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Verse 23. _IF THEY ABIDE NOT IN UNBELIEF_] So, we find that their
rejection took place in consequence of their _wilful_ obstinacy: and,
that they _may_ return into the fold, the door of which still st...
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AND THEY ALSO - The Jews.
IF THEY BIDE NOT ... - If they do not continue in willful obstinacy
and rejection of the Messiah. As their unbelief was the sole cause of
their rejection, so if that be remo...
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ISRAEL'S RESTORATION.
CHAPTER 11
(“The Jewish Question”, by A. C. G., gives a complete exposition
of this great chapter.)
_ 1. God Hath not Cast Away His People. (Romans 11:1 .)_
2. Israel's Apost...
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THE INGRAFTING OF THE GENTILES. From Romans 9:1 onwards, Paul has
written as a Jew to Jews; here he turns to the other half of the
Church (see Introd. § 3).
ROMANS 11:13. But to you Gentiles I say. P...
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Now I speak to you Gentiles. You well know that in so far as I am the
apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my office, for somehow I want to
find a way to move my own flesh and blood to envy of the Genti...
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THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
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ABIDE. continue, as above....
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_graff them in again_ Every Jewish convert from the first age till now
has been an example of this statement. St Paul is not yet dealing with
the question of a conversion of Israel _en masse;_he has i...
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As the Gentiles came to share in the hope of Israel, so fallen Israel
may share the hope of the redeemed Gentile. He now explicitly declares
his hope for Israel, hinted in Romans 11:12.
ΔΥΝΑΤῸΣ ΓΆΡ Κ...
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The relative positions of Jews and Gentiles, which have just been
described in brief, are now elaborated, to show that they both Stand
or fall on the same principle, of GOD’s grace and man’s faith;
ba...
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E. Romans 9:1 to Romans 11:36. THE REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL BY ISRAEL
The theme of Romans 1:16-17 has been worked out; it has been shown
that the Gospel is a power of GOD unto salvation for them that
b...
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ΈΠΙΜΈΝΩΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΜΈΝΩ (G1961)
оставаться,
ΈΓΚΕΝΤΡΙΣΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_
ΈΓΚΕΝΤΡΊΖΩ (G1461) прививать (_см._ Romans
11:17).
ΈΓΚΕΝΤΡΊΣΑΙ _aor. inf. act. Inf._ как
дополнени...
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DISCOURSE: 1898
THE DISPENSATIONS OF GOD TOWARDS JEWS AND GENTILES
Romans 11:22. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on
them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou con...
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_TEXT_
Romans 11:11-24. I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall?
God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to
provoke them to jealousy. Romans 11:12 Now if their fal...
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And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed
in: for God is able to graff them in again.
AND THEY ALSO ('YEA, AND THEY'), IF THEY ABIDE NOT STILL IN UNBELIEF,
SHALL BE GRAFF...
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Conciliation-National
22 Nothing shows the blindness of Christendom more than their severe
denunciation of faithless Israel, yet they are following precisely the
same course and have not the slig...
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ST. Paul now addresses the Gentiles. They should hope for the
restoration of Israel, because of the blessing it will bring the
world, and because Israel still bears God's name (Romans 11:13). They
sho...
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ISRAEL'S REJECTION NOT FINAL. A WARNING TO THE GENTILES
In this chapter St. Paul brings to an end his great exposition of
God's dealings with the Jews. He has shown in Romans 9 that God is
free to cho...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 11
GOD’S PLAN FOR *ISRAEL’S FUTURE 11:1-32
THE RESULTS OF THE *JEWS’ FAILURE TO OBEY GOD 11:1-12
V1 So, I tell you th...
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(11-24) In this section the Apostle goes on to consider further the
bearings of the rejection, and here, first (Romans 11:11), he
considers the more hopeful side of it as regards the Jews themselves;...
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(17-24) The admission of the Gentile to the privileges of the Jew is
no ground for boasting on his part. It is merely an _admission._ The
Gentile is, as it were, a branch grafted into a stem that was...
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CHAPTER 23
ISRAEL'S FALL OVERRULED, FOR THE WORLD'S BLESSING, AND FOR ISRAEL'S
MERCY
Romans 11:11
THE Apostle has been led a few steps backwards in the last previous
verses. His face has been turned...
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In these verses, which in a sense are a long parenthesis, Paul
anticipates an objection which Gentile readers might take to his use
of the last figure, the root and the branches; and he draws from it...
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κἀκεῖνοι δέ : and they too, they on the other hand,
_viz._, the un-believing Jews. ἐὰν μὴ κ. τ. λ., unless they
remain on in their unbelief. It is assumed that they need not do this.
The hardening spo...
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OTHERS GRAFTED IN BY FAITH
Romans 11:13
Paul never abandoned the hope that ultimately Israel would come back
to God in Christ. He believed that God's promises pointed in that
direction, and that, tho...
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This discussion now gives rise to a new question, "Did God cast off
His people?" They were created a nation in order that through them all
the nations should be blessed. Failing to realize the divine...
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(12) And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be
graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
(12) Many are now for a season cut off, that is, are without the root,
who in thei...
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The apostle proves in this passage the perfect congruity, from the
viewpoint of Israelitish antecedents, of the event which he has just
announced as the consummation of Israel's history. Their future...
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God has not then, absolutely speaking, rejected His people; but it is
perfectly true that He has hardened and rejected a portion of them.
Yet there are two restrictions to be noted here: This chastise...
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“ _And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be
grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again. For if thou wert
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted...
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derive for believers of Gentile origin the practical application of
all they have been reminded of in Romans 11:17-21....
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I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but
rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to
provoke them to jealousy. (12) Now if the fall of them be th...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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23._For God is able, etc_. Frigid would this argument be to the
profane; for however they may concede power to God, yet as they view
it at a distance, shut up as it were in heaven, they do for the mos...
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Hereupon the question is immediately raised, has God then rejected His
people? To this Chapter 11 is the answer. The apostle gives three
proofs that it is by no means the case. Firstly, he is himself...
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AND THEY ALSO, IF THEY ABIDE NOT STILL IN UNBELIEF,.... The apostle
suggests that the Jews also might be recovered and brought into a
Gospel church state, provided they did not continue in infidelity;...
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And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed
in: for God is able to graff them in again.
Ver. 23. _God is able_] He can fetch heart of oak out of a hollow
tree, and of carnal...
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_Behold, therefore_ In this dispensation; _the goodness and severity
of God_ Consider them maturely, and lay them deeply to heart: _on them
which fell_ The unbelieving Jews, who took offence at the me...
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A warning to the Gentile Christians:...
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AND THEY ALSO, IF THEY ABIDE NOT STILL IN UNBELIEF, SHALL BE GRAFTED
IN; FOR GOD IS ABLE TO GRAFT THEM IN AGAIN....
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ISRAEL YET TO BE RESTORED
We have seen in Romans 9:1 that there is an election according to the
grace of God in Israel: in Romans 10:1 this is shown to be on the
basis of faith in contrast to law: now...
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AND THEY ALSO, IF THEY CONTINUE NOT IN THEIR UNBELIEF, SHALL BE
GRAFTED IN: FOR GOD IS ABLE TO GRAFT THEM IN AGAIN. "THEY ALSO" -i.e.
unbelieving Jews. As long as people have life, they can be saved,...
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22-32 Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the sorest; of these
the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the
course of things, far less improbable than the call of the Ge...
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Here he adds another argument, to repress the arrogance and insulting
of the Gentiles; and it is taken from the hope of the Jews
restoration. Though for the present they seem to be in a desperate and...
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And they [the unbelieving mass of Israel] _also_ [together with you],
_if they continue not in their unbelief_ [for it is not a question of
any comparative lack of legal merit on their part], _shall b...
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Romans 11:23 And G1161 they G1565 also G2532 not G3362 continue G1961
(G5661) unbelief G570 in G1461 ...
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‘And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be
grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.'
And the inference is that if those Jews who have been cut off through
unbelief...
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THE GENTILE CHRISTIANS ARE TO RECOGNISE BOTH THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY
OF GOD (11:22-32).
So the Gentile Christians are to recognise both the goodness and the
severity of God. Towards the unbelieving...
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THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE OLIVE TREE (11:13-24).
‘The Olive Tree' is the name of Israel specifically given to it by
God. In Jeremiah we are told “YHWH called your name ‘a green olive
tree', fair, with g...
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GOD HAS ESTABLISHED A TRUE ISRAEL BASED ON THE REMNANT WHO HAVE
RESPONDED TO THE MESSIAH, WITH THE FALSE ISRAEL BEING AT LEAST
TEMPORARILY CAST OFF, TO BE RESTORED IF THEY TURN TO THE MESSIAH AND
REJO...
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GOD'S PURPOSE WITH REGARD BOTH TO THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES (11:1-36).
Paul now carries forward the doctrine of the Israel within Israel, and
evidences it again from Scripture, making clear that those...
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2. _The Rejection of Israel is not Final._
In this section is presented the prospective solution of the great
historical problem, discussed in this part of the Epistle. Here Paul
becomes a prophet; r...
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Romans 11:23. AND THEY ALSO, _i.e.,_ the unbelieving Jews, who are
like wild olive branches. The verse should not be joined too closely
with Romans 11:22, since it presents a further thought.
CONTINU...
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IF THEY CONTINUE NOT IN THEIR UNBELIEF
(εαν μη επιμενωσ τη απιστια). Third class
condition with the same verb used in verse Romans 11:22 of the
Gentile. Locative case of απιστια here (same form as...
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ABIDE
See (Jeremiah 3:21); (Jeremiah 3:50); (Jeremiah 3:4); (Jeremiah 3:5);
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CONTENTS: A spiritual Israel finding salvation. National Israel
blinded. Warning to Gentiles. Israel yet to be saved nationally.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Elijah, David, Abraham.
CONCLUSION: The...
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Romans 11:1. _Hath God cast away his people?_ The jews would say, what
else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God,
and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls the...
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AND THE JEWS. They can be part of the tree also. See note on Romans
11:11. The curse of _dullness_ in Romans 11:7-10 is not absolute,
then, but vanishes when the Jew believes in Christ (2 Corinthians...
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_And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild
olive-tree, wert grafted in._
THE OLIVE-TREE
I. Why it is a symbol.
1. Of God’s faithful witnesses (Zechariah 4:5; Revelation 11:3...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:22 The Gentile readers must contemplate
both God’s KINDNESS and his SEVERITY toward them and the Jews who
have not believed. They must continue in faith. Otherwise, they too
w...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:11 God’s saving righteousness is seen in
the salvation of Israel at the end of history, and in his saving plan
for both Jews and Gentiles.
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 11:25.—πλήρωμα is a word specially applied to ships.
The full complement of the Gentile world shall enter the sacred vessel
of the Church, the ark of salvation.
_MAIN HOMILET...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 11:1
(4) _The_ _Jews are not finally rejected, but, through the calling of
the Gentiles, will be brought into the Church at last. _St. Paul,
painfully recognizing the fact of the pr...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 11.
In Chapter s 9-11 Paul is dealing with a couple of subjects; one the
sovereignty of God, but it is the sovereignty of God in setting aside
the nation...
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2 Corinthians 3:16; Matthew 23:39; Zechariah 12:10...
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Able [δ υ ν α τ ο ς]. See on ch. Romans 4:21....
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MISSIONS IN THE EPISTLES
Romans 10:11; _Romans 11:15_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
This study as a whole will give some idea of the missionary vision as
set forth in Paul's Epistles.
1. THE SCOPE OF MISSIONA...