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30\u00a0<\/sup>What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith;<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

31\u00a0<\/sup>but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

32\u00a0<\/sup>Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

33\u00a0<\/sup>As it is written: <\/span>\u201cBehold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, a<\/span><\/span>nd<\/span> whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Quote from Isaiah 8:14 \u2014 And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.<\/span><\/em> (Israel fears an alliance of her enemies, Egypt and Syria.<\/h3>\n

And from Isaiah 28:16 \u2014 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.<\/span><\/em> Israel trusted Egypt for her deliverance from the Assyrians instead of relying on God.<\/h3>\n

Law of righteousness \u2014 the principle of pursuing righteousness by keeping a law \u2014 thinking righteousness will result from keeping the law. “As it were” \u2014 they sought it by works<\/h3>\n

Stumbling stone \u2014 Christ, the Messiah (seen by use of the article “Him.”)<\/h3>\n

Offense = trap, the part where the bait was put. Anything that causes a hindrance or prejudice. That makes people fall, as unbelievers do upon Christ.<\/h3>\n

Israel stumbled by refusing to trust Christ but continuing to pursue righteousness by works.<\/h3>\n

But Israel, seeking to obtain the righteousness of the law, did not obtain it. Why? Because they sought it by works rather than by faith (verses 31-32). Mark well, the Apostle does not say that they had failed to obtain righteousness because God<\/em> had not elected them to salvation, but because they<\/em> had sought to gain it by works rather than by faith. This is important, appearing as it does, at the close of such a chapter as Romans 9. \u2014 Stam, page 235.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

30\u00a0What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith; 31\u00a0but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32\u00a0Why? Because they did … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6608,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions\/6608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}