The sermon is from Romans 11:17-24 – “Lessons from the Olive Tree”. “Note then the kindness and the severity of God: …” – Romans 11:22

Christians, if they are not careful, can drift to extremes in their considerations of the attributes of God. We can focus entirely upon his love and ignore his wrath; we can focus entirely upon his wrath and ignore his love. We can emphasize his justice and exclude his mercy; we can so stress mercy that we lose sight of his justice. Romans 11:22 stresses both God’s kindness and severity. Our Triune God is kind in his dealings with us, but he can also respond with severity when we sin repeatedly in an area. He may even cut us off from his covenant people if we slip into apostasy and deny the faith (Rom. 11:17-24). So, as Paul states, let us not, “become proud, but stand in awe” before the God we love and serve.

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