4So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. 5For when we were controlled by the sinful nature,[a] the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. 6But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
Monday, November 23, 2009
11.23.2009 - Romans 7:1-6
4So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. 5For when we were controlled by the sinful nature,[a] the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. 6But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
11.22.2009 - Romans 6:15-23
19I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. 20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[b] Christ Jesus our Lord.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
11.21.2009 - Romans 6:1-14
5If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
Friday, November 20, 2009
11.20.2009 - Romans 5:12-20
15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. 19For 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.
20The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
These passages do touch on very important subject. Sin came into the world through one person and that was adam. as he bit into the apple and knowledge and evil came into the world, God knew that he would have to sacrifice one man (his son) for all the sins. Jesus came and died for our sins and he was crucified as we were forgiven. as the song say, he was forsaken while we were forgiven.
So many people were made a sinner through one person so through Christ (one man) we are going to be saved. Jesus gives us a firm promise of being here always. he is one thing that will never fail you. so i believe and i love God
Thursday, November 19, 2009
11.19.2009 - Romans 5:1-11
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
11.17.2009 - Romans 4:1-20
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Monday, November 16, 2009
11.16.2009 - Psalm 19
And the meditations of my heart
Be pleasing to you, pleasing to You
May the words of my mouth
And the meditations of my heart
Be pleasing to You my God
You’re my Rock and my Redeemer
You’re the reason that I sing
I desire to be a blessing
In Your eyes
Every hour, every moment
Lord I want to be Your servant
I desire to be a blessing
In Your eyes, in Your eyes
may the words of my mouth is a common name for this song... i'm gonna take a break of romans and do a song today. May the words of my mouth is a great song that i connect with a lot. I need to learn to speak and talk like God is around. we need to please God. We need to realize that that God is more then just a thing we worship. we do so many things for God and we need to just serve God and be there for God.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
11.14.2009 - Romans 4:1-20
Friday, November 13, 2009
11.13.2009 - Romans 3:21-31
Thursday, November 12, 2009
11.12.2009 - Romans 3:9-20
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
11.11.2009 - Roman 3:1-8
3What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God's faithfulness? 4Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written:
"So that you may be proved right when you speak
and prevail when you judge."
5But if our unrighteousness brings out God's righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) 6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7Someone might argue, "If my falsehood enhances God's truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?" 8Why not say—as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say—"Let us do evil that good may result"? Their condemnation is deserved.
These passages talk continues on the passages before... does being Jew have any advantages... i think these reminds me of very many talk about how unfaithful Jews were, but God never let go of them. even when they fell away from God they were still saved by God. I know there are many verses talking about them how they are foolish, but there was never a moment where God gave up with them.
last few verses (5-8) talks about if us by sinning is making God more righteous, that makes no sense. this is slander... it makes no sense to do things that God tells us not to do and make it think that they are doing right because of that. These verses were really confusing but i understand that sometimes human nature is to bargain and say that if our sinning is making God more righteous then we shouldn't be punished is like saying... cheating and getting caught makes people who know everything more righteous so cheating is good. It makes no sense...
so let's just do our job and be a good christian and just do the right thing... n not bargain with God...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
11.10.2009 - Roman 2:17-29
Monday, November 9, 2009
11.9.2009 - Roman 2:1-16
Sunday, November 8, 2009
11.8.2009 - Romans 1:18-32
Saturday, November 7, 2009
11.7.2009 - Roman 1: 8-17
Friday, November 6, 2009
11.6.2009 - alabaster jar
Thursday, November 5, 2009
11.5.2009 - Romans 1:1-7
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
11.4.2009 - Ephesians 1:9-10
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
11.3.2009 - 2 Corinthians 3:6
of a new covenant—not of the letter but
of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but
the Spirit gives life.”- 2 Corinthians 3:6