Romans 11:24 - Comfort or Zeal? For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? Truth to...
Romans 11:23 – The Returning Remnant
Romans 11:23 - The Returning Remnant And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. Truth to Learn The Jews will return to faith in Jehovah and His Messiah. Behind the Words The word translated “continue”...
Romans 11:22 – Goodness and Severity
Romans 11:22 - Goodness and Severity Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. Truth to Learn God demonstrates both His goodness and His severity! Behind the Words...
Romans 11:21 – The Almighty Gardner
Romans 11:21 - The Almighty Gardner For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Truth to Learn God rejected the Jewish people because they refused to believe that Jesus was their Messiah. Since He was willing to do this, He is just as...
Romans 11:20 – Faith and Fear
Romans 11:20 - Faith and Fear Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. Truth to Learn Salvation should not produce pride, but reverential fear. Behind the Words “Well said” is translated from the Greek word kalōs, meaning...
Romans 11:19 – Pride or Humility
Romans 11:19 - Pride or Humility You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in." Truth to Learn When we read Scripture we need to receive God’s truth in humility, being careful not to filter it through our pride. Behind the Words The words “You...
Romans 11:18 – No Proud Branches
Romans 11:18 - No Proud Branches do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. Truth to Learn We should not boast about ourselves or our position, because it is God who is responsible for...
Romans 11:17 – God’s Holy Fruit
Romans 11:17 - God's Holy Fruit And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, Truth to Learn God works contrary to the...
Romans 11:16 – Set-apart by Him
Romans 11:16 - Set-apart by Him For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. Truth to Learn Like the believing Jews, we are set-apart by God for His use. Behind the Words The word “firstfruit” is from...
Romans 11:15 – Again, God’s Choice
Romans 11:15 - Again, God's Choice For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? Truth to Learn God decides whom He will chose and whom He will reject. Behind the Words “Being cast away” is a...
Romans 11:14 – It May be a Way
Romans 11:14 - It May be a Way if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. Truth to Learn Preaching the Gospel message may evoke an emotional response in others, but it also might provoke them to salvation. Behind...
Romans 11:13 – Service Honors
Romans 11:13 - Service Honors For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, Truth to Learn Service to God is a great privilege and an honor, which should humble us now and forever. Behind the Words This verse starts...
Romans 11:12 – How Rich We Are!
Romans 11:12 - How Rich We Are! Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! Truth to Learn Because of the failure of the Jews to listen to and follow God, the offer of salvation has come...
Romans 11:11 – Share the Treasure!
Romans 11:11 - Share the Treasure! I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Truth to Learn The Jews lost their “most favored” position so we could receive it. We need...
Romans 11:10 – Blind Disobedience
Romans 11:10 - Blind Disobedience Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, and bow down their back always." Truth to Learn Whether blinded or obedient, we will all bow before Him. Behind the Words “Eyes” is translated from ophthalmos, which refers to the eyes either literally...
Romans 11:9 – Ensnared by Blessings
Romans 11:9 - Ensnared by Blessings And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them. Truth to Learn Blessings can become a trap if taken for granted. Behind the Words The word “let” is translated from a form of...
Romans 11:8 – Divine Stupidity
Romans 11:8 - Divine Stupidity Just as it is written: "God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this very day." Truth to Learn God is the one who enlightens or stupefies. Behind the Words The...