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God's Faithfulness and Sovereign Election
Romans 9:6-13
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But the present condition of Isra’el does not mean that the Word of God has failed.
For not everyone from Isra’el is truly part of Isra’el;
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indeed, not all the descendants are seed of Avraham; rather, “What is to be called your ‘seed’ will be in Yitz’chak.”
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In other words, it is not the physical children who are children of God, but the children the promise refers to who are considered seed.
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For this is what the promise said: “At the time set, I will come; and Sarah will have a son.”
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And even more to the point is the case of Rivkah; for both her children were conceived in a single act with Yitz’chak, our father;
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and before they were born, before they had done anything at all, either good or bad (so that God’s plan might remain a matter of his sovereign choice, not dependent on what they did, but on God, who does the calling),
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it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.”
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This accords with where it is written, “Ya‘akov I loved, but Esav I hated.”
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