Coming to Jesus through His love, not by your works!

“And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.” Romans 11:6

This is about the rejection of the Israelites and the confidence that God will bring the fallen back into His kingdom. 

God uses the example of the cries of Elijah and God’s response to explain there is a remnant of believers elected and preserved by the unconditional love of God.

The biblical truth is a human being cannot find or deserve the gift of Jesus. It comes by the love of God.

There is a goodness and severity in Jesus. The severity comes to those who fall away or reject Jesus and the goodness to those who stay centered on Jesus.

The earthly man is either elected by Jesus or blinded by Him. The unbeliever has a spirit of stupor and eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear.

The apostle Paul uses the analogy of a tree to illustrate Jesus drawing people to the tree.

The tree of life is the Body of Christ. God chooses to draft His people into the tree by faith whether they are of election or those who have walked away from Jesus and seek to return.

Jesus is the first fruit of God. He is perfect and a holy God. The root and branches of the tree are also holy. If Jesus breaks some of the branches off the tree because of immoral living He can also regraft them into the tree and the repentant believer can receive the goodness of God. 

Do not boast about belonging to the tree and remember that you do not support the root but the root supports you. 

The branches were broken off the tree because of unbelief and can only be redrafted by faith in Jesus.

The warning is to not be prideful but fear God. He cut off the wild branches and can also strike down a believer.

God operates with severity to those who have fallen away and with goodness to those who are anchored in Jesus. God is merciful and will redraft those into the tree who reach out to Jesus with a repentant heart. (like the prodigal son)

The apostle Paul explains the blindness of Israel has happened to allow the Gentiles (unbelievers) to receive the gift of salvation. After this Israel will be restored to God.

The tree of life or Body of Christ is cherished by God. The elected have been given gifts and a calling from God that is irrevocable.

We cannot understand the depth of the riches of wisdom and knowledge of our God. His judgments are unsearchable. 

The natural man cannot think or act like God. He does not have the mind of Christ or the ability to question or counsel Him.

Salvation begins with the unconditional  love of God for a lost soul!