The Road to Romans 2016!
Because he
showed us mercy we need to show others mercy
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Romans 11:25–36 (NLT)
25I 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.
26And 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.
27And this is my covenant with them, that I will take
away their sins.”
28Many 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.
29For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.
30Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when
the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead.
31Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to
you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy.
32For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he
could have mercy on everyone.
33Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and
knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his
ways!
34For who can know the Lord’s
thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice?
35And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it
back?
36For everything comes from him and exists by his power
and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.
So know, Paul is summing
up chapters 9-11 in his letter to the church in Roman. You can tell he is in
pain over the fact that his fellow Jews have missed the great gift of Christ, that
in the arrogance they have set them selves center stage and missed that its
always and will always be about God, and the good news that his son Jesus
brought to us. And this is the summation of what Paul wants to see for his
brothers and that we should never count God out.
A very misunderstood
set of verses!
25I 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.
26And 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.
27And this is my covenant with them, that I will take
away their sins.”
28Many 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.
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This set of
verses are very confusing
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Is he saying no
matter what all of Israel gets in, no matter what??
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No he is saying
God has given them the same gift of grace
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Of mercy
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And if they by
faith will find Jesus, they will be forgiven
How easy is it for us to
start looking down our nose??
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At those in the
church that have lost there ways??
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It would be
easy!
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We can’t, we can
never, ever forget where we came from
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And continue to
show the same grace we were given through Jesus!!
We can’t forget
where we were when Jesus saved us!!
30Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when
the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead.
My testimony
I can relate to the story of Israel
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As a kid, I found
Jesus
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With the help
of the most amazing Godly woman
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Until I was
around 13 or 14
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And I rebelled,
hard
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Drugs
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Theft
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You name it I
did it
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It was the 70’s
Then in 90’s I found myself sitting in the parking lot of a church one Sunday
morning
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Broken
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Tore apart
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Never finding
the hole filler in my heart that Jesus once filled
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And another
amazing Woman helped me in that parking lot
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And I went in a
reconnected with Jesus!!
And yet again I rebelled
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God was
blessing me
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I found the
woman of my dreams
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And yet a
little money and fame
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And I was right
back where I was
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But he never
gave up
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He let me fall
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And when I
thought there was no hope
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That I had finally
pissed off God, and he washed his hands
I found myself yet again
wanting God back in my life
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And another
great woman
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Helped me find
my way back
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And I have
never turned back!
And Paul is saying God will
do the same over and over again, if he wants you he will have you!!!
We never forget
and so we always show mercy!
31Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to
you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy.
32For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he
could have mercy on everyone.
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We can never
forget where we came from
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How we got here
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We have to
continue to show mercy
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Both in and out
of the church
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Nothing makes
me mad like seeing a “Christian” with the attitude
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I want it my
way
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I want it free
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And I don’t want
to contribute to make it happen!
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I see it all
the time
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Everything that
happens in this church is done through volunteers
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And people
complain if its not done right to there liking!!
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Then get in the
game and help!!
One more rant!!
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You are not
better than anyone else
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We are all disobedient
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We all sin
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The only reason
your going to heaven is JESUS
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Is the MERCY OF
THE CROSS!
Ok I’m done!!
How great is the God we serve!?!?!?!?
33Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and
knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his
ways!
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We will never
understand why God does what he does
Isaiah 55:8–9
(NLT)
8“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says
the Lord. “And my ways are far
beyond anything you could imagine.
9For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
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We need to
trust him
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That he is
great and wise
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That he has all
knowledge
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That he is the
giver and taker of life
34For who can know the Lord’s
thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice?
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We need to stop
trying to out think God
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Stop putting our
self in little “G” position
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We have to stop
using him as a peez dispenser
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And start
falling on our face and listening through his word and each other
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We need to be obedient
not, expect God to be obedient to us!
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We must never
for get we serve him!
35And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it
back?
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Why do we think
God owes us anything?
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He gave us a
free gift
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The greatest gift
in the world
John 3:16
(NLT)
16“For this is how God loved the world: He
gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish
but have eternal life.
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If that’s all
God ever does, its more than we deserve
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There is
nothing we can do to put him in a position that he owes us at all!
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