READ Romans 11 COMMENTARY: : 25      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 fullness of the Gentiles be come in. (4457 “blindness” [porosis] means stubbornness, dullness, obstinacy, a covering with a callous, stupidity, hardness, dulled perception, or obtrusiveness of mental discernment.) DEVOTION:  Paul is talking with the Gentiles of Rome regarding the LORD’S dealing with the Israelites. He is emphasizing the fact that God has set them aside for a time period because of their stubbornness or hardness of heart regarding Jesus Christ. He warns the Gentiles to think more highly of themselves because God has granted them a special place in HIS kingdom. They had been wild and yet God has grafted them into the…