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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
The natural branches are cut off, and, as such, have no hope, no "holiness,' but are utterly damned unless they convert.

As are you, except you continue in his goodness; the Apostle said not to boast against the branches. The Jews are beloved of God.

You read warnings about Gentile peoples being cut off from the tree, but ignore that Paul is warning them from sharing the Jews' fate.

The warning is not to be wise in your own conceit, but fear and to continue in God's goodness, always being merciful to the Jews, who are holy because the root is holy, and are beloved for the fathers' sake.

42 posted on 03/08/2016 11:52:27 AM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981
The Jews are beloved of God.

You are quoting verses that specifically say that they have, in large part, been cut off. You even ignore the first part of that chapter:

"But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." (Rom 11:4-6)

So here Paul gives a historical example where the largest part of the Jews were damned and cut off from grace, save for a small remnant who are saved, not according to their innate "holiness", but according to God's mercy.

And it is only those Jews-- or Gentiles-- who are the children of Abraham inwardly, that are the true children of Abraham and of God.

who are holy because the root is holy

The natural branches that are cut off are not holy; they are condemned, and will be burned.

46 posted on 03/08/2016 12:46:31 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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