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Povoke 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, thinking 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, causes 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 which 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 nations 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's 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 what does flesh produce? 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 takes sin away, by special feelings of being chosen of God takes sin away, not even by purity of doctrine takes sin away, no not one person takes sin away! 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.

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