Election and Reprobation Examined

What is Libertarian Free Will?
1. Man is free to act contrary to His nature.
2. Man is free from any predetermination by God.

I.  Has the Word of God Failed?  1-13

A.  Paul’s Love for his Countrymen  1-3
    

B.  The Privileges that belong to the Jews  4

Romans 3:1
        
    1.  Who are Israelites   2.  The adoption    Exo 4:22;  19:5;  Hosea 11:1
    3.  The glory      4.  The covenants   	5.  The giving of the law
    6.  The service of God    7.  The promises   	8.  The Fathers

C.  The Deity of Christ  5	
    

D.  The Word of God has not Failed  6-8

    The promise of God to Israel has not failed.
    There is and always has been A REMNANT – 11:1, 5

E.  The Promise and Purpose of God  9-13

    v. 11 -- the purpose of God according to election might stand.	
        8:28 – purpose is effectual calling
        9:11 – purpose is election
    
    He loved Jacob – before his birth – before he had done anything.  He hated Esau – before his birth – before he had done anything.

God is love – and God is a consuming fire.

II. Question One

Does this make God Unrighteous?   9:14-18	

A.  An Emphatic “NO!”

B.  The Examples of Moses and Pharaoh

III. Question Two

If God is Sovereign, how can He hold Man Responsible?  19-24

A.  Who are you to reply against God?  19-20

B.  The Potter and the Clay  21-23

C.  The Gateway to the rest of chapter 9 through chapter 11    24