The Mystery of Israel's Salvation
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? Rom 11:35
shall be recompensed... Greek: antapodidomi, repay. Here; Rom. 12:17; Luke 14:14; 1Thes. 3:9; 2Thes. 1:6; Heb. 10:30. God pays His debts to His creatures.
1Cor. 4:7 “For who maketh thee to differ ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive , why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received ?” We did not give to God, He gave even our life to us. We are what we are by the grace of God. We had absolutely nothing to do with that family we were born in, or what race we are, or what color our hair is, or how tall we are, or how intelligent we are: God chose. This verse in Job says it all.
Job 35:7 ”If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?”
The apostle then quoted Isa. 40:13, which shows that God is the sole Designer of His wise plan. No one knows His mind or gives Him advice. This is followed by a free quotation from Job. 41:11, which testifies to God’s sole responsibility for His acts. God is indeed the Sovereign of all things, the One to whom all creatures are accountable and whom all should glorify. He is under no obligation to repay anyone, for no one has ever given Him anything.
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