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Rom.11:1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Here the apostle Paul deals with one of the most controversial subjects of his day, and ours, did God reject his people, Israel? First, was God looking for a reason to reject his people? No! Was God looking for a reason to reject Adam & Eve, again no! God does not delight in the death of wicked, nor does he look for bad in us.

Ecclesiastes 7:29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.

Jeremiah 17:10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

God looks for the good, he hopes all things and believes all things, so if there is a rejection it would come from us, our rejecting him and than God in his wisdom dealing with our rejection for salvation for others, or perhaps ourselves in his time table and discipline. Lets us remember the truth is not a competition of beating the other guy, and/or guys, its not a game of points.

Romans 11:15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

Romans 10:9 that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Ephesians 2:1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,

Nor should we think because of heritage we have immunity from prosecution of God. God does not condone evil, he does not condone sin, he eradicates it! When God's people think their actions does not affect others specifically their brothers and sisters of the same body, body of truth in this case Moses and the law the nation Israel being dedicated to God as one. That is, where ones person sins that sin effects all, and must be atone for by the nation as one.

Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Exodus 34:27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

Exodus 24:3 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."

Soon or later God must break off branches if they becomes so corrupt that they effect the holy root stock of the tree causing its death. Is that a rejection? If its is a rejection, it is a self inflicted wickedness that the nation refused to correct, or it could not correct because the corruption permeated the whole mass.

Ezekiel 44:7 in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, [to add] to all your abominations.

When wickedness is accepted long enough it becomes away of life, condoned and justified until the lie becomes the peoples truth and those upholding the truth become evil in the eyes of the people. There is no acceptance of truth there is a violent rejection of it because it exposes the lie. Subsequently, the killing of Christ and all of God's prophets.

Malachi 2:10 Don't we all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

When evil is removed each member must also repent because they themselves are part of the whole, as one nation they are not separate or above, they share in the sins of all. This is the concept God's anointed were failing to see, they were one body, they shared in the body of Christ as one person, if they live or died they belonged to Christ. They were not independent agents coming and going as they wished, doing as they wished thinking they were expectational.

1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me."

What they suffered is what the body suffered, what they were feed is what the body was being feed, if we share in the good, do we not share in bad? When men in power cut a body member off, does not mean that person is at all cut off from God, or rejected. It means those doing the killing of Christ and his body members themselves were rejected because of their unrighteous evil actions. What judgment they wished upon their enemy became their own judgments.

Hebrews 8:10 "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Hebrews 8:13 In that he says, "A new covenant," he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.

Daniel 9:3 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
9:4 I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, 9:5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances; 9:6 neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

When we look into a mirror we see our reflection if we love the person we see despite all the imperfection, that is, we apply the law of love to the reflection and quickly forget the acceptance we make for ourselves. Then we go out and judge our brothers and sisters for the same imperfection we have overlook in ourselves, have we not become but a wicked judge!

Matthew 7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. 7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

Luke 6:37 Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

When we think our judgments are God's because we have the bible and some truth, we then share in the sins of all, and our judgments will come upon us. Rejection is in God's hands in perfect justice, he does not look in a mirror and forget the truth, or does he pervert the truth over feelings. In fact, God does not give us what we deserve, which is common among the world doling out what a person deserves without mercy. Not God, he gives undeserved kindness to sinners, he humbles himself, and does not act in anger. Let us remember all this before we can come close in how God dealt for thousand's of years with his people Israel. No God did not want to reject Israel at all, he wanted to save all Israel, and some he did, but sadly, only a remnant. One man's life has given life to the stars of the heaven enumerable as the sands of the sea, what than will God do with a complete Israel made up of Gentles and Jews alike?

Titus.3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
3:2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
3:6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; 3:7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

A Remnant According to The Election of Grace

****Rom.11:2 God didn't reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don't you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel: 11:3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."{1 Kings 19:10,14} 11:4 But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."{1 Kings 19:18} 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

The apostle Paul once stated that every mouth was shut by the laws judgment of sin in us! That indeed has been a hard concept for some of us, but there is something far greater than the law, grace. Yes, unmerited kindness, undeserved kindness.

2Cor.3:7 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away: 3:8 won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory? 3:9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
3:10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. 3:11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. 3:12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

If the law shut our mouths in boasting in flesh, than the grace of God has kills our flesh to any thought of boasting in and of ourselves. From this point Paul under God's Holy Spirit stops the mouth of those thinking they were superior in Christ, no man has given another grace, removing sin, and judgment from their enemies, wiping their unfaithfulness away completely, by unmerited kindness, none, not one nation to date has dealt with those not of their nation with complete freedom in love.

Titus 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 3:6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; 3:7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

How does one judge God's kindness as a free gift if one has received the same, that is, not by their own works, or merit, but as a gift not deserved? If the law shut all mankind mouth's locking them up into death by its conviction, how could one boast in the freedom from that judgment through God's own love? This is the dilemma, how could one judge God's kindness, how could one know the works of God in man's heart accept to uses laws of death to re-condemn those set free by His undeserved kindness?

Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

1 Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours.

There is power in others weakness, sin, to control, to gain power over them through guilt, but to gain that power one must uses what they themselves had been set free from, sin, and the laws condemning sin. Now that is truly undeserved kindness when we cannot stop sinning, and none of us can live up to the standards of God's righteous laws, and yet he sets us free from sin.

1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

The body of Christ was not understanding the power of Christ life working in them through grace, they seen the power of law in the flesh, by condemning sin through God's righteous and good laws. Empowered them in their flesh, in this life upon earth, just as it had made God people Israel the greatest nation on earth. But it was not the solution in removing our sins, or bring us into personal sonship with God as declared righteous and sinless so we could be filled with God's Holy Spirit making us the temple of God upon earth.

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

2 Corinthians 13:4 For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

Ephesians 1:19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

No person had been God's temple upon earth under the law, the law did not come close to the reality of Son of God as sinless righteous man upon earth. Now God offered to the nations for them to become part of Israel, in Spirit and truth, that is, part of the life of Christ making them son's of God, as the dwelling place of God's Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 3:16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Philippians 3:10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

Had Israel been lost? No! God had a remnant that accepted the free gift letting go of the power of sins law for the true righteousness of Christ life. The laws power was not life, it was sin, sin is death! The power of Christ life, is life, not death, the power of God's kingdom is life, the life of Christ in us freeing us from death found in the power of law. They had gotten it backwards the lost of Israel as a whole was negative, but God is not past, he is not negative, he is not the power of the law which condemns us (past transgression our past sins, negative), God's power is expressed in life, Christ Jesus, nothing is lost, love cannot be lacking, can it?

Hebrews 2:14 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.

Hebrews 7:16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

2 Peter 1:3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;

In other words, when one lives in life there is hope, faith, and love, there is no death, darkness, failures, and/or guilt. Those are the fruits of death. How then does one enter into life? By the fruits of life, which is, the power of Holy Spirit. Our flesh is dead in Christ, but living in our flesh we are at war against the death working in us, with the Spirit of life given us freely in Christ Jesus our life.

1 John 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

Hebrews 2:14 Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.

2 Corinthians 4:12 So then death works in us, but life in you.

It is God's gift of life in Christ indwelling us, a gift of God, not by works, but grace we conqueror this world. We have the sentence of death in us, we know the truth of our condition, but the love of God compels us not to give up, in this great hope we know (Spirit) God just as he know us (by love), but then face to face we will know him fully. (as life)

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Romans 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

1 Corinthians 3:22 whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

The Rest Were Hardened

****Rom.11:7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened. 11:8 According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."{Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10} 11:9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them. 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."{Psalm 69:22,23}

Here is the problem with human nature today we often see those in the entertainment field promoting some program to help the poor or animals dramatically asking other to contribute while they themselves are ultra rich, having more money then they could spend in many lifetimes! The deception is they have absolved themselves of obligation by telling others what they need to do while they give from their abundance instead of their needs!

Luke.21:1 He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. 21:2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.{literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's wages for an agricultural laborer.} 21:3 He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
21:4 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

This thinking plagues the human race, preaching does not mean we are better, exempt from doing. Israel God's chosen people failed because they thought their preaching and teaching God's divine laws they were in control, exempt from the whole purpose of the law to love others as they did themselves, doing good towards others as they wanted done unto them.

Matt.22:35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying, 22:36 Master, which is the chief rule in the law? 22:37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 22:38 This is the first and greatest rule.
22:39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbor as for yourself. 22:40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

Our thinking we are doing more makes us better has nothing to do with the truth of God. Mercy, kindness, and faith does, but who will response in not being pushed by laws demanding we must perform or be punished? History says very few really loved God, and done for others because God loved them and had mercy upon them. Here Paul tells us the outcome of self-righteousness, hate, blindness, and hardening of the heart, why? Simply put, if you can't love your brother whom we can see how can we love God we don't see.

Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Hebrews 10:24 Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

1 Corinthians 13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all that you do be done in love.

In other words, when we hate through judgments, we are unwittingly exempt ourselves to the same judgments, we are saying we have earned a better standing by something we are done or doing for God. This deception leads us further and further into making ourselves into a god, which god is blind to its own faults. This is why the entire book of Roman's is really about one thing? God's grace, undeserved kindness, and/or unmerited kindness Vs. the laws judgment. Human nature under sin takes this road of judging others by some work, education, religion, government exempting itself from the truth that we are all sinners, not one of us is righteous, and than looks not at itself, but instead the fallen flesh of others weakness to justify ourselves.

James 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
1:24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
1:26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless. 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

In others words, this is how the whole system of mankind is set up, it is how it grows and prospers, the law given to Israel by God would have done the same thing in any nations hands. Moreover, it has done the same in Christian's nations, and non-Christian nations that have used the books of Moses. Here real Israel was not about preaching teaching others, but the love of God, how they treated one another was the test of truth in faith, and love. The real Good News was telling others how grand and good our heavenly Father is towards us, by our own actions meeting the words of our mouth, that is, in faith, bubbling up our love for God, not laws!

Revelation 2:4 But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

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 4:8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

We live in a corrupt world where entire government leader exempt themselves from what they demanded, and is common practice among the people they govern. They feel justified, believing the lie, they are proud of their position, no matter how outrageous their conduct is, we are shocked, stunned that there is no remorse, no understanding, so far out of touch with their mouths and what they practice it seem impossible such self-blindness exist!

Jer.17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 17:10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Spiritual Israel a small remnant was raised in Christ, freed from the elementary things of this earth, that is, its system of things, and its practices they walked in truth the Christ. They have no comparison with fallen flesh to judge their conduct by, why? Those are dead works, put in the grave for them by dying in Christ. They are freed from this elementary conduct of all false religion, government, and commerce, they look to Christ knowing they are under undeserved kindness because of Christ righteousness and not their own.

2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

Romans 6:10 For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

Colossians 2:20 If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances.

Problem solved, if they stay in Christ and not man. They must trust completely in God that he would lead them in Christ by Spirit through their life course on earth; he was not looking to trick them, handing them a serpent instead of a fish, he was the creator of their new life, and the Father of their new life. They must look to Christ life which actually exempted them of sin, and depend upon God's love as truth, while suffering in the dead flesh and its many rules.

Rom. 8:32 He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
8:33 Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies. 8:34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."{Psalm 44:22}
8:37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Provoke Israel to Jealousy

****Rom.11:11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

The consequence of not knowing what is common among all mankind can leave us ignorant of the truth of God. The flesh and its desires are common to all of us no matter we have faith or we don't in God. Those that think they are above what is commonly found in all sinners because of their religion, believing it exempt them, and/or denying fleshly sins God has and will provoke to jealousy!

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?

Jealousy comes first from hate, a loathing, and destine for a person or a group of person, in this case the Gentiles. The Jews thought they were better than the Gentiles, the Gentiles were pangs, unclean to Israel, kept separate. Gentile association defiled a Jew, and the holy things of God. Israel had contempt for the occupying Roman's at Christ time; whom defiled that which Israel worshiped. The Roman's were the unclean thing causing Israel desolation as a holy and righteousness nation.

Acts 11:9 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'

Romans 14:14 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Yes, there was much hate and contempt for Gentiles among the Jews. God, however, uses the nations to discipline his people time and again in Israel history, but why? Here then is the ultimate question we mustn't over look in our own faith as some of God's anointed were doing at this writing of Paul's letter to the Roman congregation, and what is that?

Acts 10:28 He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.

Haggai 2:13 Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, will it be unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean."

Haggai 2:14 Then Haggai answered, "'So is this people, and so is this nation before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.

Man's anger does not work out God's righteousness, we human, that is, what is common to all of us, think our anger over the defilement of God's holy things makes our hatred righteous, but does it? Christ did not hate the Roman's, he did not become jealous over their defilement of God's things by the Roman's, but why? Christ understood that his Father was perfect in all his ways, that every good gift is from above, and what was from below comes from the flesh which is common to all of us, trouble, hate, jealousy, fits of anger, causing us many woes upon this earth.

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.
3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

He understood God had not put Israel in this terrible place under Roman rule they had, by their lack of faith in God, they were disciplined by their own sins, common to all mankind. In other words, if any nation on earth acts haughty, sooner or later it will fall from ignorance of pride that is what common among all mankind's flesh!

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Zephaniah 3:11 In that day you will not be disappointed for all your doings, in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of you your proudly exulting ones, and you will no more be haughty in my holy mountain.

Israel had become self-righteous, it had lost God's righteousness found in the faith of the blood. It was proud of its position thinking it was special and above other sinners, and/or nation not knowing God, but is that why God loved Israel and chose them? Moreover, is that why God has chosen son's of God in a spiritual Israel? Was it because of their wisdom as a nation, their understanding of the law? Was God's hands tied because he made a promise to Abraham for a everlasting nations that would rule the world?

2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Psalms 10:17 Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear.

Psalms 25:9 He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

No! God loved Abraham because of his heart, his humble complete faith in him. God loves those putting complete faith in him because they are humble knowing what dwells in them as a sinner is not worthy of God love. Israel was proud, judgmental, and demanding of God. They lived in anger because they were fueled by the desires of the flesh they thought they had put away by God's righteous laws. They failed to understand the love of the law only served to amplify their sins, causing them to become more and more hateful towards others, and deeper and deeper into self-justification until they had become a complete fleshly nation comparing flesh against flesh causing much hate and jealousy.

Luke 18:9 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
18:10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 18:12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' 18:13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

In other words, what is common to all flesh is to account itself exempt, better by critically looking at others that do worst then us. The law either brought us to true righteousness in the blood, and/or to jealousy and hate for others hidden in our hearts because none can stop sinning or put away the filth of their flesh. Humility from pride of being righteous must be put aside to serve God. Now this pride of self-righteousness was affecting God's anointed like yeast. What is of the sinful flesh produce flesh which is yeast to Spirit and truth. If you judge yeast by laws that only prove its yeast and than boast in the flesh as though one can remove yeast from bread by laws condemning sin ( flesh/yeast); we are in deep trouble forgetting the cleansing of Christ righteousness founded in his blood alone.

Rom.7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

Romans 6:14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

None, not even Israel had removed sin by human wisdom, thinking, study of God's word, by special feelings of being chosen of God, not even by purity of doctrine, no not one person! They had missed the gift of undeserved kindness for self-righteousness, and self-justification, instead of humbly accepting in all humility the truth of God's unmerited kindness. This error in judgment is common to all flesh that only descends into greater, and greater corruption until the whole mass is unfit for anything but destruction!

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Rom.3:4 May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment."{Psalm 51:4}

Rom.3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

Zephaniah 3:8 "Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

****Rom.11:12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

If one fills a cup to the brim it is full, the “fullness” implies a limit does it not? Yet, many believe that the number of spiritual Israel is limitless, why? Because society political correctness teaches us everyone, and every thing is equal, but God is not unfair, or is he worried about what human think to be fair!

Isa.40:13 Who has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or has taught him as his counselor? 40:14 Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
40:15 Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

Nothing in reality under the systems of things mankind has set up is equal or fair! The real question plaguing many Christian's is the apostle Paul words here under Holy Spirit; was he teaching the fullness of physical Israel or spiritual Israel? The rejection of physical Israel by God is a bitter spot for many Christian's throughout the history of Christianity. But what did God reject? The mundane system of earthly temple worship that could not remove sins by animal blood or individual Israelites?

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.

James.2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him? 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts? 2:7 Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

The call went out to all Israel a nation given God's prophets, priest, kings, and his attention for thousand's of year, He, God did not hold back anything from Israel the nations. Yet, they rejected the Son of God, not even knowing it was God's Son sent to save them. The system of things God had set up served its purpose, it had finished its course. God was changing that system he gave to Israel not by their goodness or faithfulness, but for his name sake, a name Satan the Devil had slandered by his own world he controls.

Heb.3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;
3:2 who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. 3:3 For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house has more honor than the house. 3:4 For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God. 3:5 Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken, 3:6 but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Heb. 7:11 Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Heb. 8:5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."{Exodus 25:40} 8:6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law. 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

Moreover, a nation Satan had corrupted many times in its history. Israel had got it backwards as does many religions in today's world, it was not about them, but God YHWH who they were chosen to represent by their faithfulness to his name. They thought their importance being chosen of God was so important God could never reject them and their system of things. Yes, unknown to many today their heavens, God's laws over them, and their earth the system of things controlled by God's laws would be rolled up removed, and a new heavens and earth was being placed over those with faith in Christ Jesus life.

Matt.5:17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. 5:18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter{literally, iota} or one tiny pen stroke{or, serif} shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says Yahweh, so your seed and your name shall remain.

2 Peter 3:13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Spiritual Israel was God's new heavens and earth, his foundation that new Jerusalem was built upon. Israel imputed evil to God, their own God, and fought vehemently against Christ incoming kingdom from the new heavens. Their hearts harden by self-righteousness, their position, and being fleshly rejected God, by rejecting his own son.

Romans 11:1 I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:2 God didn't reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don't you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

1 Thessalonians 4:8 Therefore he who rejects this doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

Now Paul makes the point, the entire point of the letter of Romans which is spiritual Israel, not physical Israel would bless all the nations of our earth from a new heavens and a earth created new by God, and they at that time were its very first fruits. The number of which would come from Jews and Gentle alike, God was not partial as Israel had been costing them the privilege of being spiritual Israel.

Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

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;
Rom.2:8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,
2:9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 2:10 But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 2:11 For there is no partiality with God.

The fullness, that is, the complete number of spiritual Israel is the blessing of God to all mankind, one more step to redeem what was lost by Satan the Devils slander of God's Holy and righteousness name. Returning to what God had rolled up, set aside accomplished nothing for those created, and lead by Holy Spirit, going back to mundane, corruptible worship of God, instead of the incorruptible worship of God in Spirit and truth made no good sense.

Gal.5:4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
5:5 For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
5:7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth? 5:8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 5:9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

Each step in the letters of bible written by the apostles of Christ will point out the incorruptible life of Christ exult position that cannot be shaken or corrupted again by will intention humans on earth. Christ is the end game the finish works of God, the perfection of prettiness to restore God's name. No religion on earth was going to be allowed to corrupted that which is reserved in heaven Christ Jesus the perfect will and truth of God. Those representing God, not as a physical nation are ambassadors, without land on earth or building, their home; spiritual Israel is reserved in heaven by the life of Christ whom raised them to be seated with him. They must serve by Spirit and be lead by Spirit to do the will of God.

1 Peter 1:4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you.

Luke 22:69 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

This is the faith required that Israel rejected as a whole, this is test for spiritual Israel of being rejected by this world and its system of things while seeking a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Fixing their eyes above in the life of Christ, and not in human power, but the power of the kingdom above. Not an easy task, when most Christian's today seek the power of earthly kingdoms, rather that be religion, business or governments, those of spiritual Israel live without bar or doors, that is, living under the new heavens by the law of love leaving the vulnerable to attacks.

Ezek.38:10 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device: 38:11 and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

Matt.5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, 5:45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? 5:47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? 5:48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
The counterfeit kingdom of God Christ state would come into being after he was gone, happened for the protection of Christian's, but to protect Christian's they must revert to the laws Israel used to form their might institution to prevent being attacked by the nations corrupting the spiritual law of spiritual Israel into to yeast.

1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Galatians 5:9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

Rom.13:18 He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches." 13:20 Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? 13:21 It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures{literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel} of flour, until it was all leavened."

Jealousy or Blessings?

****Rom.11:13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry; 11:14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Jealousy of the flesh can be caused from many things, but usually it comes from a disrespect of a position a person has obtained to in life. When one steals the glory due that position, or acts presumptuously towards something sacred and holy and/or when one takes a position not earned can causes jealousy which is hate for the so called evildoer.

1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34}

Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.

What right did the Gentiles have in Israel, what inferior position were they not staying inline with? Paul understood that his teaching and preaching caused hatred in the hearts of the self-righteous, those that believe because they were Hebrew they were entitled to the keys of God's Kingdom, entitled to teach God's word, and had the right to approval life with God by their judgments upon earth. They had concluded they were a faithful nation to God. Their human judgments they thought incorrectly were God's judgments.

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;
1:20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God. 1:21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls{or, preserve your life.}. 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Hence, when Paul wrote, using their holy writings to prove the truth of God in Christ he was hated because he was teaching that their system had ended being fulfilled by the perfect life of Christ Jesus the Son of God. That caused jealousy, and hate, because the Jews believed Paul and certain the Gentile were unclean, not worthy of the special position the Jews had held before God under the law.

Romans 14:14 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

Acts 11:9 But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'

Luke 6:45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

The presumptuousness was not in Paul or the Christian's because they understood undeserved kindness, not by their righteousness had they become righteous, but it was due to the precious and righteous life of Christ dying for them, not only for them, but also the Jews. How did they no that? By the Spirit of God in them they were not incited to jealousy and hate towards the Jews, and/or the Gentles, anyone wanting to know Christ they were happy to share the very kind gift given them by God's love.

Titus 3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
3:2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
3:6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; 3:7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Inciting one to hate because of the spirit of jealousy is a fleshly act, but it gave some that still had a conscience to serve God to wake up to their unrighteous judgments of others, knowing they stood condemned by their own hearts. Although, the Jews sanction the killing of brother and sister by the law, any good person would be a appalled at the treatment of Christian's showing love towards all, having only blessings for their enemies wanting nothing evil to happen to them.

1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, isn't it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn't it a sharing of the body of Christ?

Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.

Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Luke 6:28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

One would need to check their own hate, their own imputing of evil towards those doing us good, such was the power of God's kingdom unlike man's religion. The power to do good towards those hating us, the returning of good for evil. Many have since Christ destroyed friends, and family over religion; feeling authorized by sanction of their religion to kill a brother or sisters by cutting them off, and in past history destroying their lives by the sword.

James 3:8 But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 3:9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.
3:10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.

All this religious jealousy cuts some to the heart, bring them to true repentance when learning of God's undeserved kindness towards them. The killing of Christ our leader brought many to such repentance in realizing the love our Father had towards the Jews in wanting to save them.

Rom.2:3 Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

Ephesians 3:7 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

Ephesians 3:16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

Don't Be Conceited, But Fear!

****Rom.11:19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in." 11:20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear; 11:21 for if God didn't spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

Conceited is a work of our fallen flesh, and is hated by God. The Gentles were allowed into a righteous tree because Israel became conceited. Israel assumed holiness came from them as a people by keeping God's laws. In other words, they taught a separated holiness from God holiness by their works under God's law, they believed in mankind's holiness through hard works.

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.

Now those anointed, by Holy Spirit not physical Israel, but Gentles (spiritual Israel) who were not anointed by their own spirit now thought as unfaithful Israel had thought if they kept God's righteous law they would obtain to holiness. What conceited, and a profound mistake! Thus, the head of the congregation their high priest Jesus Christ who is holy and had made them holy used the apostle Paul to corrects such an erroneous teaching by stating the nature order of God's creation in a tree no mind stupid tree without human wisdom.

Isaiah 32:6 For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

1 Timothy 6:20 Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

2 Timothy 2:16 But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

The life of the tree, comes not from the branches, without the roots there is no life in the tree! A branch cannot do a single thing apart from the tree, it cannot produce the fruit of the tree. Holiness stems from one, God through Christ Jesus too us. God's Holiness is found in the life of Christ because Christ purchased our life by giving us his life, that is, his righteousness.

1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

Romans 1:4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Why Christ righteousness? Because we have no righteousness before God as a sinner. Sinner cannot stand before God, they are dead to him, just as Adam and Eve died in that day to God, having no more standing before God as they had being sinless. God must act, man's life comes from God. Not a few years in sin on earth, man life was created to live forever. We come from God because he is holy the first couple was created holy having life of God in them sustaining them in eternal life.

John 5:26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.

Christ came to earth having YHWH life in him, which made him holy with that life of God in him he died faithful and was rewarded the grandest of all gifts of God, Cod made Christ life, immortal incorruptible life. Christ now becomes our righteousness cleansing us from all dead works of our flesh.

Heb.1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

1Cor.1:29 that no flesh should boast before God.
1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."{Jeremiah 9:24}

To be holy one must be sinless, accounted sinless, by God's judgment, not man's. Once a person falls into conceit that righteousness stems from his or her own good works towards God in keeping some law, God's or a religion they are dead to Christ righteousness. Now please understand, we are not saying a person keeping every precept of God's law does not have a piety, prospering before men. But the same can be said of the military those found in the elitist fighting force. Moreover, the same is true of those in the top seats of commerce they have proven by good habits and work ethics to achieve greatness in the world.

Isaiah 4:4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

But having their own righteousness, that is, the rightness of their ways, their conduct cannot give them rightness before God. Rightness before God is a gift, a free gift given not by mankind merit, but Christ merit earned by his life on earth, and presented to us by our faith in that rightness, not in the top leaders of this world, or religion, and/or commerce.

Romans 9:31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.

Romans 10:3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

In other words, Israel blindly followed after human righteousness by trying to obey a perfect law that only a sinless person could keep, and deceived themselves and taught others to do the same. They became proud and conceited thinking they were god's upon earth, holy and clean, they declared themselves before the Son of Man as such, and murder him as a good for nothing sinner. We trample upon the blood of Christ when we substitute man righteousness because they teach God's righteousness from the bible declaring their own ways are clean.

James 1:21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls{or, preserve your life.}.
1:22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
1:24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
1:26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.

Breaking a branch from a tree kills the conceit in the branch and its self boasting, does it not. The thought of holy perfect fruit die, the leafs writhes, and its beauty is lost within short order. Now its finds it glory in the same works of the flesh as do all those boasting in the corrupt life of the flesh. Death is at works in them not the eternal life of Christ producing fruit of Holy Spirit, murder, conceit, lying, double standards, hates and evil are found. Here the brain remembers but the action of the heart shows the fruit, the mouth continues to deceived it own heart and others, but the fruit is not the works of the Holy Spirit which has no corrupt fruit on God's tree. How does one forgive themselves before flesh? By works of law doing more good, to make up for the evil. A never ending life of fear and judgment until the person become a complete hypocrite.

James 3:10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

No these brothers and sister were not made holy by their own righteousness, not even the laws righteousness, if they did not remain in Christ by putting faith in him alone, his righteousness, they too would be broken off the one tree of righteousness, Christ Jesus, they would without doubt feel and see God's severity.

Mat.7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

John.15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
15:2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 15:3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 15:4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 15:5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
15:6 If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 15:7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. 15:8 "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

God's Goodness and Severity

****Rom.11:22 See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off. 11:23 They also, if they don't continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 11:24 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

God plants, he waters, and according to Paul here he says God cultivates and prunes his tree, not trees, but tree coming from one seed planted by God's own hand in the Garden of Eden. We find a judgment of God on his first branch, Adam, the breaking off of him from the tree of life, his wife being one with him before God was broke off with Adam for disobedience. This severity of God leads to righteousness for many through God's goodness towards us; Christ became the last Adam adopting us as the Father of our new life in him.

1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul."{Genesis 2:7} The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

God cultivated his tree found in Israel for thousand's of years, he personally discipline and judged that great nation by his righteousness written into their every law. God's law effects faith in Him, how? By causing each person in Israel to atone for their sins to remain righteous before God, that is, in right standing with God by the remission of sin paid for by innocent life, life of an animal not created to live under moral righteous law of God. A beast not breaking God's laws.

Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren't like Adam's disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

Psalms 73:22 I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"

The power of animals life, from a beast of the field gave each member of Israel the truth of their fallen flesh inherited through birth by connection to Adam. God judged their flesh as not being innocent. However, a mere beast of the fields life blood was innocent, not a compliment for the haughty! Christ the last Adam would free them, from what? The laws judgment of their flesh not innocent before God.

Romans 9:8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

Romans 8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

How did God deal with the flesh? He didn't love it, he didn't reform it, he killed it, so the spirit might live. In other words, the flesh from Adam was locked up in disobedience to God, it could not become obedient to God. The life of a beast was more righteous than our fallen flesh, which life temporarily freed the spirit from the sins of the flesh. God destroyed the hostility of our sinful flesh, by putting it to death in Christ, and making us alive to him in the Spirit.

Ephesians 2:15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace.

Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

God was serve on our sins coming from our flesh, but kind to our spirit coming from Christ. God's tree was not flesh, but the push of the law was to shut the mouth of bragging in the flesh through the severity of the laws judgments towards the flesh. Thousand's of years of God's cultivation did not teach Israel the truth of their real condition in the flesh.

Romans 8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

1 Corinthians 1:26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

1 Corinthians 1:29 that no flesh should boast before God.

Branches were broken off in God's severity to the flesh, Israel was more concerned with self-rightness than true righteousness of God. In other words, without sacrifice for sins of the fallen flesh under God's righteous law Israel could not be right, in right standing before God, they like Adam would be cut off from the God because of sin, God cannot associate with sin!

1 Corinthians 5:5 are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:50 Now I say this, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

Israels rejection of Christ our righteousness was a self-inflicted wound, a server breaking off of association with God, they were accounted dead to God without blood. Moreover, putting faith in the power of blood gave them right standing with God a (spirit life freed from the corruption of their flesh) a spiritual life with God. Their flesh was dead, as Adam's disobedience flesh was cut off by God. Reconciliation and peace came from God's gift of life too Israel (spirit life), not found in their flesh, the gift of kindness and mercy was outside of themselves, outside of their own righteousness, rightness was provided by God making them a spiritual nation waiting on Spirit and truth by understanding the condition of their own fallen flesh rejected by God as evil.

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

Romans 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law.

Galatians 4:29 But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

The condition of disobedience was the same condition of disobedience Adam was locked into without forgiveness of his sin, dead too God because of the sins of the flesh by the judgment of God's righteous law. Now in this context, what would happen to an Israelite if they turned to Christ righteous blood? They would no longer be locked up in disobedience in their fallen flesh before God. They would be put to death in the flesh, and made alive in Christ freeing them from all judgment of death (spirit), that is, that which dwelt in flesh of all people since Adam (sin). The holy root stock steaming from one righteousness, the Christ, would cause life in the spirit to dwell in the person.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

2Cor.3:7 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away: 3:8 won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory? 3:9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 3:10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. 3:11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. 3:12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, 3:13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
3:14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. 3:15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 3:16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Was Israel dead eternally for rejecting Christ? No! They were locked up by choice into death of the flesh, trying to free themselves through applying the rule of law which judged the flesh as dead to God. The medicine they were drinking was poison it killed them to God's righteousness in the spirit.

Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

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;

Here was God's goodness towards the Gentles, if they accepted Christ, the sins of their flesh would be abolished, which was originally held out to all Israel first and foremost. But if they were to think by self-rightness the trick of Devil they could earn their way, or that they had earned their way into payment from God by good deeds, they would remain as did most of Israel locked up in disobedience and judgment of their flesh, dead to the Spirit and truth of God. Freedom did not come to the fallen flesh by the laws punishing their sins, such self-righteous scubbing did not remove sins of their flesh it only magnified their sins.

Rom.7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God. 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

Freedom came from innocent life that purchased us from death by the laws judgment of our sinful flesh. Lawlessness, is sin, all sin is lawless from the blood of Christ, sin must be stop, we cannot stop sin in us. Sin must be accounted for and bought by God's mercy towards us. He must pay the price of redemption from his judgment by blood of innocent victim. Israel outside of Christ is lawless, and we outside of Christ are just as lawless to God, all sin not purchasing (killed) by Christ righteous blood is still accounted as lawless to God.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

One place is found for life, not religion, not Israel, not by self-righteousness, not by heritage, God is not partial, if we have faith in Christ Jesus we are saved from the death of sin, and made alive too God in spirit. All Israel will be saved, not by some religion numbers, or people in their flesh called Israel, but the full number of those God has chosen by faith to be called Israel by Spirit and truth, in Christ Jesus. Many would teach, by rules of flesh that God must accept the sins of flesh believing in a physical nation Israel righteousness due to a promise made to Abraham.

1 John 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

1 John 3:6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

Christ stated those accepting him as life as their righteousness, would lose family, friends, mothers, fathers, and brothes; their fleshly connection to this world, but he promised us that we would received many spiritual brothers and sisters, fathers, and mothers if we accepted him as God's Son made alive in the Spirit. "Who are my mothers and brothers, those that do the will of God!" If nothing good dwells in ones flesh and it being dead to God, how could a person boast in physical flesh of Israel?

Mark 10:29 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News.

Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"} 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

Why would God turn a blind eye and start being partial in his judgments of sin, instead for worldly wisdom that the fleshly thinks of in self-importance which is found in all the nations of our earth?

Proverbs 18:5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

Matthew 22:16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.

Luke.18:9 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. 18:10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 18:12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' 18:13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

A Partial Hardening of Israel

****Rom.11:25 For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, 11:26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

The apostle Paul makes a profound statement here, but let us remember certainly than as now, many did not accept Paul's words as inspired of God. Nevertheless, those having God's Spirit truth rings clear when Paul speaks. What caused Israel partial hardening because that is the point Paul drives at in this chapter? It was the law, not as many think some magical jester on God's part, but the law given to Moses for Israel.

2Pet.3:15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you; 3:16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
3:17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness. 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

When flesh comes into contact with laws the heart hardens until some realize they need mercy while others turn to self-righteousness and hypocrisy law is a tool for judgment, for separation. The righteous love truth, but the truth the righteous fine teaches them to mercy, finding we all fall very short of God's glory. Few in Israel obtain to true repentance, only a remnant, most harden their heart's and continued to blindly hate brothers and sisters for their sins, using the law to created an oppressive system of things by works of law that only became a yoke, a milestone tied upon their very necks.

Luke.18:9 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
18:10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 18:12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' 18:13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

The purpose of God's law to Israel was faith in God's mercy, not judgment, but the majority only got judgment, forgetting the blood upon the altar testified against them that without God's mercy none could stand before God. The Gentles now had a door opened to a people unclean in all their practices, they had no sacrifice for their sins, they did not even know YHWH, but because Israel became merciless, God allowed Gentles to make up those who would rule with Christ in his kingdom.

Romans 3:20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Matt.7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? 7:4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye? 7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

James 1:19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 1:20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.

In this manner the full number of king priest would come from both Jews and Gentles alike. The law was the implement causing the hardening and blindness of Israel to God's great mercy towards them as a nation. Sill into this very day the judgment continues, a harsh reality of flesh against the Spirit, where one will kill over law, the judgment continues but some today obtain God's undeserved kindness when seeing the errors of their own ways in judging others as worthy of eternal cutting off, while overlooking the mercy God has shown them by the blood of Christ.

2Cor. 3:13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
3:14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. 3:15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 3:16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

The point is not law, but God's love, and unmerited kindness where deep appreciation for his mercy brings one to truth, and then the Spirit creates a new person under a new covenant as a child of God. In this manner all whom ever lived in Israel, past kings, priest, prophets, peoples will be ruled over in the resurrection of the righteous and unrighteous by spiritual Israel, saving all Israel. There is no mass conversion at the end of this world the bible simply does not teach it. Christ stated a time would come that God sends out his holy angels to take out His wheat from the weeds, collecting all things causing stumbling out of Christ kingdom and cast those weeds into the fire. Israel coming back is not to a spot, no more so then the apostles of Christ, or Christ many disciples whom sought a kingdom that could not be shaken in Christ as body members.

Rev.7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
7:2 I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea, 7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" 7:4 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:

Romans 9:6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
Eph.2:11 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by that which is called "circumcision," (in the flesh, made by hands); 2:12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
2:14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition, 2:15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;
2:16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby. 2:17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
2:18 For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

A body member attached to our own body does not need to search for the life in them, or come back to the body. Those disconnected are disconnected by flesh seeking a home on this earth, setting down roots into home physically seen and shaken by every world event. Those becoming fearful of the event taken place upon earth, live in fear of what? Losing their home, their position, their plans, their things, they are always planning ahead for the works of the flesh.

2 Corinthians 5:8 We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

John 14:23 Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Many today search for truth of their physical government, religion, and even commerce that is their home, their connection to this earth, so they live in anticipation for new light about their organization. God's children live in heaven, in the body of Christ, their home awaits the putting off a temporary earthly tent, a tent is not a permanent home, their roots are found in Christ. It will be in Christ that all Israel will be saved according to God's judgment of each human being upon earth dead or alive will stand be Christ judgment seat as we are promised.

James 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Romans 14:10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

I Will Take Away Their Sins

****Rom.11:27 This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."{Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34}

So many Christian's and Jew alike live in sin, their sins have not been taken away unless they meet some rule of their group they are associated with. Still others have set up a ladder of works for gaining forgiveness, like a saving account at a local bank, putting in deposit from their good works towards man and God hoping their saving will account them righteousness before God blotting out their sins.

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.

This false belief has caused Jew and Christian's alike to seek the kingdom of God by self-righteousness instead of Christ righteousness. Here Paul is making the point of why Israel, the majority of them missed the mark and were shut up in disobedience to God. One cannot be obedience to God as a sinner! But we all have sin, and if we say we don't we are a liar, so how do we please God? Once again this is the whole point of the books of Romans, not by works but grace, that is, undeserved kindness.

1 John 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Romans 7:11 for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

The nation of Israel understood from its conception blood of atonement was needed to be delivered by God's power, the first delivery was based upon God's commandment to slaughter the passover lamb. It was not about Israel specialness, not about those in Israel trying to be devout, nor what they had done good or bad, it was about if they put the blood of a passover lamb on their door post as God commanded them! Their pride, their heritage, their wants and needs did not come into play, were they going to get on board or not? Were they going to take the free ticket to a newly formed nation and worship God or not? That gift was held out too all in that great mix company It was not revocable on God's part, it was held out to all, if you wanted it do as commanded, if not suffer the severity of God that was the choice, nothing in between.

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;

Rom. 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be. 8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God. 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

God again offer deliverence and freedom to Israel by his Son Christ Jesus the passover lamb, did they want to be deliver from sin, or remain under the condemnation of God's righteous law, having no deliverance into Spirit and truth? Did they want true freedom to worship God, without religious barriers and bars, did they love truth, did they want to approach heavenly mountain Zion or worship a mountain on earth? There was no in between, choose life or death that is our choice, let our yes mean yes and no mean no for whats in the middle is from the evil one.

Matt. 5:37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

Rev.18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don't receive of her plagues, 18:5 for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Those choosing the Passover Lamb their sins were blotted out in oneday, never to be recounted again, those staying in false worship would have their sin brought up daily and accounted against them for payment to some organization and/or group. They would stay in disobedience remaining in their sin, refusing to seek God's freedom through the irrevocable gift of the passover lamb Jesus Christ.

Matthew 1:21 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

Matthew 26:28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

John 8:24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am {or, I am} he, you will die in your sins."

God is creating all things new, new, starts with us, we are created new in Christ Jesus, given freely his life as our life, being taught by Holy Spirit, so we are accounted sinless. We must seek Christ by faith, he is our invisible head, so we are lead not by works of law, or man's approval, but solely and wholly by Spirit approval, We have been washed clean, declared righteous, which is not a feeling, or a doctrine, but truth, we must walk on water, knowing we are not deserving of God's kindness, there is not middle ground, we walk by Spirit or be put to death by our flesh. We cannot come to God in our righteousness and plead our case as the flesh practice, we stand not in our words, but the Word of God, the Christ, Christ has justified us by his righteous and good action, his fruit.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Those seeking the kingdom of God by any other door will not find it, they will be like blind men groping for a wall in the noon day Sun, stumbling over ever word of God, not even seeing the nose on their own face. Made to look foolish for pride of self-justification. The more they seek peace by self-will, the greater will come a lack of peace found in the works of the flesh.

Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Isaiah 59:8 The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.

Rom.8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.
8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Gift of God Irrevocable

****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}

Locked Up in Disobedience

****Rom.11:30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, 11:31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy. 11:32 For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

What manifold wisdom God has? Many see the word disobedient here and think of a religion were ones are disobedience to rule of law. Hate then fills their hearts because of disrespect is shown towards all the hard work of the faithful thinking this is what Paul speaks to here, but its not.

Romans 6:14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 4:15 For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

No, the book of Romans is about Law Vs. Christ, Spirit Vs. Law, so what locked up all in disobedience the faithful, and otherwise? The law, not the evil religion teaches to kill a member by removal spiritually and/or physically. The disobedience was caused by the law, how? No one is righteous, so laws are needed for the unrighteous convicting them of sin. All sin and fall short of God's glory, that is, His sinlessness, so all are disobedient according to the law.

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Romans 3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

How are they all locked up, no one can redeem a brother by his life, why? Because we all sin and fall short of God's standards of life, we all die from sin. Without God divine intervention from above, a place of sinlessness there is no hope for the human race. The Jews missed this point as do most Christian's. If God tells us something it not just a good idea, it is the saying of life, and if we cannot meet the law, and/or rule we fall short of life, second place into death there is no in between as false religion teaches.

Galatians 3:11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."{Habakkuk 2:4}

Matt.5:37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

Once a sin always a sinner. In other words, if you sin once and never sinned again you are a sinner. False religion tell us that we can redeem ourselves by good works, doing things for others, making us a little bit better sinner. Still we are locked up in disobedience although we try really hard.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We as human jail sin, how? We go to some religion, and/or program that gives us knowledge to help us stop doing something, we jail that part of our will by strong measure of some rule or law, but we do not remove the problem, we put it behind bars, and guard it day and night because it is disobedient. This is where Jews were content with and so are many Christian's in self-righteousness by works of law. This concept is practiced in all parts of life, in religion, government, and commerce, but it's not God's righteousness which is sinlessness.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

This is the context of Roman's, the Jews rejected Christ most of them, and now unfortunately many fleshly weak minded Christian's in Christ wanted laws of flesh, and were practicing an inferior righteousness based upon sin, the laws created by human's and God to punish and jail sin temporarily.

1Tim. 1:7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,
1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

Romans 2:23 You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?

Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

Romans 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

7:6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

Christ removed sin completely once for all time, but not by our works or self-rightness, not by a religion, a program, but by his righteous life, how? He came from above a place of no sin, in a sinless life took on flesh, became sin for us, buying us from our old life of death and sin placing us into his new life freed of death and sin. Christ as a man, not half man, and half god, became in the likeness of sin for us, conquering this world corruption through sinful flesh of Adam found in all mankind, and was given immortality, incorruptibility by his Father YHWH, so we might taste the real life (sinlessness), and have the hope of truth and Spirit directing our life.

Hebrews 2:9 But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.

Galatians 5:1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Christ unlocked the jail cell killing it, removing its temporary fix, replaced it with complete freedom from sin, and its judgment by giving us his righteous life which cleanses us of all sin. We can try if we will to perfect the flesh by laws that condemn us, but that is nothing new under the Sun, from day one people have been judged by laws condemning sins, coming up to nothing higher, but death through sin. Yes, they have built a temporarily kingdom the flesh fights and loves by these same laws, but they are not Christ, or his life, and mixing some of both only corrupts the how pie!

Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"} 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
8:3 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

James 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

James 2:12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

1 Peter 2:16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

To Him Be The Glory For Ever!

**** Rom.11:33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 11:34 "For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"{Isaiah 40:13} 11:35 "Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"{Job 41:11} 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

Imagine for a moment if all humans believed the summation of Paul words here in Roman's chapter eleven, what a difference it would make in all our lives? Life on earth is about rights and those constantly trying to take, encroach, upon our rights. Hence, the battle of the flesh against flesh, a sea that cannot clam down churned up by tribulation over human rights.

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

Isaiah 55:7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

Flesh act like dogs whom lay hold of territory almost instantly defending and attacking whatever they perceived is taking their property. Moreover, this is the problem, it is why flesh cannot know God or please him, why? Because he is the exact opposite, God is a giver, he created all things from love, love is not a taker, nor does it possess things, it gives freely out of love, without jealousy and anger of the flesh. This is why the brothers and sisters in Christ found God's ways so difficult at Paul's writings of Romans.

Psalms 59:14 At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.

Matt.7:6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7:7 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

1Cor.13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, 13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 13:6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 13:8 Love never fails.

Flesh cannot know God, so his ways cannot be searched out by flesh, nor understood, the more they demanded payment by laws of the flesh for debts the less they would understand God and his ways. The more rights fought for the less God in them. Just what was causing all the bitterness over rights? Well, its what the entire book of Romans is about, and the rest of the Greek writing, after the gospels, the law!

Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

It was the power of law in the flesh, nothing could get done according to the flesh without the power of the law. The power Christ broke in his own flesh for us! If there were to be right of position, how could it be had without demanding others respect by power of laws punishing the flesh? How could the foundation stones be institutionalized, that is, the apostles of Christ without the power of the law holding it together? This was the fundamental question the brothers and sisters were faced with before the restrain (Holy Spirit) was removed and flesh, weeds, took by force the field of God's planting, his Spirit lead wheat class.

Song of Solomon 8:7 Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends

Matthew 7:25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Flesh always act by its nature, it repeats just as a person knows how a dog will act, its not a cat. No one is offended a dog acts like it was created to act. Weeds are flesh and they will always run to laws for weeds to grow, to learn, to educate themselves in rights, laws to protect their rights by force, by imputing evil into others because the flesh has both good and evil in it, and if left to self-govern it will always take rights from others because its nature is selfish.

Jer.17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 17:10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Romans 2:5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

But these brothers and sisters were in Christ, he was their law because he was their head, that is, rule giver, their new heart, his. It was his head that controlled all the function of the body, not their rights, not their flesh, but Christ, and he was God's love, expressed in unmerited kindness, who could repay by laws of the flesh unmerited kindness?

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.

They must believe in God's love, how hard was that? All most impossible in a world of flesh, how could they survive, without bar and door, that is, the protection Israel had the law? How could they live without becoming a complete plunder to every passer by?

Acts 8:32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth.

Romans 8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."{Psalm 44:22}

That is the burning question for some two thousand's years for God's children, nothing of this world could answer that question, nothing in religion could, certainly nothing in mankind could, for it is against the grain of every thing planted by Satan the Devil! It is an answer so profound it has confounded this world from its birth into rebellion against God, it is an answer that strict fear into the hearts of men no matter God's children or the prophets, it is by one thing faith.

Exodus 9:13 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 9:16 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;

Exodus 14:13 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.

Rom.9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."{Exodus 9:16}
9:18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires. 9:19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?" 9:20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"{Isaiah 29:16; 45:9}
9:21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

To be accounted a fool for Christ, to be looked at as a complete failure by the world, to give up the rights to life on this earth, to be plundered for the unsearchable riches of Christ that is the endurance set before us, and that is what we must endure to the end in, our faith, not a religion or preaching, it is by walking on water although our flesh wast away, and it rebels in fears, if we refuse to listen to it, if we have faith, God is greater than our hearts, be of good courage brothers in Christ!

Joshua 10:25 Joshua said to them, "Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and of good courage, for Yahweh will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight."

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

1 Corinthians 15:50 Now I say this, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

completed: April 08, 2016

by: Daniel a Slave of Christ Jesus