Romans 9:19-33

TRUST IN JESUS

Keywords 9:33

As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."

 

1. God calls all believers "my people" (19-29)

God is the Creator who made each person for his purpose. He bore the rejection

of men with great patience in order to reveal the riches of his glory, not just to

Jews, but also to Gentiles. The Gentile world was under God’s wrath and destined

for destruction because of their rejection. But when some responded in faith they

too became his people, and the objects of God’s mercy. This fulfilled the will of

God expressed in prophecy. Being one of God’s people is not a matter of lineage.

When Gentiles believed God, they were called “God’s people.” Only a remnant of

the Israelites would be saved, and that by God’s mercy.

 

2. The stumbling stone (30-33)

Righteousness is from God. The Gentiles received it by faith in God’s mercy. The

Jews pursued it as if they could attain it by their own works, but they stumbled.

Jesus is the stone God laid in Zion. All who trust in him will never be put to shame.

 

Prayer Sovereign Lord, thank you for displaying the riches of your mercy in the

gospel. Help me to trust only in Jesus.

One Word A stone in Zion