I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not ____

What confirms that Paul is not lying?

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the ___ ___

For I could wish that I myself were ____ and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people,[a] my kindred according to the flesh.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from ____ for the sake of my own people,[a] my kindred according to the flesh.

Who is Paul's kindred according to the flesh?

Name what belongs to the Israelites. Select all that apply.

They are _____, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah,[b] who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

From whom, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah?

Who is over all?

Who is God blessed forever?

It is not as though the ____of God had failed.

For not all Israelites truly belong to ____, and not all of Abraham’s children are his true descendants; but “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”

For not all Israelites truly belong to Israel, and not all of Abraham’s ___ are his true descendants; but “It is through Isaac that descendants shall be named for you.”

Through who are descendants named for you?

Who are counted as descendants?

This means that it is not the children of the ___ who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the ___ are counted as descendants.

“About this time I will return and Sarah shall have a son.” Who said?

For this is what the promise said, “About this time I will return and Sarah shall have a ___.”

For this is what the promise said, “About this ___ I will return and Sarah shall have a son.”

The promise said who would have a son?

Nor is that all; something similar happened to ___ when she had conceived children by one husband, our ancestor Isaac

Nor is that all; something similar happened to Rebecca when she had conceived children by one ____, our ancestor Isaac

“The elder shall serve the younger.” Who was told this?

Even __ they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose of election might continue, not by works but by his call) she was told, “The elder shall serve the younger.”

Even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s ____of election might continue, not by works but by his call) she was told, “The elder shall serve the younger.”

Even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose of election might continue, 12 not by works but by his ___) she was told, “The elder shall serve the younger.”

Who did God love?

Who did God hate?

“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Who said to whom?

What then are we to say? Is there ___ on God’s part? By no means!

So it depends not on human will or ___, but on God who shows mercy.

Who shows mercy?

“I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” Who said to whom?

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my ___ in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you, so that my ___ may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

So then he has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he ___ the heart of whomever he chooses.

You will say to me then, “Why then does he still find ___? For who can resist his will?”

“Why then does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”

You will say to me then, “Why then does he still find fault? For who can resist his ___?”

But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with ____? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”

But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with God? Will what is ___ say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”

“Why have you made me like this?”

But who indeed are you, a human being, to ___ with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Has the ____ no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?

Has the potter no right over the ____, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?

Name the uses a potter can make lumps of clay for.

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same ___ one object for special use and another for ordinary use?

What if God, desiring to show his ___ and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction

Who did God endure with much patience?

What are the objects of God's wrath made for?

and what if he has done so in order to make known the ___ of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his ___, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction

Who did God prepare beforehand for glory?

What did God prepare the objects of mercy beforehand for?

and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared ___ for glory—

including us whom he has called, not from the ___ only but also from the ___?

“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’” God says this in what book?

“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called children of the living God.” Who said?

“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called children of the living God.”What book is this from?

“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called __ of the living God.”

“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and ___ who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”

“Though the number of the children of Israel were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved; for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.” Who said?

Name how God will execute his sentence on the Earth.

“If the Lord of hosts had not left survivors[e] to us, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah.” Who predicted this?

And as Isaiah ___, “If the Lord of hosts had not left survivors[e] to us, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomorrah.”

“See, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall, and whoever believes in him[f] will not be put to shame.” Who said this?

What did Gentiles not strive for?

What did Gentiles attain?

but Israel, who did strive for the righteousness that is based on the __, did not succeed in fulfilling that law.

Why not? Because they did not strive for it on the __ of faith, but as if it were based on works.

Who stumbled over the stumbling stone?

Name where is the stumbling stone.

“See, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a ___ that will make them fall, and whoever believes in him[f] will not be put to shame.”

“See, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make people stumble, a rock that will make them fall,

and whoever believes in ___ will not be put to shame.”