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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 11:16-18 - Grafted In

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Romans in Outline No. 106

FIVE ARGUMENTS PROVING GOD HAS A FUTURE PURPOSE FOR ISRAEL AS A NATION

Romans 11:11-24

— Argument #1: The salvation of the Gentiles was designed to reach Israel:

Romans 11:11b

— Argument #2: The best is yet to come when worldwide blessing comes through Israel.

Romans 11:12-15

1.1  ARGUMENT #3: THE ACCEPTABLE FIRSTFRUITS INDICATES THE REST WILL BE ACCEPTED

Romans 11:16a

2.1  Identity of the firstfruit

3.1  THE FIRSTFRUITS OF DOUGH

Numbers 15:19-20

4.1  It was holy

4.2  It was an act of thanksgiving

3.2  THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE FATHERS

Romans 9:2-5

Romans 11:28-30

2.2  Identity of the lump

1.2  ARGUMENT #4: ISRAEL THE BRANCH BROKEN OFF ALLOWS FOR THE GENTILES AS WILD OLIVE BRANCHES TO BE GRAFTED IN

Romans 11:16b

Olive Tree symbolizes Israel

Jeremiah 11:16-17

Hosea 14:5-6

1.3  THE ISSUE OF BOASTING BY GENTILES

Romans 11:17-18

2.1  The advantageous position of Gentile believers

Romans 11:17

3.1  ISRAEL’S BRANCHES HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF

Romans 11:17a

3.2  BELIEVING GENTILES HAVE BEEN GRAFTED IN

Romans 11:17b

3.3  BELIEVING GENTILES NOW PARTAKE OF ISRAEL’S SPIRITUAL RICHNESS

Romans 11:17c

2.2  The warning against boasting

Romans 11:18a

2.3  In boasting the Gentiles must keep the right perspective

Romans 11:18b

Romans 11:16-18

16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. (NKJV)

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