Theology of the Church, Mentor's Guide, MG03

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T H E O L O G Y O F T H E C H U R C H

a. Deut. 10.15

b. Deut. 14.2

c. Ps. 105.6, 43

d. Isa. 41.8

e. God’s election of Israel to select and represent him is linked directly to his demand that they be holy, for they as God’s elect nation must reflect his own righteous character.

3. Notice that the Old Testament does not woodenly suggest that the people of Israel are the elect of God simply due to genetics and the physical lineage of Abraham.

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a. Within the larger nation there exists God’s own holy and elect remnant.

b. God recognizes some of the Israelites as his chosen, a remnant which forms a distinct group within greater Israel, Isa. 65.8-9.

c. Isa. 10.20-23 and Isa. 14.1. The Lord God will “again choose Israel.”

4. Rom. 9-11. Even though the Gospel has been rejected by a majority of Jews, God’s chosen people, God will deliver his remnant, as spoken in the Old Testament.