Romans 9: 6-29 – Review with Answers

 

•        In Romans 9:6 Paul wrote “It is not as though God’s Word had failed.” To which part of God’s  Word is Paul referring?

–        God’s promises to bless and save Israel

 

•        Paul shows that God never promised to save all Abraham’s physical descendants by introducing a principle in Romans 9:8. What is that principle?

–        It is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring

 

•        Paul uses two pair of Abraham’s offspring to prove this point. Name the two pairs.

–        Isaac and Ishmael

–        Jacob and Esau

 

•        Is God unfair for loving (choosing) Jacob and hating (rejecting) Esau? Explain your answer.

–        God can do as He pleases. We as creatures have no right to question our creator.