GOD'S MISSION THROUGH HIS REMNANT, Dr. Samuel Lee
SO THAT HE MAY HAVE MERCY ON THEM ALL
Passage: Romans 11:25~36  
Key verse: 32
All Israel Will Be Saved
25 I do not want you to be ignorant(A) of this mystery,(B) brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited:(C) Israel has experienced a hardening(D) in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,(E) 26 and in this way[a] all Israel will be saved.(F) As it is written:
“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is[b] my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”[c](G)
28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies(H) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,(I) 29 for God’s gifts and his call(J) are irrevocable.(K) 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient(L) 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[d] receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience(M) so that he may have mercy on them all.
Doxology33 Oh, the depth of the riches(N) of the wisdom and[e] knowledge of God!(O)
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!(P)
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”[f](Q)
35 “Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”[g](R)
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.(S)
To him be the glory forever! Amen.(T)
33 Oh, the depth of the riches(N) of the wisdom and[e] knowledge of God!(O)
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!(P)
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”[f](Q)
35 “Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”[g](R)
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.(S)
To him be the glory forever! Amen.(T)
Footnotes
- Romans 11:26 Or and so
- Romans 11:27 Or will be
- Romans 11:27 Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34
- Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.
- Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the
- Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13
- Romans 11:35 Job 41:11
Cross references
- Romans 11:25 : Ro 1:13; 1Co 10:1; 12:1; 2Co 1:8; 1Th 4:13
- Romans 11:25 : S Ro 16:25
- Romans 11:25 : Ro 12:16
- Romans 11:25 : ver 7; S Ro 9:18
- Romans 11:25 : Lk 21:24
- Romans 11:26 : Isa 45:17; Jer 31:34
- Romans 11:27 : Isa 59:20, 21; 27:9; Heb 8:10, 12
- Romans 11:28 : Ro 5:10
- Romans 11:28 : Dt 7:8; 10:15; Ro 9:5
- Romans 11:29 : S Ro 8:28
- Romans 11:29 : S Heb 7:21
- Romans 11:30 : S Eph 2:2
- Romans 11:32 : S Ro 3:9
- Romans 11:33 : S Ro 2:4
- Romans 11:33 : Ps 92:5; Eph 3:10; Col 2:3
- Romans 11:33 : Job 5:9; 11:7; Ps 139:6; Ecc 8:17; Isa 40:28
- Romans 11:34 : Isa 40:13, 14; Job 15:8; 36:22; Jer 23:18; 1Co 2:16
- Romans 11:35 : Job 41:11; 35:7
- Romans 11:36 : 1Co 8:6; 11:12; Col 1:16; Heb 2:10
- Romans 11:36 : Ro 16:27; Eph 3:21; 1Ti 1:17; 1Pe 5:11; Jude 25; Rev 5:13; 7:12
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Source:  BibleGateway
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