The Gifts And The Calling Of God Are Irrevocable

Meditations on Romans

September 13, 2021

The Gifts And The Calling Of God Are Irrevocable

I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves.

Romans 11:25a

Read Romans 11:25-32

Supposedly, Albert Einstein said, 'If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you don't understand it yourself.' I thought about that quote as I tried to grasp Paul’s thinking in today’s passage. This is a difficult passage that lends itself to all manner of misinterpretations such as, there is yet something to happen that will save every Jew, and that there are a finite number of Gentiles who will be saved. Because Paul was writing to a Jewish/Gentile audience, he went to great pains to present his case. For twenty-first century followers of Christ, Paul’s thinking can seem convoluted.

Paul believed that it is God’s will for all humanity to come into a right-standing relationship with God. God has made this possible through the life, death and resurrection of his Son and our Savior, Christ Jesus. Every person who calls upon the name of Jesus will be saved! Since we are saved by faith in God’s grace, no one has any bragging rights. We didn’t save ourselves. God saved us. God didn’t save us because he thought we were better than any other person. God saved us because “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life” (John 3:16 NRSV).

My Takeaway: God is very detail-oriented! In verse twenty-nine, Paul says the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. God called his people Israel, and he will never, ever give up on them. God called me – and you – and He will never, ever give up on us either: “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him” (Philippians 2:13).

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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