Romans

July 10, 2020 – Friday                        Romans 4:19-21    NIV 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.  20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,  21 being fully persuaded that God had power to…

May 12, 2020 – Tuesday Romans 12:14 NIV 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Comment This may sound extreme to you, but it is not as it conforms clearly with Jesus teaching in John 5 after He had taught the beatitudes and a number of other subjects He concluded with  43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’  44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that…

May 11, 2020 – Monday Romans 8:35  NIV 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Comment It is interesting that when we left Paul last Thursday he was in prison in Rome, but his epistle to the Romans was written prior to his time under arrest there. It is believed he wrote it while in Corinth dated sometime in the 50’s, most likely in the…

March 17, 2020 – Tuesday Romans 8:28  NASB 28And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28  NIV 28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28  NKJV 28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * November 18, 2019 – Monday  Romans 16:25-27  NIV 25 Now to Him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,  26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice November 15, 2019 – Friday Romans 16:17-19  NIV 17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * November 14, 2019 – Thursday Romans 15:17-19  NIV 17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— 19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * November 13, 2019 – Wednesday Romans 11:30-32  NIV 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that He may have mercy…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * November 12, 2019 – Tuesday Romans 10:21  NIV 21 But concerning Israel He says,“All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” Comments The Pulpit Commentary quotes August Tholuk on this verse who remarked “If from this passage we once more look back upon the tenth and ninth chapters, it is manifest how little Paul ever designed to revert to a decretun…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * November 11, 2019 – Monday Romans 6:15-18  NIV 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!   16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * November 07, 2019 – Thursday Romans 5:18-19  NIV 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. Comments These are incredibly important…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * November 06, 2019 – Wednesday Romans 2:25-27  NIV 25 Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. 26 So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? 27 The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will…