What do I know with Isaac Carroll
What do I know with Isaac Carroll
Today's Bible Reading: Romans 8-11 - No Condemnation, Spirit-Led Living, and God's Comprehensive Salvation Plan
Can anything separate us from God's love? Uncover the profound truths of Romans 8 and 9 as we explore the liberating message of no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. Embrace the transformative power of living by the Spirit, from freedom from the law of sin and death to the peace that comes with a Spirit-led life. Discover the Spirit's crucial role in our adoption as God's children and the assurance of future glory that eclipses present sufferings. Join our discussion on the eager anticipation of creation for the revelation of God's children and be reminded of the unwavering love of God, which remains steadfast through all circumstances.
In our next segment, we shift to Romans 10 and 11, delving deeper into the universal availability of salvation through faith in Christ. We explore Paul's heartfelt desire for his fellow Israelites' salvation, contrasting righteousness based on the law with that based on faith. Learn about the importance of preaching the gospel, the remnant chosen by grace, and the inclusion of Gentiles through the olive tree analogy. Appreciate the intricate balance between disobedience and mercy in God's plan, and celebrate His sovereignty and wisdom as we unravel the depth of His judgments. Don't miss this insightful episode that brings to light the comprehensive picture of God's salvation plan. Join us tomorrow as we continue with Romans 12!
May God bless you and lead you always.
Welcome to the podcast. I'm Isaac Carroll, and this is what Do I Know? Alright, in today's Bible reading we're going to be picking back up in Romans 8. If you're ready, let us begin. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of life has set you free, in Christ Jesus, from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do, by sending his son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin. He condemned sin in the flesh in order that righteousness required of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh but according to the spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law. Indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Speaker 1:You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit. If, in fact, the Spirit of God dwells in you, anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus, so then, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh, for if you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if, by the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will die. But if, by the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live, for all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God, for you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry Abba, father.
Speaker 1:The Spirit himself bears witness, with our spirit, that we are children of God. If children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him, for I consider that suffering of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the Son of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For if, now that the whole creation has been growing together in the pains of childbirth until now, and not only the creation but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies, for in this hope we were saved.
Speaker 1:Now, hope that is seen is not hope for who hopes for what he sees, but if he hopes for what he does not see, we wait for it with patience. Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know what to pray for, as we ought. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words, and he who searches hearts knows what is in the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together for good. For those who are called according to his purpose, for those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined, he also called. And those whom he predestined he also called. And those whom he called, he also justified. And those whom he justified he also glorified.
Speaker 1:What, then, shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all. How will he not also, with him, graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? If God, who justifies, who is going to condemn Christ Jesus is the one who died More than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who, indeed, is interceding for us, what shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger or sword, as it is written, romans 9 line.
Speaker 1:My conscience bears witness, in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart, for I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen. According to the flesh, they are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenant, the giving of the law, the worship and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the covenant, the giving of the law, the worship and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs. And from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all. Blessed forever. Amen.
Speaker 1:But it is not as though the word of God has failed, for not all who has descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring. But through Isaac shall your offspring be named. This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise who are counted as offspring. But this is what the promise said About this time. Next year I will return and Sarah shall have a son, and not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born and had done neither good or bad, in order that god's purpose of election might continue, not because of works, but because of him who calls. She was told, the older will serve the younger. As it is written jacob I love, but esau I hated.
Speaker 1:What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means, For he says to Moses I will have mercy on whom I have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. For the scripture says to Pharaoh for this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. So then, he has mercy on whom he wills and he hardens whomever he wills.
Speaker 1:You will say to me then, why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will? But who are you, o man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded? Say to the molder, why have you made me this way? Has the potter no right, over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel of honorable use and another of dishonorable use? What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath, prepared for destruction in order to make known the riches of his glory, for vessels of mercy which he has prepared beforehand for glory.
Speaker 1:Even us, whom he called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles, as indeed he says in Hosea, those who were not my people I will call my people, and her who was not beloved I will call beloved. And in the very place where it was said to them, you are not my people, there they will be called sons of the living God. And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel. Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved, for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay. And, as Isaiah predicted, if the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah. What shall we say then?
Speaker 1:That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith, but that Israel, who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness, did not succeed in reaching the law. Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone as it is written. Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.
Speaker 1:Romans 10. Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved, for I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge, for being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own. They did not submit to God's righteousness, for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. But the righteousness based on faith says do not say in your heart who will ascend into heaven to bring Christ down, or who will descend into the abyss, that is, to bring Christ up from the dead. But what does it say? The word is near you in your mouth and in your heart. That is the word of faith that we proclaim, because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, that is the word of faith that we proclaim. Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame, for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him, for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Speaker 1:How, then, will they call on him whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent as it is written? How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news, but they have not all obeyed the gospel.
Speaker 1:For Isaiah, says Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us? So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed, they have, for their voice was gone out to all the earth and their words to the end of the world.
Speaker 1:But I ask, did Israel not understand? First, moses says I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation, and with a foolish nation, I will make you angry. Then Isaiah is so bold as to say I have been found by those who did not seek me, and I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me, but of Israel. He says all day long, I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people, romans 11. I ask then has God rejected his people? By no means, for I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people, whom he foreknew.
Speaker 1:Do you not know that the scripture said to Elijah how he appeals to God against Israel? Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left and they seek my life. But what is God's reply to him? I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal. So too, at the present time, there is a remnant chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
Speaker 1:What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, it, but the rest were hardened. As it is written, god gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day. And David says let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them, let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see and bend their backs forever. So I ask did they stumble in order that they may fall? By no means. Rather, through their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous.
Speaker 1:Now, if their trespass means riches for the world and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean? Now I am speaking to you as Gentiles. Inasmuch, then, as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order to somehow make my fellow Jews jealous and thus save some of them. For if their rejection means reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Speaker 1:But if some of the branches were broken off and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant towards the branches. If you are remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you Then you will say branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in. That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear, for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. Note, then, that the kindness and severity of God severity towards those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in the kindness, otherwise you too will be cut off, and even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. For if you were cut from what is, by nature, a wild olive tree and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree, lest you be wise in your own sight?
Speaker 1:I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery. Brothers, a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. In this way, all Israel will be saved. As it is written, the Deliverer will come from Zion. He will banish ungodliness from Jacob, and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.
Speaker 1:As regard to the gospel, they are enemies for your sake, but as regards to election. They are beloved for the sake of their forefathers, for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they too have been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they also may now receive mercy, for God has consigned all to disobedience. That he may have mercy on all. Oh, the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments and how unscrutable his ways. For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor, or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen. All right, that is all the time I have for today. Tomorrow, we'll pick back up in Romans 12. Until then, you guys have a great day, goodbye.