John piper romans 96/26/2023 ![]() ![]() This is the essence of what it means to be God. 28 Or to put it more precisely, it is the glory of God and his essential nature mainly to dispense mercy (but also wrath, Ex 34:7 ) on whomever he pleases apart from any constraint originating outside his own will. “These three realities overlap in the present context so that we can say God’s glory and his name consist fundamentally in his propensity to show mercy and his sovereign freedom in its distribution. What could be more auspicious than to be called an ‘Israelite’!” ( ) God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.’ To be an ‘Israelite’ is to be among the people of God, and God does not reject his people. ![]() Its promissory import is evident from Paul’s use of it in Rom 11:1f: ‘I say therefore, has God rejected his people? No indeed! For I myself am an Israelite, from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. It sums up all the other privileges in its richness (see p 21). “The first privilege of Paul’s kinsmen is that they are ‘Israelites.’ 24 The word is redolent with a blessed antiquity and a glorious future ( Is 49:3 56:8 66:20 Joel 2:27 4:16 MT Ob 20 Ps 25:22 53:6 130:7f). ![]()
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