Romans 11
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks;
but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
Here again are the elect, and only the elect obtain salvation in Christ, the others are blinded. Blinded by God, blinded by the 'god of this world' (2 Cor 4), people are not free, their wills are bound to the fate of the world as they are of the world and not of God.
If they are not of God, they will not hear God and believe as Christ teaches in John 8.
To be of God as Christ taught, you must be spiritually reborn, only then can your born of God spirit believe what Christ says about God. Otherwise, you remain blinded to the gospel and cannot believe and be saved. A man must be born again by God to be of God and hear Christ as in then they are spiritually minded. When God says the imagination of man is evil from His youth, God is not telling tall tales as God cannot lie. Men have imagined many false and evil things, pursuing vanitites, the history of this world shows you that.
John 8
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
33 They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How
can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And a slave does not abide in the house forever,
but a son abides forever. 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
These Jews did not believe as Christ further explains they are of Satan and not of God, if you read the rest of John 8, yet they claimed God as their Father. Jesus called them liars, He knew the truth and said.
54 Jesus answered, “If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is [
o]your God. 55
Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word.
The SON must make you free, no one else will do that.
If you're not made free from being of the world, you are bound to the fate of this current creation and won't be worthy of the new heavens, new earth, the age to come, the age of the resurrection where the righteous will
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! Matthew 13
The Parable of the Tares Explained
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”
37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked
one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
The elect are God's people whom He foreknew from the beginning of everything as His own chosen race, nation, people.
That them alone would obtain His mercy and grace to be saved, and no one else.
God being God, God as creator calling things into existence all things from nothing, declaring from before time began what He will do according to the council of His own will does HE work.
Romans 11:36
For of Him and through
Him and to
Him are all things, to whom
be glory
forever. Amen.
Isaiah 46
8 “Remember this, and [
b]show yourselves men;
Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
9 Remember the former things of old,
For I
am God, and
there is no other;
I am God, and
there is none like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times
things that are not
yet done,
Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed I have spoken
it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed
it;
I will also do it.
Of course, the creation was subjected to futility so as it must then totally depend on God for everything (of mice and men).
Man cannot determine his own destiny. Man does not exist apart from God. Without Him man can do nothing. There is no escape to Mars... like some think man must leave the earth as it is ruined beyond hope.
The creation cannot continue without the sustaining word of God upholding it. But the result of that futility is the revealing of the sons of God and a glorious liberty, freedom from sin, death, evil celestial powers, the devil.
Romans 8
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected
it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of [
f]corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only
that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for
it with perseverance.
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Romans 11 and the election
I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham,
of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then
it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [
a]But if
it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9 And David says:
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”
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