Romans: God’s Remnant Is Never Rejected (Romans 11:1–6)

Main Idea: God’s Remnant Is Never Rejected

Text: Romans 11:1–6

Outline:

1. Rejected by God?

2. God has not rejected His people.

3. Remnant in the days of Elijah.

4. Present remnant of grace.

Romans 11:1–6

[1] 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. [2] God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? [3] “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” [4] But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” [5] So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. [6] But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. (ESV)