God Can Use Mistakes for His Greater Good. Romans 11:11-24
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INTRODUCTION.
11 I say then, did they stumble so as to fall? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.
12 Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness be!
13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
14 if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.
15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 And if the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,
18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast against them, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
20 Quite right! They were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be haughty, but fear,
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.
22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
MESSAGE.
Misfortune to Fortune.
Misfortune to Fortune.
The Israelites rejected Jesus as their Savior. v.11
11 I say then, did they stumble so as to fall? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.
22 Pilate said to them, “Then, what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let Him be crucified!”
23 And he said, “Why, what evil did He do?” But they were crying out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
24 Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”
25 And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
12 Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness be!
Fortune for Everyone.
The World Gets Christ as a whole.
The Gospel comes to the Gentiles
The Gospel will return to the Israelites.
15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 And if the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.
Paul wants to use the misfortune of the Israelites to bring them back to God.
Do Not Boast in the Misfortune of Others.
Do Not Boast in the Misfortune of Others.
18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast against them, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,
15 Then the angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
16 and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares Yahweh, because you have done this thing and have not spared your son, your only one,
17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.
18 “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have listened to My voice.”
18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast against them, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.
20 Quite right! They were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be haughty, but fear,
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.
Restoration From Misfortune.
Restoration From Misfortune.
22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
CONCLUSION.
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