Romans 11
Verse four ‘I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who
have not bowed the knee to Baal’
Verse twenty nine ‘For the gifts and calling of God are
irrevocable’
You may be forgiven for thinking that the
passage that we have given you to read today, Romans 11, does not at first
sight make you think about the fact that God is faithful. However the more you
read through the passage and think about what is written you begin to see this
principle.
Throughout Romans chapter 11 God is speaking to
his people and explaining how over the centuries of time he has organized the
preservation of his people. There are points where individuals such as Elijah
say that everything has gone awry and nothing is going right but then God
intervenes and says 'I have reserved for myself 7000 men who have not bowed the
knee to Baal'. God is faithfully preserving his people even in times when the
majority of his people turned away from him..
Verse twenty nine states that the gifts and
calling of God are irrevocable. Really the Lord is stating here that when God
provides gifts to his people and calls his people to himself then he will not
go back on his word. The passage is emphasizing the faithfulness of God to do
what he wants to do, to do it for his pleasure and glory, to never go back on
his word but to bring his purposes to their ultimate conclusion.
The passage ends with a lovely statement that
some people would call a doxology. 'For of him and through him and to him are
all things to whom be glory for ever. Amen'.
All
the things that happen find their origin in God. God uses the Lord Jesus Christ
as the channel through which the purposes of God are fulfilled. Ultimately all
things are for the glory of God and to his eternal pleasure. God is faithful
and we can trust him because he will bring his purposes to their fulfillment
and that includes fulfilling all the promises that are made to you and me
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