Sunday Morning: March 28, 1999
Text: Romans 9:10-13 "And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
2 Timothy 1:9 "Who hath saved (Esau and Jacob already in the family) us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace
Romans 8:29-30 "For whom he did foreknow (those who would be in the family), he also did predestinate (those who would reign) ... 30. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:&ldots;"
1 Thessalonians 2:12 "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."
Romans 9:11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
Ephesians 1:9 "Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:"
Ephesians 1:11 "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:"
Ephesians 3:11 "According to the eternal [agelasting] purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:"
Matthew 25:34 "&ldots;, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:"
Romans 9:12 "It was said unto her, The elder [greater, firstborn] shall serve [be in bondage, Gal. 4:9) the younger [lesser, not in line for the birthright]."
Hebrews 11:20 "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come."
Hebrews 9:11 "But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, &ldots;"
Hebrews 9:15 "And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that &ldots; they which are called might receive the promise of eternal [agelasting] inheritance."
Hebrews 12:16 "&ldots; Esau, &ldots; sold his birthright."
Romans 9:13 "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."
Luke 14:26 "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."
Matthew 19:19 "Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (John 12:25)
Romans 9:14-26 "What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Matthew 20:15-16 "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16. So the last (lesser, Jacob) shall be first (greater), and the first (greater, Esau) last (servant): for many be called, but few chosen."
John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd, and know
[present active] my [mine own] sheep,
and am known [present active] of mine [mine own]."
Romans 9:15 "For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Exodus 33:18-19 "And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. 19. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, &ldots;; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
1 Chronicles 16:27 "Glory and honour are in his presence &ldots;"
Romans 2:7 "To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality [incorruption], eternal life:"
Romans 9:16 " So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
John 15:16 "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit (that will qualify you to enter the kingdom of heaven), and that your fruit should remain: ..."
Romans 9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. 18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Ephesians 3:10-11 "To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 11. According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:"
Romans 9:19-20 "Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 20. Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Ephesians 2:10 "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."
Romans 9:21-22 "Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel (Jacob) unto honour, and another (vessel, Esau) unto dishonour?
2 Timothy 2:20 "But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour."
Romans 9:22 "What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering (in Exodus) the vessels (Pharaoh house) of wrath fitted to destruction:
Exodus 10:7 "And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, &ldots; knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?"
Romans 9:23 "And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
John 17:24 "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me..."
Romans 9:24-26 "Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25. "As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
1 Peter 2:10-11 "Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11. Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, &ldots;"
Romans 9:26 "And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children [sons] of the living God."
Revelation 21:7 "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."
Hebrews 11:13,14,16 "These all died in faith&ldots;they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country." "16. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city."