 Welcome to class, everyone. Praise the Lord and thank you, Jeffina, John Paul for joining class. Okay, maybe lost the connection. Thank you for joining class. Also, I'd like to welcome our e-learning students who will join this class later on or listen to these lectures later on. Thank you all. This morning, we will begin our study of Romans chapter 10. So before we do that, can one of you please lead us in prayer, please? Anyone? Anyone can lead us in prayer? No, it's great. God, we want to thank you for this morning that you have given us. God, we come before your presence and ask our God this morning that you would speak to us and help us to understand from your word. Unite our hearts together. God, that you would be able to understand your word with its power, with its fullness of God and be able to apply in our lives and help us to be channels of your blessing to be around us as we go. Thank you for this time. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thank you, John Paul. So we'll begin our study of Romans chapter 10. Can one of you please lead Romans 10 verses 1 through 2 verse 5, please? Romans 10 verses 1 to 5. Anyone would like to read? Romans chapter 10 verses 1 to 5. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved, for I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness have not submitted to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law. The man who does those things shall live by them. Amen. Thank you, Japhina. So here we see that Paul begins this chapter 10 the same way that he begins chapter 9. So he repeats what he has basically said in the beginning of chapter 9. What he really wants in his heart or what his heart's desire is that Jewish people be saved. Now Paul was a very staunch Jew and he had come to faith in Christ and we know that he encountered Christ in a very powerful way, which brought about a powerful or a significant transformation in his life. And now he's desiring the same thing for the rest of the Jewish people that they too will have an encounter with this living God and also will have a significant transformation in their life. So that is his desire. That is his deep down longing and desire. What's two he says, for I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. So he's saying that Jewish people are very zealous for God, but the saddest thing is that they don't have the right knowledge because they're so blinded by the truth that eyes have not been opened to the truth that is in Jesus Christ. So their eyes have not been opened to the truth and they don't want to be open, their eyes to be open to the truth and they're blinded to the truth. Verse 3, For they be ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness have not submitted to the righteousness of God. So he's saying they're ignorant about how to receive God's righteousness. They're going about and trying to establish their own righteousness by keeping the law and they haven't received a revelation of how they can receive righteousness through Jesus Christ. Verse 4, For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. So Paul is saying that Christ is the end of the law, which means all of the law was given for one reason to bring us to Christ, to lead us to Christ. So how does the law that was given lead us to Christ because people knew that they could not keep the law? There was no way they were competent enough or they were struggling to keep the law. They just couldn't keep the law and they knew that they needed someone to help them to keep the law. So everything in the Old Testament, whether it was the sacrifices, whether it's the laws, whether it was the rituals, everything was actually like a type and a shadow. It was pointing out to Jesus Christ who would come and in him, all of the law, all of the sacrifices, all of the sacrifices in the temple, the rituals, everything, everything would have sense, meaning and purpose. Through the work and the life of the person and the work of Jesus Christ. So all of the law is speaking of one person which is Jesus Christ and all of the law is fulfilled and met in one person and that is Jesus Christ. So it is through him that it is only through Christ that righteousness is possible for everyone. And without Christ, no one can be made righteous. Verse 5, for Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, the man who does those things shall live by them. So Moses said, if you want righteousness by the law, you have to live by the law. And this was very difficult because if you end up breaking at least one of the many laws, it's like you've broken the whole law. So if you break one law, you have broken the whole law. So the option of getting righteousness by keeping the law is not available. So the only way of receiving righteousness is through Christ Jesus. But you know the Jews are not willing to see that or receive that. Now if a person fix onwards, Paul goes on to talk about righteousness by faith. And he says, people who receive righteousness by faith, how do they live? So that is what he goes on to talk in verses 6 onwards. So can somebody please read verses 6 to verse 13 please? Anyone can read verses 6 to verse 13. But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way. Do not say in your heart who will ascend to heaven. That is to bring Christ down from above or who will ascend to the abyss. That is to bring Christ up from the dead. But what does it say? The word is near you in your mouth and in your heart. That is the word of faith which we preach. That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart. That God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes under righteousness and with mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture says, whoever believes on him will not be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon him. For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Amen. Thank you John Paul. So verse 6 of Romans chapter 10 says, by the righteousness of faith speaks in this way. Do not say in your heart who will ascend into heaven. That is to bring Christ down from above. And verse 7 or who will descend into the abyss. That is to bring Christ up from the dead. So it says those who receive righteousness by faith speak this way. So Paul is saying, how do they speak? And he is quoting from Deutronomy chapter 30 verses 12 to 14. So if you read from verse 11 onwards it says, for this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you nor is it far off. It's not in heaven that you should say who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us that we may hear it and do it. Nor is it beyond the sea that you should say who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us that we may hear it and do it. But the word is very near you in your mouth and in your heart that you may do it. So here Moses is speaking to the people of Israel. And Moses is telling the people the commandment and the law is not mysterious. It's not as mysterious as how heaven is mysterious to us or to see how it is mysterious that you cannot understand. But he is saying it's close to you. It's in your heart, in your mouth for you to do it. And verse 8, but what does it say? The word is near you in your mouth and your heart that is the word of faith which we reach. Now if you look at what Moses says, he says in Deuteronomy chapter 30 verse 11 which I read, he says, for this commandment which I command you today is not mysterious for you nor is it far off. So what Moses is saying is he's talking about the commandment or the law. But Paul instead of saying commandment or law, he says the word. And he says the word of faith which we preach, the word of faith which Paul is preaching, he says the word is near you. So you need to notice the difference. Paul is talking about the word and Moses is talking about the, he's not using commandment but he is using the word which he preaches unlike Moses saying commandment or the law. So he's replacing commandment with Christ because he has just mentioned to us in the preceding verses that Christ is the end of the law. Christ is the end of the law in verse 4. So he says for Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. So in that context he's replacing commandment with Christ and he's replacing the commandment with the law or law with Jesus Christ. So what is Paul really trying to say here? He's saying the way God wants us to live hasn't changed. He wants us to keep his word in our heart and in our mouth. Why does he want us to keep it in our heart and in our mouth? What happens if God's word is in our heart and mouth? What happens if God's word is in our heart and mouth? We will do it, right? That's why Jesus says, God says in the Old Testament, I will remove your heart of stone, give you a heart of flesh. I will write my laws upon your hearts and minds and I will put my Holy Spirit and He will help you to do everything written in the, you know, to follow Him or to obey His commandments. Okay. So what is the need to keep God's word in our heart and mouth? When it's in our heart and the mouth, we're constantly doing what His word requires of us. So what has changed is the word that we keep. Okay. So what has changed is the word that we keep. In the Old Testament, it is the law and in the New Testament is the message of Jesus Christ. It's the word of faith that we reach. Very interesting here. Okay. So Paul is saying that, you know, God wants us to keep His word and mouth in our heart in order to do it. And the way God wants us to do it hasn't changed, but only what has changed is the word that we keep. In the Old Testament, it is the law and the New Testament is the message of Jesus Christ, the word of faith which we preach. Okay. So the word of Christ, the word of faith, the teaching of Jesus is basically who Jesus is, what He has done and what He has made available to us. So what is the word? It's basically teaching of who Jesus is, what He has done and what He has made available. And Paul is saying Christ is not far away or deep down, but He's right near you. Okay. What is right near you? He says it's the word of faith and the message of Jesus Christ. So who is Christ? What He has done, what He has made available for you. That is the message. That is the word that we keep in our heart and in our mouth. And then He explains to us something in verses 9 and verse 10, something which He's not mentioned in Deutronomy, which I read Deutronomy chapter 30 verses 11 to 14. He basically, Paul is explaining here in verses 9 and 10, which is not mentioned in Deutronomy. He explains the dynamics of how this works. He's saying that he's talking about the inner details of keeping the word in our heart, in our mouth. And how does it work? In verse 9, he says, you know, if we confess with our mouth. Look again, he's saying not the commandment or the law, but he says we confess with our mouth that the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in our heart that God has raised him up from the dead. You will be saved. So if we believe who this Christ is and what He has done, you know, and what He has purchased for us, what we have, He's made available for us, you know, then He says we will experience salvation. Verse 10, for with the heart one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. So verse 10 says, for with the heart one believes with righteousness. So what does God want us to keep? Why does God want us to keep His word in our heart? It's because we believe in our heart. You believe that word. You believe who Christ is. You believe what He has done. You believe His message and you believe in your heart. So when you believe in your heart, it puts you in a right place. It puts you in a right standing with God. You're in a position where you're rightly positioned in Christ. You are in a right standing with Christ. So it says with the heart man believes resulting in righteousness and with the mouth confession is made which results in salvation. So those who receive righteousness by faith, we should speak like this. You know, we believe in our heart and we speak in our mouth. We speak in our mouth who Jesus is, what He has done, which is the message of Christ, the word of faith, which Paul says we have been speaking and preaching about this. He says we do not speak as though Christ is far away in heaven and dead and deep down in the earth. But he says the message is right there. It's in your heart and in your mouth. And when the confession, this confession is not about saying it once. Like, you know, God tells Moses in Deuteronomy is not just say it once and then forget it. It is not a one-time confession, but it's a way of life. It is believing and confessing, believing and confessing. It's believing who Jesus is, what He has done. It is confessing who Jesus is, what He has done, what He has purchased for us, made available for us. And it's a way of life. It's a lifestyle that we live. We are continually believing in our heart, confessing in our mouth what Jesus has accomplished in our lives through His death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and Him being seated at the right hand of the Father. Now, what does this mean for us? What does it mean to us? That those who have received righteousness by faith, they always speak the word of faith. They always speak the message of who Jesus is and what He has done. So, it's time for us to examine what we are speaking from our mouth. It's time to examine what we are believing in our heart. Are we speaking words of faith? Are we speaking what Jesus has done for us, who He is to us, what He has done for us, what He has accomplished for us, what He has made available for us? And when we believe in our heart and when we speak or confess with our mouth, where actually what we are doing is we are putting ourselves in the right place, the right standing, where we can experience who Christ is. Now, the word confession in Greek means to say the same thing. Confessing means saying the same thing over and over again. Which means we speak in agreement with who God is, who Jesus is, what He has done, what He has made available for us. What He has done for us on the cross through His death, burial, resurrection. So, I'm saying the same thing and I'm not saying anything contrary to who He is and what He has done. Jesus in Matthew chapter 10 verse 32 says, If you confess me before men, I will confess you before my Father in heaven. If you deny me before men, I will deny you before my Father in heaven. So, if we confess who Christ is to us, then the Father will declare us. Or if we say who Christ is to us, then Jesus will declare this to us that He is our healer. He is our deliverer. He is our sustainer. He is the one who provides for us. So, Paul is saying that this word of faith or this message of Jesus Christ, what he did through his death, burial and resurrection has to reach all people. Everyone needs to know about this. And he says anyone and everyone can have access to this. And he says anyone and everyone who hears this message and who calls in the name of Jesus will be saved and God will respond to all of them. So, that is what he states in verses 6 onwards. 6 to verse 13. Any questions so far? Any questions? Okay, verse 11 he says, For the scripture says whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame. So, who is the one who believes? Verse 12 he says both Jews and Greeks. Jews who think they are chosen people and Gentiles who they think will not be part of the Messianic banquet, will not be part of the kingdom of God. But he says everyone who believes will be saved. And he says whoever calls, whether Jews or Gentiles who call in the name of the Lord will be saved and they will not be put to shame. Okay, so that is to verse 13. Verses 14 to 21, Paul, you know, he shares about, he motivates us that the message of Jesus Christ has to go out to each and every one. So, that is what we will look at in verses 14 to 21. So, can somebody please read verse 14 to 21 please. Verse 14, how then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things. But they have not, but they have not all obeyed the gospel for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report. So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Yes, go ahead till verse 21 Rosalind please. But I say have they not heard? Yes, indeed, their sound has gone out to all the earth and their words to the ends of the world. I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation. I will move you to anger by a foolish nation. But Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those who did not seek me. I was made manifest to those who did not ask for me. But to Israel, he says all day long, I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people. Thank you, Rosalind. So he says, you know, Paul is basically saying, you know, how can anyone believe if they haven't heard the gospel? Yes, all those who call on the name of Jesus Christ will be saved. That is what he, you know, he ends off in verses 13 says whoever calls the name of the Lord will be saved. But he goes on to say, hey, how can people believe, you know, or how can they confess with their mouth if they haven't heard? And how can they hear without somebody going and reaching the word? And how can the person preach unless he has been sent? So somebody has to send them out. So verses 14 and 15 are like classic texts to encourage people for mission. In verse 15, Paul is quoting from Isaiah chapter 52 verse 7. And verse 16, Paul is quoting from Isaiah chapter 53 verse 1. And from Isaiah, he says how beautiful he quotes and he says how beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace who bring glad tidings of good things. So says not everyone believed when, you know, when the preacher was sent and when people heard, but Isaiah himself says, Lord, who has believed our report. So Paul is saying that, you know, even as we go and preach and teach, there will be people, not everyone who would, you know, receive the preacher will listen because Isaiah himself prophesies and says, you know, who has believed our report. So not everyone will believe, but that does not mean that we don't go and preach and teach, but we need to do our responsibility. We need to preach the gospel because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. And then he asks, you know, two rhetorical questions in verses 18 and 19 concerning Israel, like he has done in the past. He says, haven't they not heard? So he's saying, yes, they have heard the good news, right? The good news of the gospel has been preached to them. Did Israel not know? Yes, you know, Israel did not know, but they have heard the gospel. So in verses 18 and 19 and 20 and 21, he's quoting from the Old Testament verse 18, he says, Psalm 19 verse 4. And in verse 19, he's quoting Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 21. And in verses 22 and 21, he's quoting from Isaiah chapter 65 verses 1 and 2. So verses 19 and 20 Paul sets up the stage for what is basically coming up in chapter 11, that God has taken the message out to the Gentiles. You know, why is he taking it out to the Gentiles? One thing, one reason is to provoke the Jews or to wake up the Jews to the truth. The truth was given to the Jews, but, you know, they refused it, they rejected it. And then the truth was taken to the Gentiles. And now God is using the Gentiles to awaken the Jews to this truth. Okay. So first Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation. I will move you to anger by a foolish nation. Okay. So God is saying I will use the Gentiles to stir up the Jews towards God to provoke them, means to awaken them. And verse 20, he quotes from Isaiah. He says, I was found by those who do not seek me. I was made manifest to those who do not ask for me. Okay. So the gospel was preached and it has gone out to the Gentiles. It's something that God had already spoken and prophesied through the prophets. He spoke ahead of time. Part of what he's doing is through the Gentiles is he is, when the gospel is being preached to Gentiles, the Gentiles are part of the church. They're part of the kingdom of God. It's, sorry, it's awakening the Jews to know who Christ is. Okay. Verse 21. But to Israeli says all day long, I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people. So he's again saying that, you know, even though the Jews were given the truth, the gospel is preached to them. They're being disobedient and stubborn and hard to listen to the message of Christ. So, so this is something that he is setting us up for something that he is going to reveal to us that he is going to talk about. In chapter 11. Okay. So that was chapter 10 for us. Anyone has any questions? Because in chapter 11, he is going on to talk about God's plan for Israel. He's going to share God's plan for sharing the gospel to the Gentiles is to awaken the Jews up, stir up their hearts towards the truth. And, you know, so he's basically in chapter 11 is going on. Paul is going on to talk about God's plan for the Israelites. Okay. Any questions? Okay. There are no questions. We have about 20 minutes. We'll begin chapter 11. Okay. So again, we begin reading chapter 11, please. Very interesting chapter. Okay. There are basically, I think 36 verses, right? In chapter 11. Okay. So if all of you can read about 8, 8 verses. Each please in chapter 11. And then we will study chapter 11. I say then has God cast away his people. Certainly not. For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away his people from his people whom he phoned you. Or do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel saying, Lord, they have killed your prophets and toned down your altars. And I alone am left and they seek my life. But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself 7,000 men who have not bowed the knee to bow. Even so then at this present time, there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works. Otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace. Otherwise work is no longer work. What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks, but the elect have obtained it and the rest were blinded just as it is written. God has given them a spirit of stupor. Eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear to this very day. Amen. Thank you, Rosalind. Can somebody else continue reading please? And David says that they will become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and recompense to them. Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see and bow down their back always. I said then have the stumbling block that they should fall, certainly not. But through their fault to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to Gentiles. Now if their fault is riches for the world and their failures riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness. For I speak to you, Gentile, in as much as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry. If by any means I provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. For if they're being cast away is the reconciling of the world that will their acceptance be but life from the dead. Amen. Thank you, Zalutoli. Anyone else can continue reading please? For if the first ball, the first fruit is holy, the lamp is also holy. And if the root is holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches are broken off and you being a wild olive tree were grafted in among them and with them became a pateka of the root and the fatness of the olive tree. Do not boost against the branches but if you do boost remember that you do not support the root but the root supports you. You will say then branches were broken off that I might be grafted in. Well said, because of unbelief they were broken off and you stand by faith. Do not be hasty but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he may not spare you either. Therefore, consider the goodness and the serenity of God on those who fail. Serenity but towards you goodness. If you continue in his goodness, if you continue in his goodness. Otherwise you will be cut off and they also if they did not continue in unbelief they will. In unbelief will be grafted in for God is able to graft them in again. If for if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature and we are grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree. How much more will these who were natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree. Amen. Thank you. Can somebody continue reading from verse 25 please. Maybe 25 till the end of the chapter 36. Anyone would like to read from verses 25 to 36. For I do not desire rather than that you should be ignorant of this mystery. Let 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. And so all Israel will be saved as it is written. The deliverer will come out of Zion and he will turn away on goodness from Jacob. But this is my covenant with them. When I take away their sins concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable for as you were once disobedient to God yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience. Even so these also have now been disobedient that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy for God has committed them all to disobedience that he might have mercy on all. Oh the depth of the riches both on the wisdom and knowledge of God how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out. For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has become his counselor or who has first given to him and it shall repeat to him. For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom the glory forever am I. Let me have muted. Let me have muted I think. It's muted pastor I can't hear you. I can't hear you. Okay. Thank you everyone for reading and the whole of chapter 11. So we see that in chapter 11 you know Paul is basically talking about continue to talk about God's plan for Israel and what he has begun talking in chapter 9. In chapter 10 now he's building on in chapter 11 basically talking about you know how the Jews were considered to be the chosen people they had the laws they were given the laws of covenants. They had the forefathers you know it was to them that God had given everything they were the priests they had the priests they had the covenants everything and now you know it's the church. So where is the Israelites or where is the Jewish nation the people of has God forgotten the Jews. So you know chapters 9, 10 and 11 is kind of a detail from what he has been talking previously about sin righteousness justification in chapters 1 right after chapter 8 and how beautifully in chapter 8. He talks about you know that we are able to overcome the power of sin through the power of the Holy Spirit. So these three chapters chapter 9, 10, 11 Paul does not talk about this in such depth in such detail anywhere of his epistles very important chapters very unique chapters compared to anything else that he has written in any of his other episodes. He has been building up in chapter 9 and 10 he's now building up talking again in chapter 11. So he's basically here in this chapter he's repeating to us God's plan for Israel and he's showing us how God's plan for sharing the gospel to the Gentiles is going to awaken the Jews. So verses 1 to 6 which we read he begins this part of this letter with another question he says has God cast away his people. Now why does Paul say cast them away or why does he say that has God cast away his people because the Jews have rejected the gospel. Okay, so because the Jews have rejected the gospel the gospel or the salvation gospel message is now taken to the Gentiles and God's chosen people are not the Jews now it's a church. And so Paul says you know has God cast away his people and the answer is you know he gives the answer certainly not God has not rejected the Jews. And then he goes on to say that you know reminds the people that hey I myself I'm a Jew and you know I'm from the tribe of Benjamin. I'm an example that God has not cast away his people. Okay, because I myself being a hardcore Jew so to say somebody was so jealous jealous Jew you know so jealous and keeping and you know protecting the covenants and the law from you know and also doing away with Jesus Christ and doing away with his disciples. You know I was that jealous Jew but look at me you know I'm an example that God has not cast his people away that he he encountered me and that I have received righteousness. My grace to faith and I hear I am as an example and then he also quotes from the Old Testament. Now we see that Paul is continually quoting from Old Testament because he knows that his audience whom he's writing to are the Jews and the Jews are well versed with the Old Testament. So he's you know bringing about a lot of Old Testament scripture and also we know that he's quoting Old Testament scripture because you know Paul is a very learned man well trained man in the Torah. You know he studied under great teachers and one among them was Malil. So he quotes various Old Testament scriptures and also quoting because he has to prove from Old Testament what he's saying is something that is you know authoritative something that is right. So he says he's quoting from first Kings chapter 19 about Elijah here and Elijah had this great victory at Mount Carmel. You know where God sends some fire and he burns up not only the wood and the animal but you know the stones and the mud you know we know that stones and mud cannot be burned by fire but everything is you know literally burned by fire so to say and after this victory at Carmel you know Jezebel hears that so many of the Baal followers were killed by those who were on the side of Elijah and then he sends a message to Elijah that she will kill him and we see that Elijah begins running for his life. Okay imagine just after this victory that God gave him you know instead of holding on to who this God is and so powerful gave him that victory on Mount Carmel instead of being bold and strong he's I mean human again you know he runs for his life. And then we see that angel of angel ministers to him and feeds him and he hides in the cave and God asks him when he's hiding in the cave hey Elijah what are you doing here in this cave. And so Elijah is so depressed and so distressed and you know he says God you know they've killed all I'll say God doesn't know God he's killed all of your people and I am the only one left here. So he thinks he's the only one left and so he's trying to save his life you know and what does God tell him what does God tell him how many people has he saved you know he says I'm the only one left but he's God says I have saved a remnant of 7000 men who have not bowed down to Baal again. So in the same way today no Paul is bringing out this example he's saying even though there is a widespread rejection among the Jews they reject the gospel of Jesus Christ. And there's a widespread rejection of the gospel among the Jews even today yet you know among them God has a people has a remnant of people who are the Jews who have said yes to the gospel. And so Paul is saying hey I'm one of them I'm one of them who has said yes to the gospel okay. So what's fine he says even so then at this present time there's a remnant according to the election of grace. So he's paul I think there are people who are elected by grace now this word elect select chosen beforehand you know has come up again. So the word election or selection must be again understood or interpreted as we have interpreted and understood in chapter 9. And what we said there in chapter 9 that God's selection or his election is not a partial selection of people it's not selecting some and you know eliminating others it's not discrimination of a few. But you know like we studied in chapter 10 you know all are called the gospel message is sent to all but it's only those who believe who confess with their mouth believe in their heart that Jesus is Lord will be saved. And it's those who believe are the ones who are called and those who are called will be justified and those are justified will see the glory of God like we studied in chapter 9 and chapter 10. Okay so all who are called who say yes or will receive this call are the selected. It's not that God has already chosen beforehand or selected beforehand some to be vessels of fraud some to be vessels of righteousness. Those who choose him will be vessels of righteousness those who reject him will face consequences but we studied in chapter 10 that God is patient and long suffering not wanting anyone to not wanting anyone to perish. Okay so all are called but there are you know not all who say yes or not all who receive the call but those who receive the call are the called chosen and they're selected. So he's already told us about that all who believe and confess with the mouth will receive salvation and they will become the select they will be elect and they are the chosen ones or the ones who are called by Jesus Christ. So Paul says those who embrace Christ they receive salvation by grace and they did not get it by works they're chosen by grace and not by works. And so all those who the remnant of Jews who have said yes to the to the gospel and Paul being one of them he's saying we have said yes to his grace. Okay so it was just one to six Paul is saying God is not given up on Israel. On a large scale yes the Jews have rejected the gospel yet God has not given up on them and that among those who have said yes to the grace of God and Paul says I am one of them and there are others as well. Okay so we just have two more minutes anyone has any questions. Now we will not begin studying versus seven onwards but any questions so far. Any questions. No ma. No okay okay so if there are no questions then we'll end class like I said I like to repeat. I'll release the assessment second assessment chapters five to chapter eight five six seven eight again on the 25th I'll release it by 6pm IST and you can submit it on 27th that is October 27 which is a Friday. So how Paul of you are okay with that. Right. Okay. Okay thank you Rosalind. Thank you all for joining class have a blessed day and a blessed week ahead I'll see you on Friday. Thank you everyone.