Romans 9:8-29

1.    How many Old Testament characters did Paul cite in this reading? Discuss how each fits into Paul’s reasoning.

2.    How do you feel about the repeated facts of God’s choosing one among siblings, and whole families or races for exaltation, or rulership, over the others?

3.    What joy or excitement comes to you from this text? What questions arise for you out of the reading of this text? What did you learn that was new to you, or a new way of looking at something? What does this text tell you about God and about yourself? About humans in general?

Further Sources
9:7    Genesis 21:12
9:9    Genesis 18:1, 2, 10, 14; Galatians 4:21-31
9:10    Genesis 25:21
9:12    Genesis 25:23
9:13    Malachi 1:2-3; see also Psalm 78:67-70
9:15    Exodus 33:19
9:17    Exodus 9:16
9:18    Exodus 4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 14:4, 17
9:19    2 Chronicles 20:6; Daniel 4:17, 35
9:20    Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
9:21    Proverbs 16:4; Jeremiah 18:6
9:25-26    Hosea 1:10; 2:23; Exodus 4:22
9:27    Isaiah 10:22-23
9:28    Isaiah 28:22
9:29    Isaiah 1:9; 13:19; Lamentations 3:22