How do you know if Christ is at the root of your life? At the Passion conference this past month, Pastor John Piper asked 22,000 college students this question: Do you feel more loved by God because He makes much of you or because He enables you to make much of Him? ~John Piper, Passion […]
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Romans 11: Jesus is the Root of Salvation (pt3 of 4)
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 […]
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 […]