010:017 And this proves that faith comes from a Message heard, and that
the Message comes through its having been spoken by Christ.
010:018 But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole
world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words
to the remotest parts of the earth."
010:019 But again, did Israel fail to understand? Listen to Moses first.
He says, "I will fire you with jealousy against a nation
which is no nation, and with fury against a nation
devoid of understanding."
010:020 And Isaiah, with strange boldness, exclaims, "I have been
found by those who were not looking for Me, I have revealed
Myself to those who were not inquiring of Me."
010:021 While as to Israel he says, "All day long I have stretched
out My arms to a self-willed and fault-finding people."
011:001 I ask then, Has God cast off His People? No, indeed.
Why, I myself am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham
and of the tribe of Benjamin.
011:002 God has not cast off His People whom He knew beforehand.
Or are you ignorant of what Scripture says in speaking of Elijah--
how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,
011:003 "Lord, they have put Thy Prophets to death, and have overthrown
Thy altars; and, now that I alone remain, they are thirsting
for my blood"?
011:004 But what did God say to him in reply? "I have reserved
for Myself 7,000 men who have never bent the knee to Baal."
011:005 In the same way also at the present time there has come to be
a remnant whom God in His grace has selected.
011:006 But if it is in His grace that He has selected them,
then His choice is no longer determined by human actions.
Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.