And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”.
Romans 11:26 ESV
The hardening of Israel wasn’t just to encourage the grafting in of Gentiles, but to hasten the redemption of Israel. If they were allowed to go on as they were, they would have grown in their pride and indifference.
The hardening of Israel leads to exile, which leads to suffering, which leads to repentance, which leads to restoration. The silversmith doesn’t remove dross from the silver by being nice and affirming. If he cares about the metal at all, he refines it through fire.
Do we trust the Holy Spirit? If so, why do we want to do His work for Him? As Barry Phillips and David Jones explain, we tend to do that when we try to correct others in ways that seem good to us, but might not be what our Heavenly Father prefers.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/229....2194/episodes/173666
Do we trust the Holy Spirit? If so, why do we want to do His work for Him? As Barry Phillips and David Jones explain, we tend to do that when we try to correct others in ways that seem good to us, but might not be what our Heavenly Father prefers.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/229....2194/episodes/173666
...A partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Romans 11:25 ESV
God used the predisposition of the Jews to reject the Messiah to bring the good news of the Kingdom to the nations so that they might be blessed by Abraham’s seed scattered across the world. When the time is right, when God is done calling out to the nations and is ready to revive the genetic descendants of Jacob, he will sand off that callus, and they will know the truth.
(This is not Dispensationalism.)
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If you say that you are inadequate to the mission God has assigned to you, then you are completely misunderstanding your mission.
The problem with saying that “We are grasshoppers in our eyes” is that we are irrelevant. Stop looking at yourself and start looking at God! Is He a grasshopper in your eyes?
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