“Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.12.2.ERV
“So I beg you, brothers and sisters, because of the great mercy God has shown us, offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him—an offering that is only for God and pleasing to him. Considering what he has done, it is only right that you should worship him in this way.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.12.1.ERV
“All people have refused to obey God. And he has put them all together as people who don’t obey him so that he can show mercy to everyone.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.11.32.ERV
“God never changes his mind about the people he calls. He never decides to take back the blessings he has given them.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.11.29.ERV
“So you see that God is kind, but he can also be very strict. He punishes those who stop following him. But he is kind to you, if you continue trusting in his kindness. If you don’t continue depending on him, you will be cut off from the tree.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.11.22.ERV
“You might say, “Branches were broken off so that I could be joined to their tree.”
That is true. But those branches were broken off because they did not believe. And you continue to be part of the tree only because you believe.
Don’t be proud, but be afraid. If God did not let the natural branches of that tree stay, he will not let you stay if you stop believing.
And if the Jews will believe in God again, he will accept them back. He is able to put them back where they were.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.11.19-21.ERV
“So this is what has happened: The people of Israel wanted God’s blessing, but they did not all get it. The people he chose did get his blessing, but the others became hard and refused to listen to him.
As the Scriptures say, “God caused the people to fall asleep.” Isaiah 29:10
“God closed their eyes so that they could not see, and he closed their ears so that they could not hear. This continues until now.” Deuteronomy 29:4”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.11.7-8.ERV
