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Sermon #3269

According to Grace

A Sermon on Romans 11:1-6

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Romans 11:1-6 ESV NASB KJV
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals …

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Sermon Description

In this sermon on Romans 11:1-6 titled “According to Grace,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones focuses on how this is relevant to the present time. He speaks of an authority that is always based on the word of God, not the authority of a person or prophet. The example of Elijah is given that the Christian might learn from him. He teaches about the doctrine of the remnant and how the rejection of Israel was not complete or total in its scope. There are many arguments that display this including Paul’s own conversion. God preserves His remnant out of the whole group to show that election is entirely from God’s grace. All have sinned and are saved only by this grace and not any human works. Christians are saved in spite of themselves. There is a new identity given to God’s people through the instruction of His word. Christians are encouraged to not judge circumstances by patterns of people but to judge them by the word of God. God’s great comfort rests in His promises and He will keep His church going and maintain the remnant. Thank God for the doctrine of the remnant according to the election of grace.

The Book of Romans

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) was a Welsh evangelical minister who preached and taught in the Reformed tradition. His principal ministry was at Westminster Chapel, in central London, from 1939-1968, where he delivered multi-year expositions on books of the bible such as Romans, Ephesians and the Gospel of John. In addition to the MLJ Trust’s collection of 1,600 of these sermons in audio format, most of these great sermon series are available in book form (including a 14 volume collection of the Romans sermons), as are other series such as "Spiritual Depression", "Studies in the Sermon on the Mount" and "Great Biblical Doctrines". He is considered by many evangelical leaders today to be an authority on biblical truth and the sufficiency of Scripture.