Romans 11

We will start with a thematic review of the chapter. Romans in general is about God’s plan to save His people. The book is about grace. It starts off by proving that both Jew and Gentile are under sin. The Jews have sinned by the law and the Gentiles have sinned by their conscience, so that all men are without an excuse before God. Neither the law, conscience, nor the witness of creation can save. They serve only to condemn. So the conclusion to this part is:

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, no not one. (Rom 3:12).

That being the case, the only way to God is through grace. This means that God will not allow any boasting by man. He will receive no man with a boast. He will receive us by one way only, through grace:

Therefore, it is of faith, that it might be by grace…(Rom 4:16).

From there Paul proceeds to show us how grace works. The essential ingredient he describes in Romans 9 and Romans 11 is election. It is because of election that we have no boast before God. From this footing Paul continues in Romans 11 to explain how God draws his people to Himself through grace alone. This is the summit of the book.