(Nuggets from Romans 11:20)
"Well, because of UNBELIEF, they were BROKEN OFF, and thou standest by FAITH, Be not high-minded, but fear."
Apostle Paul wrote an instructive letter to the church in Rome because as GENTILES, they wouldn't have originally had a RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. He needed to let them know that the only reason they now had a COVENANT RELATIONSHIP with God was simply through FAITH.
It was their FAITH IN CHRIST whom the Jews rejected that they now had ACCESS TO SALVATION. The reason the Israelites were cut off from the OLIVE TREE was because of UNBELIEF.
Jesus is the OLIVE TREE.
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were the ROOT, the origin of the covenant God had with the nation ISRAEL.
The Jews were the NATURAL BRANCHES that sprang forth from the TREE.
The GENTILES were the WILD SHOOTS that were GRAFTED INTO THE TREE. The Jews rejected Jesus (due to unbelief), and as a result, they paid the price - by being "broken off" from the TREE. The GENTILES took their place as WILD SHOOTS and were GRAFTED IN because God's SALVATION PLAN for mankind wouldn't be stalled.
Apostle Paul needed to remind them (THE CHURCH IN ROME) that they were GRAFTED IN, and they needed to be HUMBLE and not too CONFIDENT in their own strength and standing.
A HOLY and REVERENTIAL FEAR is an EXCELLENT PRESERVATIVE against HIGH-MINDEDNESS.
HAPPY and BLESSED is the man, woman, boy, or girl that thus FEARS GOD, and TREMBLES AT HIS WORD ALWAYS.
The evils that befell others in the scriptures and in this present dispensation should be warnings to you as an individual. Learn from their MISTAKES and LIVE WITH CAUTION, lest you repeat the same mistakes that brought them down and suffer the same consequences they suffered.
It is POSSIBLE for churches and/or individuals that have long stood by FAITH to fall into a state of INFIDELITY. That you are standing today doesn't mean you have the power to keep yourself standing forever.
1 Corinthians 10:12
"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."
NO MATTER THE EXPLOITS GOD IS DOING WITH YOU CURRENTLY, BE HUMBLE AND DON'T BOAST, BECAUSE PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL.
REMAIN IN THE OLIVE TREE, STAY CONNECTED.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 17 OF 365 (2026)
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