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Rom.11:28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

YHWH is not an attorney, with that thought in mind let us start from love, for God is love. Many view the thought of God's gift of election being irrevocable from the mind of an attorney. In other words, a contract with many hidden clauses where the holder waits for a mistake and then revokes the contract.

Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

1Cor.13:7 (love) bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

The apostle Paul here states that the gift of God's election is irrevocable it not revocable so how are we to understand when just above Paul tells us that God broke off branches so the Gentles branches could be grafted in, is that not a revoking of the gift? From a legal mind, one might answer yes, but not from love. First love imputes good, not distrust and evil.

James.1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers.
1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 1:19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Subsequently, God is love, so the gift held out to “all” Israel was one of love, which hopes all things and believes all things, whom than rejected the gift? God or individual in Israel? We know without doubt God does hold favorites, having justice for one, but not the other, nor does he lie. Hence, the rejection of such a gift would be according the free will God created in each one of us. Israel sought the gift by their own will, their own works in keeping the law, letting them deceive themselves into thinking they were deserving of the gift. There is no greater rejection when a gift is given freely out of love than we boast as if we did something to earn it!

Romans 9:11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

Romans 9:32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

In other words, they were owed the gift as a payment, furthermore, many of the Gentles called into the body of Christ were believing the same, why? Because that is the nature of the fallen flesh, and they were fleshly thinking using the corrupted mind of flesh instead walking and remaining in love, by the mind given them from above in Christ Jesus. The gift is held out impartially and cannot be revoked, we must reject the gift as Adam and Eve rejected the gift of love found in paradise, imputing evil too God for a beautiful wonderful gift of love. Thinking God is a man, an attorney that we must deal with him from our own will, bartering, keeping score, give and take, no! The gift was given freely not on conditions, but freely from love. We must make what is good and righteous into something evil adding to the word of God rejecting the thought that God is love and gives us his love freely.
1 John 4:20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

1 John 4:19 We love Him, because he first loved us.

James.2:8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"{Leviticus 19:18} you do well. 2:9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 2:11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"{Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18} also said, "Do not commit murder."{Exodus 10:13; Deuteronomy 5:17} Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 2:12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

In other words, taking love twisting it into a debt, instead of not owing anyone a single thing but love, we pervert God's love into a obligation making it a debt owed us. As a servant we make ourselves equal to God setting up a sub-kingdom rejecting what God has given us freely, for a debts of sins found in our brothers and sisters for payment. We make them worship God by works of law, letting ourselves go free under God's love. But we reject God's gift to others for our kingdom so we can control and judge others.

Rom.13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

This is the context of Paul's words, disobedience in this case mean Israel could not keep the law, they were sinners, so works of law did not make them non-sinners, it was the gift of God that did, from his mercy, giving them blood to blot out their sins, not works of law. They were to beam with gratitude for their mercy because God had cleared them in being condemned by His righteous laws. Not so they could gloat, and brag in their flesh that some how they were less sinners than others, if so, it was God's undeserved gift that made them so!

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.

Ephesians 2:9 not of works, that no one would boast.

1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Luke. 20:9 He began to tell the people this parable. "A {NU (in brackets) and TR add "certain"}man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
20:10 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty. 20:11 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 20:12 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out. 20:13 The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.' 20:14 "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' 20:15 They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? 20:16 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!" 20:17 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?'{Psalm 118:22}

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