God’S Economy In His Selection
GOD'S ECONOMY IN HIS SELECTION
God has an economy, a divine arrangement, in His selection. This divine arrangement or administration is over the entire world and the whole human race. This administration under God's sovereignty is His divine economy.
A REMNANT RESERVED BY GRACE
In Romans 11:1 Paul asks, "I say then, Has God cast away His people? Certainly not!" Paul was an excellent attorney, capable of arguing and winning either side of a case. If we did not have Romans 11, we would certainly think that God, after having chosen Israel, must have changed His mind. Chapters nine and ten of Romans seem to indicate that God has given up Israel. Because some people think this way Paul asked, "Has God cast away His people?" Then he answered the question himself, saying strongly, "Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite out of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the case