아침묵상 QT 나눔

Originally, I was a wild olive tree that bore useless fruit, but when Jesus, the true olive tree, was cut off on the cross, I, the wild olive tree, was also cut off from the cross along with Jesus, and I was grafted into Jesus, the true olive tree. Therefore, now I have become a being that bears good fruits automatically by receiving the sap and nutrients from the new roots. Today, I will live with the supply of spiritual grace through the Word. 

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The wild olive branch (the Gentiles) was cut off and grafted onto the true olive tree (Jesus). Then, it is easier for the branch of the true olive tree (the Israelites) to be grafted into the original true olive tree (Jesus). So Paul is saying that it will be easier for the Israelites to repent and return to the Lord than for the Gentiles. That God would eventually save the Israelites. In this way, just as God has a heart that longs for the complete restoration of his people, Paul himself has the same heart. I am thankful when I think of the grace of grafting me, a useless branch of a wild olive tree that is not even a true olive tree, to Jesus, a true olive tree, and making me into an existence that bears good fruits spontaneously under the influence of the sap of the roots of new life. We will bear fruit by being supplied with spiritual grace through the Word and help family members and close people to graft themselves to Jesus.