fear of the Lord

So do not become proud, but fear the Lord

By David Maby | September 2, 2018

Romans 11:17-20 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the…

Make you jealous. Why?

By David Maby | September 1, 2018

Romans 11:13-16 13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. 15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance…

The proud one shall stumble and fall

By David Maby | August 31, 2018

Romans 11:11-12 11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much…

Do we fail to obtain?

By David Maby | August 30, 2018

Romans 11:7-10 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, 8 as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.” 9 And David says, “Let…

salvation by grace

There is a remnant, chosen by grace.

By David Maby | August 19, 2018

Romans 11:3-6 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” 4 But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 So too at the present time…

Has God Rejected His People?

By David Maby | August 18, 2018

Romans 11:1-2 1 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. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to…

I have held out my hands to disobedient people

By David Maby | August 17, 2018

Romans 10:18-21 18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” 19 But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation;…

What is Faith?

By David Maby | August 15, 2018

Romans 10:16-17 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. – Romans 10:16-17 What is faith? It certainly is not believing blindly. For example you can believe that…

Preach the Good News

By David Maby | August 14, 2018

Romans 10:14-15 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How…