For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. Romans 7:15 Paul’s proof that sin still indwelt him was in the reality that that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do. Ginõskõ (understand) has the basic meaning of taking in knowledge…
The whole system of my politics is summed up in this one verse, “The Lord reigns! Let the nations tremble!” Psalm 99:1 The times look awfully dark indeed; and as the clouds grow thicker — the stupidity of the nation seems proportionally to increase. If the Lord had not a remnant here, I would have very formidable apprehensions. But He loves His children; some are sighing and mourning before Him, and I am sure…
In chapter 3, everything goes bad, fatally bad, terminally bad, historically bad, inescapably bad. And all human beings who will ever walk on this earth are affected by what happened in the third chapter of Genesis. It is the explanation of why things in this world are the way they are–why there is so much evil; why there is so much sin; why there is so much corruption; why there is disease, deformity, and…
Why do we find ourselves in places we shouldn’t be? Why do we act the way we act in front of people? Why are we not always a light on the side of the hill? Why is our speech not always seasons with salt? Why do we sometimes want the best for ourselves and not for others in Christ? Why do we put on a fake holiness sprinkled with pride-full humility in front of…
The events that happened in Connecticut this past week reminds me of the sinfulness of sin and effects of the fall in Genesis 3 and how there needs to be an urgency for the gospel of Jesus Christ as the only cure for it. Below are some links to help us put it into perspective. “If trifles are vital parts of divine providence, what of evil? Evil is often vastly significant. The most important…
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace. I had no peace (Romans 5:1) when I was an unsaved man, I was at war with God, I was His enemy! Colossians 1:21. I wanted all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life 1 John 2:16 I didn’t want…
I have read Romans 6 over and over lately, I think I feel a little bad that we’re leaving it and going on to Romans 7, which I can’t wait for by the way. But Romans 6 has changed the way I think. The last month it has engulfed me as Paul challenges me 3 times to know, then to think about the facts to consider by presenting myself to God (as in Romans…
Romans 6 is now complete, we finished up Romans 6:21-23 this past Sunday and it was truly a wonderful time in the word of God. This is not an exhausted study, but a brief overview in what we learned. Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. 22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to…
Paul says in the very first words Romans 6:3 Or do you not know? (Know what?) …. that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. We learned last week that Paul anticipated…
While we were gone the last couple of weeks, we were exposed to the two conventions that were held: the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention. And I know that politics is the topic among many people today, and I suppose that’s natural since it is such a huge part of media exposure. And as you know, I’m not one to talk about politics as such, but I was essentially amazed that…
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