11:7
Paul sums up the situation. Israel was seeking righteousness, but failed to find it. We need to understand that merely looking for the right thing, searching for it, even searching for God is not enough. For if it was we are then making salvation man focused, man dependent. However, some did find it, these were the elect. “The rest” had hardened hearts.
11:8
Paul quotes from Is 29:10, and this states that God gave them a spirit of stupor, so that their eyes would not see nor their ears hear. And this was true right down to Paul’s day, and even now. The truth of this is seen in their rejection of Christ. Does this mean man has no responsibility? No. Their stupor is a result of seeking to earn righteousness, of being man-centred.
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