Real attention grabber, huh?
I've heard a couple of different explanations to what it means to be "grafted in." Some fixate on being grafted into Israel. Others talk about having been grafted into Christ.
Well, let's see what the Bible says. First and foremost is this from the words of Jesus Himself:
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Then we see this, which many interpret as Gentiles having been grafted into Israel as the "tree":
Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Hmm. when I read this, I don't see that the Gentiles were grafted into Israel, but rather AMONG the fellow branches. Why?
Well, what did Jesus say? Look back at the first verse quoted here from John 15. It is Christ who is the vine. When people take the latter and run off into the wild yonder of thinking that Gentiles possess the inferiority of being grafted into any of the branches, that simply doesn't work, neither in horticulture nor in spiritual realities.
If you would like further study on this, then here is a great teaching on this topic:
MM
I've heard a couple of different explanations to what it means to be "grafted in." Some fixate on being grafted into Israel. Others talk about having been grafted into Christ.
Well, let's see what the Bible says. First and foremost is this from the words of Jesus Himself:
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Then we see this, which many interpret as Gentiles having been grafted into Israel as the "tree":
Romans 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Hmm. when I read this, I don't see that the Gentiles were grafted into Israel, but rather AMONG the fellow branches. Why?
Well, what did Jesus say? Look back at the first verse quoted here from John 15. It is Christ who is the vine. When people take the latter and run off into the wild yonder of thinking that Gentiles possess the inferiority of being grafted into any of the branches, that simply doesn't work, neither in horticulture nor in spiritual realities.
If you would like further study on this, then here is a great teaching on this topic:
MM