by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 23, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Romans
Romans 11:18 (NKJV) “…But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.” Do not boast against the branches that were plucked off to give you a space for ingrafting. Do not boast in your new found position in the olive tree....
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog, Heartcry
It takes courage to stand It takes courage to swim against the tide What’s life worth without pressing in- We can simply maintain statusquo And make everybody happy. But is that what Christ stood for? Christ stood for truth Christ stood for radical passion Christ...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Romans
Romans 11:17 (NKJV) “And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,” It’s a wonderful privilege that God broke off some of the...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 21, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Romans
Romans 11:15 (NKJV) “For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?” There is a future glorious day that we cannot imagine what it will look like, a day when Israel will be restored to faith. If by...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Jul 20, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From Romans
Romans 11:11 (NKJV) “I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.” In a strange way, God uses the downfall of one person to bring about the lifting up of...