Dec. 07, 2025

“God’s Choices: Faithfully Accomplished”

“God’s Choices: Faithfully Accomplished”
Romans 9:25-33
Central Idea: God’s sovereign choices reveal His faithfulness.
I. God’s faithful choices of the Gentiles (25-26)
A. Quotes from the Old Testament
• Hosea was the ____________ to the 10 northern tribes of Israel
• ___________ unfaithfulness to God: immorality and idolatry
• His relationship with his adulterous wife was a picture of
___________ unfaithfulness to God.
B. Applied to the Gentiles
• Principle: God was going to __________ to Himself a people
that was not His own (just as Israel had become).
• Point: By God's mercy, believing Gentiles, as well as believing
Jews, have been brought into the __________ of God.
II. God’s faithful choices of the Jews (27-29)
A. Remnant still exists
• Israel’s hope does not depend on __________ numbers of
Jewish believers —
• Israel’s hope depends upon _______, who has always kept
their hope alive by preserving a righteous remnant.
B. Faithful to the promises He made to the Jews
• Only because of God’s sovereign choice to be faithful to His
____________, would there be a remnant in Israel.
III. God’s faithful choices of all who accept His salvation by faith
and not by works (30-33)
A. By faith (30-31)
•Without even trying, Gentiles have been made ______________;
trying as hard as they could, the Jews have __________.
B. Not by works (32)
• Righteousness is a gracious _______.
• Righteousness is not a __________ for hard work.
C. The stone of stumbling is the stone of salvation (33)
• _________ is the stone of stumbling.
• But Jesus is also the the cornerstone of our _______________.
Application:
1. The sovereignty of God means God is in ____________.
• The sovereignty of God is our _______________ that He will do
what He has promised.
• The doctrine of ____________ is essential to divine sovereignty.
2. Your ________ should reflect the faithfulness of the God we serve
3. Jesus is either your ________________ or ________________ stone.
• There is no getting ____________ Jesus.
• Are you trusting in Jesus _________ for your salvation or your
______ works?