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Clear searchThe olive tree, the natural branches, and the limits of the metaphor
Are Gentile Believers Grafted into Israel? The olive tree, the natural branches, and the limits of the metaphor Romans 11 pictures Gentile believers as branches taken from a wild olive tree and grafted into a cultivated olive tree. They…
Read article →Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
…the flesh" as Israelites to whom belong "the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants" (Romans 9:3-5). He can say there is no difference in the sinner's need and the gospel's availability (Romans 10:12), then distinguish Israel from the Gentiles throughout Romans 11. Equality a…
Read article →Defining the position before testing it
…(Matthew 3:9). Paul distinguished the children of the flesh from the children of promise (Romans 9:6-8). Every Jewish person, like every Gentile, must believe in Christ. None of these truths is under dispute. The disputed inference is that Christ's fulfilment, Gentile inclusion,…
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