I think I'd better perhaps read the verses from verse 25 to verse 32 in the 11th chapter of the

Epistle to the Romans.

Romans 11, verses 25 to 32.

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest he should

be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the

fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written.

There shall come out of Zion the deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

For this is my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins.

As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes.

But as touching the election, they are enemies for you as sakes, but as touching the election,

they are beloved for the Father's sakes, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief.

Even so, have these also now not believed, that through your mercy, they also may obtain mercy.

For God has concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Now, we were dealing in particular last Friday night with verses 30, 31, and 32.

And we ended on this note that the apostle has worked up to the great statement of verse 32 in which he gives us an explanation of God's

great way of salvation, his method in salvation. That is what makes this 32nd verse

such an important one. It not only sums up the argument of this chapter, but it

does lay down a fundamental proposition which enables one to understand the message of the

entire Bible. This is God's way and method in salvation. It is that he shuts up in unbelief or in disobedience, all kinds and

classes of men. We interpreted this statement in verse 32 as saying that the all refers to Jews and

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