Romans Chapter 11 Vs. 23

 

Gentiles Grafted In

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. Rom 11:23

if they abide... This is always the condition of renewal in God and in His faith and grace.

them in again...

Again

The word "again" means "once more; anew; afresh." Anything could not be done again if it had not been done before.

Seven things that people can do again:

1. Be revived again (Psm. 85:6)

2. Return to God again (Jer. 3:1; Eze. 33:14)

3. Turn from sin again (Jer. 25:5; Eze. 18:27)

4. Be grafted into the olive tree again (Rom. 11:23)

5. Be taught again (Heb. 5:12)

6. Be made over again (Jer. 18:4)

7. Be born again (John 3:3-7; 1Pet. 1:3, 1:23; Gal. 4:19; Jas. 5:19-20)

Seven things that people should not do again:

1. Turn from righteousness (Eze. 3:20)

2. Build sinful things (Gal. 2:18)

3. Desire to be in bondage (Gal. 4:9)

4. Be entangled in Mosaic law (Gal. 5:1)

5. Continue sinning and repenting (Heb. 6:1)

6. Turn back to folly (Psm. 85:8)

7. Be entangled in sin (2Pet. 2:20-22)

Luke 21:24 “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”

The “they” is speaking of the Jews. The end of the Gentile age is near. God’s blessings will go back to the physical house of Israel.

Jer. 31:33 “But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.”

Heb. 8:10 “For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:”

You see, this is not a statement of just the Old Testament, but of the New Testament as well. God loves all Israel; physical and spiritual.

Conversely for the people of Israel, if they do not persist (lit., “continue”) in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. At issue is not God’s ability but God’s decision. God sovereignly chose to put Israel aside corporately because of unbelief and to extend righteousness by faith to everyone. This demonstrates His decision to graft Gentiles into the spiritual stock of Abraham (cf. Rom. 4:12, 4:16-17; Gal. 3:14).