Establishing Our Own Purpose

After all that Paul wrote in Romans 9, what is his reaction? He prays that many might know Christ and be saved. He sees God's sovereign will and His powerful grace, but also sees a people zealous for following God's law, not knowing that they are truly incapable of following it and need, rather, to zealously pursue the righteousness offered to us in Christ. We need not try to establish our own righteousness because Christ has established it for us. We need not die for Christ because He has already died for us.