Romans 11Paul makes 5 points in Romans. The first four:Romans 3:9-18, 23 – All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.Romans 3:20 – No one is able to keep the law sinlessly.Romans 3:24-26 – God sent Jesus as a sacrifice to make salvation available.Romans 5:1 – We are now justified by faith.Romans 10:16-21Romans 11:Romans 11:16 – The root was the promises made to Abraham.Romans 11:18 – Gentiles who were grafted in were not to boast. They were still deriving their spiritual sustenance from the promises to Abraham.Romans 11:20-21 – Be careful! Jews were cast out because of unbelief and Gentiles can be cast out, too!The first olive tree started out as the physical nation of Israel. Unbelieving Jews were cast out and believing Gentiles were grafted in. Now the tree represents spiritual Israel.Salvation is now for both Jew and Gentile.Romans 11:25, 15 – Paul’s hope was that when the Gentiles showed faith and partook of the blessings, the Jews would be encouraged to believe as well.See Romans 2:28-29.
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