Romans 11

“Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery?” (11). Though Paul grieved that many Jews did not receive Jesus as Messiah, he knew that God’s grace was still reaching out (11). He reminded both Jew and Gentile that it is unbelief that cuts them off from the family “tree” (20). Whether natural (Jewish) or grafted branches (Gentile), we are accepted by grace (6). We all have sinned, but God works in all “so that he may have mercy on them all” (3:32-33).

“You do not support the root, but the root supports you” (18). We don’t hold up the world; God does. No matter our background or history, we are eternally supported by the kindness of God in Christ.