Message Notes

Senior Sunday School 8 December 2024

Text: Romans 11

Subject: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion” Romans 11:26

25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

27 For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”

Romans 11:25-27

THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL

1. The word “mystery”

a) Something hidden

b) Something not yet revealed

c) God’s plans are a mystery until they are revealed

2. The danger of misreading a “mystery”

a) Ignorance

b) Personal opinion passed as “wisdom”

EXPLAINING THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL

1. The problem of spiritual blindness of Israel

a) In part, this is self-caused

b) In part, this is punitive

c) Relevant texts

i) Isaiah 6:9-10

ii) Matthew 13:14

2. The fulness of the Gentiles

a) There is a time element here

b) The Gentiles are given a time

i) To hear

ii) To respond favourably

iii) To believe

3. How long this period is

a) No one knows

b) But there is a time when “fulness” comes

c) Then this word would be fulfilled

ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED

1. This is a prophecy

a) All prophecies would be fulfilled

b) We have to wait upon the Lord for its fulfilment

2. God will send His Deliverer

a) He will turn away ungodliness

b) He will take away all their sins

3. God will keep His Covenant promise

WHEN WOULD THIS TAKE PLACE?

1. It remains a mystery

2. We do not know when Israel would be saved

VITAL LESSONS

1. Pray for Israel

2. Pray for Gentiles too

3. Evangelism must be a major concern and practice of life