I think it would be well that I should read again the words that had to be found in Paul's

epistle to the Romans in chapter 9 from verse 6 to verse 13.

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect, for they are not all Israel that are

of Israel.

Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children.

But in Isaac shall they seed be called.

That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God,

but the children of the promise accounted for the seed.

For this is the word of promise.

At this time will I come and Sarah shall have a son.

And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac,

for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil,

that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him

that calleth, it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger, as it is written,

Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. Now, most of you will remember that we've worked

our way through the details of that

argument. There's only one argument there, and the argument is on this theme that they're not

all Israel that are of Israel. And the apostle, you remember, works out his argument to demonstrate that by citing two

cases. The first case is the case of the two sons of Abraham. The second case is the case of the

two sons of Isaac. Now, we saw that in both cases he adopted the same process of

argumentation. He states the facts. He quotes a direct explicit statement of God, and

he deduces his own doctrine. Now, he's done that in both these particular cases that

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