Sermon title: God's Three-Phase Salvation Plan for His One People
Sermon texts: Jeremiah 11:16-17; Hosea 14:4-7; Romans 11:11-27
Songs: "We Gather Together"; "Your Hand, O God, Has Guided"; "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord"; "In Christ There is no East or West"; Glory Be to God the Father"
Sermon abstract: To show that God has not abandoned the Jews, Paul offers a three-phase salvation plan for the Jews and Gentiles. In verses 11-15, Israel’s trespasses and sins have resulted in salvation of Gentiles, making Jews jealous. In verses 16-22, Jews are cut off from God’s cultivated olive tree to make way for Gentiles to be ingrafted and added to the remnant Jews. And in verses 23-32, after the elect Gentiles are all saved, God will again graft the Jews back into his cultivated olive tree by giving them faith and repentance.