"Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off".
God love everyone the same and offers everyone his love. It is up to us to accept it or not. It is up to our decisions and choices in our daily lives that reflect our perception of God's love. So I ask myself, "What if I sin and forget about God?" The passage gives a vivid description of an olive tree. The olive tree represents God and his followers. The branches are the Jews and those who do not believe. According to this passage, we are the branches. DEAD and cannot survive without nourishment from the roots and the trunk. BUT because we are branches, we can be cut off easily. BUT luckily for us, we can ALSO easily be GRAFTED
GRAFTED - a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
WHAT??? INSERTED INTO THE GROOVE AND STILL GROW?? NO WAY!! YES! We are the dead branches that have been cut off and by the grace of GOD stuck back into the olive tree and is reunited with God! In the same way, even though we are cut off from God because of our sins, God makes it so easy for us to come back in fellowship with Him because He is so merciful... so, so merciful...
Praise the Lord!
Amen.
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