We don't really know how we ought to pray, so the Spirit intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words to express. The Spirit pleads with God on our behalf as long as what we pray for is His will. "Your will be done" (Matt6:10) For those who love God, He is right there with them. God takes care of those who love Him. If the creator of heaven and earth loves us, what else do we need? We know He loves us because He gave us everything - even His Son. Wouldn't He give us everything else too? What or who can separate us from God's love? The love of God is ours through Jesus Christ.
Everything depends on God's mercy. He uses us for His own purposes, not for our own gratification. God decides who He will show mercy or not. God has been very patient with those who angered Him. Many times He held back from showing His anger. What matters is that we believe in God.
Everyone who believes is put right with God. If you say that Jesus is Lord and that God raised Him from death, you will be saved. People can only be saved if they believe, and they can only believe if they hear the message, and they can only hear the message if it is shared. These messengers bring Good News!
God has not rejected His own people, rather, He gave them everything. Most of them worshipped idols, but a few did not and those He has chosen. God chose this by His grace, not because of what they have done. If God's choice were based on things people do, then God's grace wouldn't be real grace. Gentiles were blessed because of the sin of the Jews. The blessings will be even greater when the Jews are included. Paul hoped that by helping the Gentiles receive God's blessings, the Jews would be jealous and want that too. If the roots are God's then the branches are His too. Branches break off and new ones are grafted in, but they all have the same roots. Don't get cocky about this, because you still have to believe. If you don't continue to believe you will be broken off too. This is where we see how severe and kind God is. He is severe to the fallen, but kind to the believers. If the Jews believe, they will be put back on the tree, God can do that.
Tomorrow read Romans 11:25-15:33
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