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by Dorothy Teague
here’s a popular show on one of the streaming
propagate a new kind of fruit on the tree. The same
services about a young orphan girl who is
can be said of the grafting in of the Gentiles. While
eventually adopted into a family of an older
there were many Jews who were saved during the
brother and sister. The transition period is difficult
early preaching, God’s chosen people, Israel, as a
because their personalities are so different from each
nation, rejected Jesus as their Messiah. Because of
other. The adults are hard-working, no nonsense,
their unbelief, the gospel was preached to the Gentile
conservative farmers. The girl, on the other hand,
nation. In Romans 11:19, Paul is speaking to a group of both Gentiles and Jews and states, “Then you will say, Branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted in.” Galatians 3:29 says, “And if you be Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Jews and Gentiles alike are fellow heirs in Christ because of His sacrifice, both covered by His blood. “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). Because of God’s grace and
has a vivid imagination, talks non-stop, and uses
mercy, all who will receive Christ as their Savior and
fifty cent words that they’ve never heard of. Her
Lord, get to be part of the family of God. In essence,
coloring, mannerisms, speech, and personality are
we, the Gentiles, are the adopted children of God. We
totally different from the norm of that time period.
are the wild olive shoot grafted into the Davidic tree of
She is constantly getting into trouble and feels like
Israel. “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new
she doesn’t fit in anywhere. But, over time, they grow
creation: old things are passed away, behold all things
to love one another and meld into a family, and the
are made new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). The family name
family name is given to her.
has been given to us. We are the children of God!
In farming, there is a method called “grafting,” into the “rootstock” of another tree. This is done to
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About The Author
where one kind of “scion” (bud or shoot) is grafted Dorothy Teague is a Tennessee native, who resides in McMinn County with her husband, Lewis, on their farm. After completing 31.5 years as a teacher in the Bradley County School System, she is active in her church at Eastanallee Baptist Church where she is a member of the choir and praise team.
