Now comes a verse that is difficult to understand — Rom 11:25. Rom 11:25 – 25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in… Israel […]
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Romans 11: Jesus is the Root of Salvation (pt2 of 4)
The Jews were the natural branches broken off and the Gentiles were the wild shoots grafted in. How did we get here? Paul starts by pointing out in v1-2 that the reason why the nation of Israel was cut off was not because God rejected them. Rather, they rejected God. Even so, just as in […]
Romans 11: Jesus is the Root of Salvation (pt1 of 4)
Romans 11:11-27 This the second part of a three-part series. Part one was Jesus is the culmination of the Jewish law found in the Old Testament. Part two today is Jesus is the root of salvation and next time, we’ll cover Jesus as the head of the church. This is Paul’s theology in a nutshell […]