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God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n God does not reject or desert any of His children whom He has chosen.<\/p>\n The words translated \u201cdid not cast away<\/span>\u201d are the Greek words ouk ap\u014dsato<\/em><\/span>. The word ouk<\/em> <\/span>is a form of ou<\/em><\/span>, which we talked about in the previous verse. It expresses the absolute negative. The word ap\u014dsato<\/em> <\/span>is a form of ap\u014dtheomai<\/em><\/span>, which means \u201cto thrust away from oneself, to cast off, or to reject.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cForeknew<\/span>\u201d is translated from the Greek word proegn\u014d<\/em><\/span>, which we talked about back in Romans 8:29<\/strong><\/span>. It is a compound word made up of pro<\/em><\/span>, which means \u201cbefore, in place or time\u201d and a form of gin\u014dsk\u014d<\/em><\/span>, which means, \u201cto know in a completed sense, that is, to have full knowledge of.\u201d<\/p>\n The word \u201cpleads<\/span>\u201d is from entugchan\u014d<\/em><\/span>, which is made up of en<\/em><\/span>, meaning \u201cin or by\u201d and tugchan\u014d<\/em><\/span>, which properly means \u201cto affect or to obtain.\u201d Entugchan\u014d<\/em><\/span>, therefore, refers to \u201cmeeting with someone for the purpose of obtaining a request.\u201d<\/p>\n In the previous verse Paul asked the rhetorical question, \u201cDid God put away His people?<\/span>\u201d Then he immediately answered it with the declarative, \u201cNo way!<\/span>\u201d He is now giving more clarification as to why he said that. He starts off this verse by stating, \u201cGod did not cast away his people.<\/span>\u201d Paul is saying that God absolutely did not thrust away or reject His people.<\/p>\n The next phrase describes an attribute of God\u2019s chosen people, those whom He did not reject. They are those, \u201cwhom He foreknew.<\/span>\u201d You may recall that in Romans 8:29<\/strong><\/span> Paul said:<\/p>\n For whom He foreknew, He also predestined<\/span> to be<\/em><\/span> conformed to the image of His Son.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n In other words, these are the elect, the chosen ones of God. Paul is saying that God did not reject His people whom he foreknew and chose as His children. In fact, God can\u2019t reject those whom He has chosen, which Paul pointed out in the earlier chapters of this book. Next, Paul will quote a passage from Elijah, but since this is so closely tied to the next verse we will cover it there.<\/p>\n The thing I want us to get from the current verse is the fact that God chose some of the Jews to be saved, but not all of them. And even though He will turn from Israel as a nation, He will not turn away from those Israelites whom He has chosen. God does not change! Let me repeat that, God does not change!<\/p>\n If God did not reject his chosen ones from the Old Testament dispensation, He is not going to reject those whom He has chosen in the church age. That\u2019s another way of saying, \u201cOnce you are saved, you are saved for good.\u201d That means that no amount of grieving the Spirit or willfully sinning against God is going to cause you to lose your salvation. Remember that you did not do anything to get it in the first place (God chose you), so there\u2019s nothing you can possibly do to lose it (God won\u2019t reject you).<\/p>\n That\u2019s eternal security!<\/p>\n In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\nTruth to Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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