Romans 11: 25-36
God’s Mercy Is for Everyone 25 I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ. 26 And so all Israel will be saved. As the Scriptures say, “The one who rescues will come from Jerusalem, and he will turn Israel away from ungodliness. 27 And this is my covenant with them, that I will take away their sins.”
28 Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 29 For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn. 30 Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead. 31 Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy. 32 For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone. 33 Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! 34 For who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice? 35 And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it back? 36 For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.
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SHOW NOTES
Great voices (cold opening)
Steve gets hit in the head with a power outlet and smelled the scent of concussion.
Bearstain Bears and the mandela effect.
Mandela Effect - a false memory is a phenomenon where a person recalls something that did not happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually happened.
Would you rather die and nobody noticed or people think that you died but you didn’t
God’s mercy is for everyone.
The wedding feast. (Matthew 22)
What does Paul mean when he says, “Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.”
What does Paul mean when he says, "For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone.”
Parents watching baby in the nursery know that the baby will go for the cookie.
Similarly, God knew that Adam and Eve would eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
God allowed us to become sinful so that we could choose him and have a relationship with him.
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