Sermon Outline 6.8.25

Title: God’s Faithful Remnant: God isn’t finished
Text: Romans 11:1–10

Theme: Even when it looks like faith is gone, grace is still working. God’s remnant still lives.

I. INTRODUCTION – HAS GOD FORGOTTEN HIS PEOPLE?

II. GOD HAS NOT REJECTED HIS PEOPLE (vv. 1–2a)

• Paul is proof: A believing Jew from Abraham’s line
• “Whom He foreknew” = covenantal, electing love (Amos 3:2; Romans 8:29)

III. GOD ALWAYS PRESERVES A REMNANT (vv. 2b–6)

• Elijah thought he was alone—God had 7,000 (1 Kings 19)
• The remnant is not the exception; it's God's plan
• “Chosen by grace”—not works; grace and works are mutually exclusive

IV. GOD HARDENS THOSE WHO REJECT GRACE (vv. 7–10)

• A painful truth: Some receive grace; others are judicially hardened
• OT support: Deut 29:4, Isa 29:10, Ps 69

V. CONCLUSION – GRACE IS STILL WORKING

• Look for the hidden remnant—pray for and reach out to one person
• Unplug from despair—replace news time with time in God’s Word
• Stop striving—rest in grace (Rom 11:6); identify performance-based thinking