Identity - "We Are A People of Praise" - Romans 9-11 - Mike Maglish

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We Are A People of Praise
Romans 9-11
Mike Maglish

Part of Identity
A Study in Romans

October 29, 2023

Mercy - Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm.

“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” —Acts 7:606 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel —Romans 9:630 What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. —Romans 9:30-32

Heritage does not privilege us

12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” —Romans 10:12-13

Salvation is not reserved for anyone but open to anyone

18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. —Romans 11:1822 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. —Romans 11:22

Humility should be the result of Mercy

Al Badawa - The Great One (40 ft high, 82 ft in diameter - 5,000 years old)

11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! 13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. 15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? 16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. 23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. —Romans 11:11-24

Mercy brings forth gratitude

. —Romans 11:33-36

Question:
ASK: Is praise my default?
If not ASK: Why not?

Takeaway:
We are a people of mercy