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Rom.11:24 For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

It is an a amazing process grafting, where a farmer can take a branch from an unproductive tree with small bitter fruit, and graft it into the stalk of a good productive tree producing good fat fruit! As unnatural as this is to the nature of wild olive tree to be forced into producing good fruit from the roots stalk of a good olive tree. So what is Paul's point here?

Israel had been of God's planting through the faith of Abraham, by faith God blessed Abraham and his seed into a might powerful nation where God placed his Holy and righteousness name. God nurtured the nation for thousand's of years by His righteous law given to Moses. Hence, Israel was good olive tree it was not a wild olive tree started by a seed that fall to the ground uncultivated left to itself. Israel had a keeper a pruner and vine dresser the prophets of God.

Paul had just spoken about the holy root stalk of Israel how these Gentles had been made a part of spiritual Israel, about as unnatural of process a person could imagine a people consider unholy and unclean to the nation of Israel. Now made a part of the hope of Israel the new spiritual nation of kings and priest. How shocking could such association be to those made fat by the very righteousness of God, the law? God did not reject his planting, but branches on the holy root stalk, although the very tree be cut down the root stalk remind the faith of Abraham, God's promises to him by faith.

Could these spiritual Jews now think God was going to be less active in cultivating their faith after his rejection of what he planted and tended to over thousand's of years? Should we as Christian's think that God has left such a spiritual works of sons of God too the hands of sinful men seeking self-glory through visible religious organizations? Here then is Paul's point what God produces is His working not of a self-will person obeying rules of laws. God made Israel holy they did not make themselves holy by works of law. The Gentles did not make themselves holy by works of law, but being grafted into a holy root stalk by the hands of God, now stop boasting in self-righteousness don't go as most of Israel went in forgetting God and declaring self holy and righteous by preforming some work, while self-righteously looking down on Gentles. Now Gentles stop looking down on Israel because God rejected some branches or you would not even exist because it is the root stalk supports you, not the branches supporting the root stalk.

1Cor.3:11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. 3:12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble; 3:13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is. 3:14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. 3:15 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire. 3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? 3:17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are. 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Christian's stop boasting in works, Christ is your root stalk you don't support him, he supports you as holy and righteous works of God. Your works don't make you holy Christ Jesus life and righteousness makes you a productive branch on his spiritual body.

John.15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
15:2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 15:3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 15:4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 15:5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 15:6 If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

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