Branches of God
What is your Favorite Holiday and why?
Romans 11:13-16
13I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry 14in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Verse 14 and ideas on what this means, Paul made his ministry great so people would want to join.
It is not us that make us holy but the body we are a part of. What made church holy, how?
Romans 11:17-21
“If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.”
- What does this mean?
- What are the wild olive shoots, and the old branches?
- Going by this scripture can we be accepted by God if we are not one his original people?
Romans 11:22-24
“Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!”
- Is anyone forever part of the vine or can anyone be removed or added?
- So how do we stay in the vine?
- How do we get grafted in?
Galatians 3:26-29
“You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
In`as`much´
| adv. | 1. | In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; – followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep.
Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. - Matt. xxv. 45. |
Gentile Believers
The English word Gentile comes from the Hebrew word Goy (Gohee, Strong’s #1471). The plural form in Hebrew is goyim (Gohee-eem; Note: Strong’s does not differentiate between the singular and plural forms).
Goy literally means ‘a people.’ However, the common understanding is that anyone who is not Jewish is considered to be a Goy. The most used definition for goyim is ‘nations,’ and it is generally understood to be those nations which are not of Israel. However, from a Scriptural standpoint these definitions, while usually correct, are not always true. In fact, goy can refer to anyone who is a part of any ‘nation,’ including the nation of Israel. Prior to the calling of Avraham (Ahv-rah-hahm = Abraham), all peoples were said to reside within their goyim or ‘nations.’ (See Gen. 10:5, 20, 31 and 32.)
