Gentiles Grafted In
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: Rom 11:20
We Christians are like faithful Abraham: saved by faith in Jesus Christ.
Gal. 3:29: “And if ye [be] Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Lack of faith got the Hebrew branches cut off and our faith got the Gentile Christian branches grafted in. Without faith it is impossible to please God.
Branches were broken off and others grafted in based solely on the issue of faith, not race, ethnicity, social or intellectual background or external morality.
Salvation is ever and always by faith alone.
God will judge the apostate church just as surely as He judged apostate Israel.
Then
Paul pointed out that the real reason the branches were broken off
was Israel’s unbelief and that any Gentile as a grafted-in branch
stands (cf. Rom. 5:2) by faith. Therefore Paul warned Gentile
Christians individually again, Do not be arrogant (lit., “Do not
think high” of yourself; cf. Rom. 12:16) but be afraid, have a
proper fear of God.
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