God’s Mercy Is for Everyone

I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of
the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ. And so
all Israel will be saved. As the Scriptures say,

“The one who rescues will come from Jerusalem,
and he will turn Israel away from ungodliness.
And this is my covenant with them,
that I will take away their sins.”

Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the
people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For God’s gifts and his call can never be
withdrawn. Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful
to you instead. Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy. For
God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone.

Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his
ways!

For who can know the Lord’s thoughts?
Who knows enough to give him advice?
And who has given him so much
that he needs to pay it back?

For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.