PURPOSE IN ELECTION

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;

CHILDREN ALREADY CONCEIVED

FOREKNOWN

CALLED

ELECT ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

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;)

MYSTERY HIS WILL REVEALED

PREDETERMINED INHERITANCE

THE PURPOSE IS MILLENNIAL

TO INHERIT THE KINGDOM

WHO WOULD SERVE WHO?

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]."

THINGS TO COME

GOOD THINGS TO COME

AGELASTING INHERITANCE

GLORY AND HONOR SOLD

PREFERENCE

Romans 9:13 "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."

HATE AND LOVE IS RELATIVE

IS PREFERENCE WRONG?

Romans 9:14-26 "What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

MINE OWN

SHOW ME THY GLORY

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.

MERCY AND GRACE FOR GLORY

YOU DID NOT CHOSE ME

Romans 9:16 " So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.

THAT ALL THE EARTH MAY KNOW

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.

THAT HEAVENS MAY KNOW

GOD IS SOVEREIGN

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?

HIS WORKMANSHIP

ONE LUMP - SAME FAMILY

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?

PATIENT WITH PHARAOH

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:

VESSELS PREPARED FOR GLORY

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,

JEWS AND GENTILES CHOSEN

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.

THE ELECT WILL BE SONS

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."