Rachel wrote a great piece about Romans 11:16-24. Here is a quick excerpt of what she wrote. Rachel's blog is relatively new, but I have been visiting everyday and recommend it to all my readers.
Our Father is the gardener, Christ is the vine, those who have accepted Christ are the branches, and gentiles are the foreign grafted branches on the vine. We are one body. To believe and accept Christ allows us to be grafted into the Body. What is interesting is that Webster’s mentions the grafted branch determines the kind of fruit. I think it is wonderful the dictionary explains it this way. We are the body, but each of us has different fruit. 1 Corinthians 12, the whole chapter, talks about Spiritual gifts, our fruit, and being a member of the body of Christ. We do not all have the same gifts (or fruit), but each of us is important.
Read the whole piece here. Thanks Rachel.
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