a Savior. People: Was Jesus sent to save the Jews or to bring Good News to the Gentiles? Leader: All have sinned, Jew and Gentile; Christ came to redeem all sinners. All...

681. The Tree That Didn't Get Trimmed

Drama

Matthew Powell

Cast Storyteller 1 Storyteller 2 Fir Tree Actor 1 (plays Woodsman and Grocer) Actor 2 (plays Lady Shopper and Farmer's Wife) Actor 3 (plays Child, Customer 1, and Cemetery Man) Actor 4 (plays Customer 2 and Farmer) (The two Storytellers stand at opposite ends of the playing area; the Tree stands in the center. Actors 1-4 sit slightly back until they "enter") Storyteller 1: If you walk through a ...

682. The Heifer that Will Change the World!

Sermon

Larry Lange

The Reverend Clyde Lott is a national champion cattle judge and livestock showman. He's also a preacher recognized by the National Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ. Reverend Lott is uniquely qualified, therefore, to breed "the heifer that will change the world," the heifer that will fulfill God's apocalyptic promise of purity for his people. We're talking holy cow, here. Reverend Lott is a...

683. Irrevocable Gifts

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

People have had a wide variety of reactions to the idea of politically-correct language. One of the more interesting is a series of books by James Finn Garner. A look at the contents of the volumes gives an insight into the way things are handled. The stories include such titles as the politically-correct bedtime story of "The Three Codependent Goats Gruff," and the holiday story of "Rudolph, the ...

684. Proper 15

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS In Genesis 45, Joseph provides his brothers with a theological interpretation of the events that have befallen him, while Psalm 133 celebrates kinship. Genesis 45:4-20 - "The Power of the Promise" Setting. Scholars have long since noted how different in character the Joseph stories are from the other ancestral stories. The sharpest point of contrast is the absence of God as...

685. The Kindness and Sternness of God

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

Big Idea: Israel’s rejection of Jesus as Messiah is the occasion for God to show mercy to the Gentiles. Their conversion, Paul hopes, will stir Jews to jealousy and thus to accept their Messiah. God is showing kindness to Gentiles but sternness to Jews who have not accepted the Messiah. In the future, however, God will show kindness to Israel but sternness to Gentiles who fall into unbelief. Unde...

686. Ingrafted Branches

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Paul asks whether Israel’s failure to believe in the gospel of Jesus the Messiah means that Jews have fallen from their state of election (11:11a, reformulating 11:1). In 11:11b–15 he explains why he rejects the conclusion that Israel’s failure is permanent. Two arguments are important. First, Israel’s disobedience has resulted in the salvation of the Gentiles (11:11). In Paul’s ministry, the reje...

687. Ingrafted Branches

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

A skeletal outline of the history of salvation can be found in the call to Abraham in Genesis 12:1–3. It ends with the promise that “all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The fulfillment of that promise lay conspicuously fallow throughout the OT. Only in Jonah and Second Isaiah is the blessing to the Gentiles again taken up. In Isaiah 49:1–6 the servant is told, “it is too small a thi...

688. Magnify Your Ministry!

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

A very important group in any United Methodist Church is the Committee on Pastor-Parish Relations. The Book of Discipline of our denomination says that one of the primary functions of that body is "to counsel with the minister and staff pertaining to their relationship with the congregation, including priorities to be given in the use of their time and skill in relation to the goals and objectives...

689. Proper 15

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 45:1-15 Joseph reveals himself to his brothers. Because of a famine in Canaan, Jacob sent his sons to buy food in Egypt. None of them knew Joseph was the prime minister of Egypt and was responsible for selling food. In this passage, Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers, gives God the credit for his being a top ruler, and urges his brothers to tell Jacob th...

690. Proper 15 & Pentecost 13

Sermon Aid

THEOLOGICAL CLUE The phrase used in the title for the day, "after Pentecost," reminds the church and its preachers that the journey to Christ the King Sunday is roughly half-completed. The Holy Spirit is still at work in the church, bringing people to the Lord, undergirding the faith of the believers, and inspiring the people of God to devote themselves to good works and loving service in the nam...

691. Proper 15

Bulletin Aid

Theme: God's irrevocable grace Exegetical note Paul's deep concern for his fellow Jews finds expression here in the now seemingly desperate hope that somehow their rejection of the gospel has worked to make it more attractive to Gentiles, whose acceptance of it in turn will make the Jews jealous and lead some, at least, finally to it. By far the most timeless declaration is in v. 29, to the effec...

692. It Makes No Difference Where You Belong

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A blindfold Good morning, boys and girls: Our lesson for today from God's Word deals with prejudice against other people. Have you ever noticed how some people can't stand persons who are not like them? Maybe it's because their skin is a different color or they belong to another religion or they are handicapped or they don't wear the right kind of clothes. Isn't that about the dumbest thi...

693. The Girl With The Curl

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A picture of a "girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead" Lesson: For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may be merciful to all. Good morning, boys and girls. Does this picture remind you of anyone? (Show them the picture. Let them guess.) Those are good guesses, boys and girls, but I'll have to tell you the answer. This young lady is the girl-with-the-curl-in-the-...

694. Proper 15

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 45:1-15 Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, who have come to Egypt to secure food during the famine. Rather than seeking revenge, he sees God's gracious hand in his brothers' treachery. Joseph openly wept for joy and reveals his plan to provide for his entire family in Egypt. This ends the cycle of stories from Genesis. Old Testament: Isaiah 56:1-7 The proph...

695. Proper 15

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

The Miracle Of A Woman's Faith In the miracle of Jesus' healing a Canaanite mother's demon-possessed daughter, we confront a different kind of Jesus. Is he the same Jesus whom we often describe as "meek and mild?" Can this be the same man who blesses little children, gives sight to a blind beggar, forgives an adulterous woman, heals a lady by her touch of his garment, and tells the story of a Goo...

696. The Mystery and Mercy of God

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

Big Idea: Paul merges two grand themes: mystery and mercy. The mystery of God is that the end-time conversion of the Gentiles will occur before the restoration of Israel, the reverse order of the Old Testament prophecies. God’s mystery involves his showing mercy to both Gentiles and Jews in these last days. Understanding the Text Romans 11:25–32 is the grand conclusion to chapters 9–11, showing ...

697. All Israel Will Be Saved

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Paul now proceeds to explain the mystery of Israel’s salvation. He begins by underlining the significance of the following explanation of God’s sovereignty, warning the Gentile believers not to be proud (11:25). The “mystery” that Paul refers to is not a particular secret that only he knows and now reveals. Rather, it is a reference to the divine plan of salvation, which has been hidden but which ...

698. All Israel Will Be Saved

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

So far in chapters 9–11 Paul has advanced his argument with care and deliberation. He has shown that from all peoples on earth God separated one people to receive his promise by faith. When the chosen people refused to believe and held fast to righteousness by law, God extended the promise to the Gentiles who received it by faith. But Israel’s rejection of God did not force God to a countermove of...

699. Can't Take It Back

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate that words and promises cannot be taken away, especially God’s. Key verse: 29 Props: A tube of toothpaste, a spoon, and a bowl Lesson: Has anyone ever made a promise to you? Maybe your Dad or Mom told you that you were going to get an ice cream cone, or that if you were really good, that you could have a cookie. Did you forget what they had said, or did you rememb...

700. Can't Take It Back

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: Words and promises, especially God’s promises, cannot be taken away. Props: A tube of toothpaste, a large spoon or ladle, and a towel for cleanup. Initially place the towel under the activity to cover mishaps. Lesson: Has anyone ever made a promise to you? (response) What was the promise? (response) Did they keep their promise? (response) We usually remember the promises people m...

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