Lesson 437

(Lesson 437)(10-26-12) Romans 11:15-19, "For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in."

This lesson tells the Gentiles that even though the Jews were cut off so that the Church could be given to the them, they should be humble, not bragging about it, but demonstrating appreciation that they too, are now counted as "God's chosen".
Without the covenant between God and Abraham, salvation would not have been promised to Israel, and without that same covenant, salvation would never have come to the Gentiles.
I thank God for that covenant, Israel's inheritance and God's eternal grace through Jesus Christ our Lord.~