SO THAT HE MAY HAVE MERCY ON THEM ALL

Romans 11:25-36 / Keywords 11:32

For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

All Israel Will Be Saved

11:25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 26 and in this way[e] all Israel will be saved. As it is written:

“The deliverer will come from Zion;

    he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

27 And this is[f] my covenant with them

    when I take away their sins.”[g]

28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now[h] receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[i] knowledge of God!

    How unsearchable his judgments,

    and his paths beyond tracing out!

34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?

    Or who has been his counselor?”[j]

35 “Who has ever given to God,

    that God should repay them?”[k]

36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.

    To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Footnotes

e. Romans 11:26 Or and so

f. Romans 11:27 Or will be

g. Romans 11:27 Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34

h. Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.

i. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the

j. Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13

k. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

 

1. God keeps his promises by any means. He promised to send the Deliverer, and he sent Jesus the Deliverer from Zion to take away the sins of the world. God used Israel's disobedience to open a door of salvation to the Gentiles. But what about the Jews who rejected God's Messiah? Are they without hope? No. God continues to love them and to call them to repent and receive the Savior Jesus. God doesn't give up on anyone—but he doesn't compromise. The only way of salvation is through Jesus.

 

2. God’s mercy is sovereign and universal. God bound all men over to disobedience. Why? He did this so that all men might repent and receive his mercy through the blood of Jesus. How precious is the mercy of God. Through his mercy on the disobedient, God revealed himself in his eternal glory.

 

Prayer Lord, I praise you for your sovereign mercy revealed in the gospel. Help me to learn the treasure I have been given.

One Word God's glorious mercy