1. John 4:35-37
“My food,” said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Don't you have a saying, 'It's still four months until harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."

2. Review – Romans 10:1-15 3 Beliefs 3 Behaviors Jesus ends the Law
Jesus is Lord
Jesus is resurrected
3 Behaviors
Trust the Lord
Call upon the Lord
Proclaim the Gospel

3. Blind to the Messiah (10:16-17)
Isaiah 53:1 – “Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
John 12:28-40
Context: crucifixion & resurrection
Despite miracles they would not believe
Jesus
At Gethsemane
Looking down at Jerusalem

4. Blind to Creation’s Witness (10:18)
Psalm 19:1 - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands….
Romans 1:20 – eternal nature and divine power clearly seen
Psalm 113

5. Blind to God’s Love & Compassion (10:19-21)
Moses – 10.19
Quotes - Deut. 32:9-18
God: inheritance, found, shielded, cared, guarded, hovered, led, rode on heights, fed, nourished richly
Israel: grew fat, abandoned, rejected, made jealous, angered, sacrificed to demons, deserted, forgot
Result: Deuteronomy 32:21 – Made God jealous!
Isaiah –
God’s part – “All day long I held my hands out”
Israel’s response – “Disobedient and obstinate/stubborn”
Is 65:2 – “Pursued their own imaginations”
Is 65:3 – “a people who continually provoke me to my very face”

6. Blind to God’s Love & Compassion (10:19-21)
Jeremiah 35:17 - I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer. '" (COMPLETE REJECTION)
Jesus’ Rejection
John 1:10-11 “He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.”

7. Application Specifically to Israel’s rejection
Generally to rejection by all nations
Individually
His Lordship – Creator
His Saving work – Savior
Intimacy - Lover

8. YET, God remains faithful (Rom 11.1-4)
Paul’s own life (11.1) – individual
Elijah (11.2-4) – corporate