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“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
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And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
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In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
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And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
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What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
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as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
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And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
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May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”
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I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
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But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
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I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
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in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
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For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
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If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
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do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
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You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
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That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
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For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
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Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
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And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!