Summary: GOD'S REJECTION OF THE NATION ISRAEL HAS NEVER BEEN COMPLETE; WHEN HARDENING THEM IN THEIR UNBELIEF HE HAS ALWAYS PRESERVED AT LEAST A SMALL REMNANT.

GOD'S REJECTION OF THE NATION ISRAEL HAS NEVER BEEN COMPLETE; WHEN HARDENING THEM IN THEIR UNBELIEF HE HAS ALWAYS PRESERVED AT LEAST A SMALL REMNANT.

1. (:1-6) God Did Not Reject Israel Altogether -- A Remnant of Jews Chosen by Grace Are Still Being Saved

a. Paul's own conversion is proof

b. Proof from God's foreknowledge

c. Proof from Elijah and the 7000

2. (:7-10) Israel Stubbornly Resisted God's Ways, So God Deadened Their Senses to Spiritual Truth