rkjnt Romans:11:1-10
rkjnt@Romans:11:1 @ I say then, Has God cast away his people? By no means. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
rkjnt@Romans:11:2 @ God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah? how he appealed to God against Israel, saying,
rkjnt@Romans:11:3 @ Lord, they have killed your prophets, and pulled down your altars; and I alone am left, and they seek my life.
rkjnt@Romans:11:4 @ But what is the answer God gives to him? I have kept for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
rkjnt@Romans:11:5 @ Even so, at this present time, there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
rkjnt@Romans:11:6 @ And if by grace, then it is no longer by works: otherwise grace is no longer grace.
rkjnt@Romans:11:7 @ What then? Israel has not obtained that which it sought; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
rkjnt@Romans:11:8 @ As it is written, God has given them the spirit of stupor, eyes that should not see, and ears that should not hear; down to this day.
rkjnt@Romans:11:9 @ And David says, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution to them:
rkjnt@Romans:11:10 @ Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their backs forever.