Romans 9:8. That is, thy flesh which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Now, Isaac was not the child of Abraham’s flesh. He was born according to promise, when his mother was past age, and his father well stricken in years. His was the birth according to the promise, and that is the way the line of grace runs - not according to the flesh, but according to the promise. If, then, all my hope of heaven lies upon my being a child of godly parents, it is an Israelitish hope, and good for nothing. If my hope of heaven lies upon my having been born according to the promise of God -born of his grace and of his power - in that line the covenant stands. God is determined that it shall be so.
Romans 9:8. That is, thy flesh which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Now, Isaac was not the child of Abraham’s flesh. He was born according to promise, when his mother was past age, and his father well stricken in years. His was the birth according to the promise, and that is the way the line of grace runs - not according to the flesh, but according to the promise. If, then, all my hope of heaven lies upon my being a child of godly parents, it is an Israelitish hope, and good for nothing. If my hope of heaven lies upon my having been born according to the promise of God -born of his grace and of his power - in that line the covenant stands. God is determined that it shall be so.