Verse By Verse Through Romans

Chapter Eleven

Romans 11:1 “I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.”

• “I say then…” is essentially as if the Spirit has Paul saying “in light of” what was written at the conclusion of what we have as chapter ten (Romans 10:17-21).
• Would God ever cast away His people? NO, (Deuteronomy 31:1-8, Psalms 37:28, Psalms 89:31-37, Psalms 94:14, and Hebrews 13:5-6).
• Does that mean they could not walk away from Him? NO, (Judges 2:10-12, John 6:60-71, and Hebrews 3:15-4:2; cf. Psalms 106:34-39).
• This letter has the phrase “God forbid” throughout (Romans 3:4, Romans 3:6, Romans 3:31, Romans 6:2, Romans 6:15, Romans 7:7, Romans 7:13, Romans 9:14, and Romans 11:11).
• Paul serves as evidence that God had not forsaken Israelites as he states what he is carnally (Romans 9:3) [of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin] (II Corinthians 11:22 and Philippians 3:3-5). Not only Paul, but all of the Apostles were Jews. The first Gentile to obey the Gospel call wasn’t until the tenth chapter of the book of Acts.
• The fact of the manner is, as already declared in this letter, the Jews had the first opportunity to hear the Gospel and obey it (Romans 1:16; cf. Luke 24:47, Acts 1:8, Acts 2:5, and Acts 3:25-26).