Paul connects Israel and the Gospel in Romans 11. What a fascinating bridge between the Old and New Testaments. He is emphatic that disobedience leads to God's mercy and all of Israel can be saved. The remnant can be saved...
"I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
In one of the strongest statements, Paul says God's gifts and call are irrevocable...or cannot be undone. What a fabulous passage to ponder in ministry. We cannot undo what God can do. God is faithful and merciful. Here is the passage...
"for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you. For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all."
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