All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
13I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry 14in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." 20Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. 21For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
22Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. 23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
All Israel Will Be Saved
25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. 26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. 27And this is[f] my covenant with them when I take away their sins."[g] 28As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now[h] receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you. 32For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
Doxology
33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[i] knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! 34"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"[j] 35"Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?"[k] 36For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
It's hard to "give away" a country that already has a nuclear trifecta (deliverable by air, sea, and land) with warheads numbering in the hundreds. If you threaten a mad dog, it will attack anything and everything around it and will not differentiate friend from foe. Once again, THE SAMPSON OPTION.
NO rabbi, pastor, priest, imam, has any greater knowledge about the mind of god than the red squirrels running around the lakeshore.
They have more knowledge thsn the average bear about the books man wrote in order to think about something greater than their own conscience in an attempt to explain why this is all here.
That doesn't mean the book explain anything.
These people have their main value IN THE COMMUNITY.
This person crossed the line into political speech. He's not talking about improving literacy, or helping the food bank, or homeless shelter, charity for families about to lose their unemployment, or anything of the sort.
Someone in his congregation needs to slap him down. Religion itself has no place in govt, especially in foreign affairs.
13I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry 14in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
ReplyDelete17If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." 20Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. 21For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
22Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. 23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
All Israel Will Be Saved
25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. 26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
"The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27And this is[f] my covenant with them
when I take away their sins."[g]
28As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, 29for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now[h] receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you. 32For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
Doxology
33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and[i] knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
34"Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?"[j]
35"Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay him?"[k]
36For from him and through him and to him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen.
Listen to this man's words, but do not believe them. He is telling you the plan.
ReplyDeleteIT WILL NOT WORK!
It's hard to "give away" a country that already has a nuclear trifecta (deliverable by air, sea, and land) with warheads numbering in the hundreds. If you threaten a mad dog, it will attack anything and everything around it and will not differentiate friend from foe. Once again, THE SAMPSON OPTION.
ReplyDeletePastor Manning
ReplyDeletegot a word
in his mouth
Total,
ReplyDeleteI think you are correct.
Babba,
ReplyDeleteHe is absolutely right, isn't he?
A bomb shall fall on Damascus and make it desolate.
thus spaketh Isaiah!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2017&version=NIV
Exactly!
ReplyDeleteLet that be a warning to all those who live in Damascus.
ReplyDeleteMOVE!
GET OUT NOW!
Israel will never be defeated!
ReplyDeleteRed Squirrel,
ReplyDeleteYou got that right. It just ain't gonna happen (forgive me my "Amercainese").
NO rabbi, pastor, priest, imam, has any greater knowledge about the mind of god than the red squirrels running around the lakeshore.
ReplyDeleteThey have more knowledge thsn the average bear about the books man wrote in order to think about something greater than their own conscience in an attempt to explain why this is all here.
That doesn't mean the book explain anything.
These people have their main value IN THE COMMUNITY.
This person crossed the line into political speech. He's not talking about improving literacy, or helping the food bank, or homeless shelter, charity for families about to lose their unemployment, or anything of the sort.
Someone in his congregation needs to slap him down. Religion itself has no place in govt, especially in foreign affairs.
Gavones abound
gavones abound
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