Why should every believer, not just pastors, understand the mystery in Romans 11?
Every believer should understand the mystery in Romans 11 because it was written to the common believer in the pew, not only church leaders. God wants all believers to drop ignorance and take up the wisdom of His Word. Ignorance means a lack of teaching, so all believers need instruction.
Les teaches that Romans 11:25 is addressed not merely to the hierarchy of the church at Rome but to the common, ordinary believer in the pew. He emphasizes that every believer should be aware of these things, which is why he teaches the common people in the everyday walk of life rather than only preachers and seminarians. God wants every one of us to drop our ignorance and pick up on the wisdom of His Word. Les defines ignorance not as a lack of brainpower or as being incapacitated, but simply as a lack of being taught. His electricity example illustrates that a person can know the ramifications of something yet be lost in the details because he has never been taught concerning it.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
More Questions
What mystery did Paul reveal in Romans 11:25?
In Romans 11:25 Paul reveals a mystery never before revealed in Scripture: Israel has received only a partial spiritual blindness that lasts until the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in.
What is the mystery about Israel in Romans 11:25?
In Romans 11:25 Paul reveals the mystery that Israel has experienced a spiritual blindness in part, and this blindness lasts only until the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in.
What does it mean in Romans 11:25 that the fullness of the Gentiles must be brought in?
Romans 11:25 says that when the fullness of the Gentiles is brought in, God turns again to Israel; this means that once the Body of Christ is complete and the last Gentile is saved, God takes the Church out and resumes His dealings with Israel.