Colossians 3:12 (ESV)
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
The people of Israel are the chosen people of God. They didn’t have a choice in the matter. Each one of us is a chosen one of God. We chose Him first and He opens the door to His house, which is the kingdom of heaven.
We are both in His house, though in different parts, just as we are both in the tree of life, but with Israel as the stump with its roots in the ground and we are the wild olive branches grafted on that tree by the Spirit of the Lord.
The fruit of the Spirit appears on those branches that remain.
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