Archive for March 2019
S11P2 – The action of love: dedicated service
Romans 12:10-11 Be devoted to one another with [authentic] brotherly affection [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor; never lagging behind in diligence; aglow in the Spirit, enthusiastically serving the Lord; If this passage has one theme, it is passion. The love we are to show one another is a deep love normally…
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Romans 12:9Love is to be sincere and active [the real thing—without guile and hypocrisy]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good. As Christians, love is not merely something we feel; it is something we do. And we are to do it with sincerity, motivated…
Read MoreWill He find faith?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xm2ng-a9a257 This week, let us take a moment to look within ourselves and ask God whether we are walking out our faith as He allows and commands, in freedom and obedience. – C.C.
Read MoreS10P5 – Righteous slavery: rewarded with eternity
Romans 6:22-23But now since you have been set free from sin and have become [willing] slaves to God, you have your benefit, resulting in sanctification [being made holy and set apart for God’s purpose], and the outcome [of this] is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God…
Read MoreS10P4 – Righteous slavery: once dead but now alive
Romans 6:20-21When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness [you had no desire to conform to God’s will]. So what benefit did you get at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None!] For the outcome of those things is death! Just as being a slave…
Read MoreGod’s people: a kind of first fruits
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was the beginning of a great transformation of humanity. In Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth, he tells us that, through His resurrection, Jesus became the first fruits of those who have died [1 Cor. 15:20]. His resurrection was a foreshadowing of the resurrection of many…
Read MoreS10P3 – Righteous slavery: for a purpose greater than ourselves
Romans 6:19I am speaking in [familiar] human terms because of your natural limitations [your spiritual immaturity]. For just as you presented your bodily members as slaves to impurity and to [moral] lawlessness, leading to further lawlessness, so now offer your members [your abilities, your talents] as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification [that is, being…
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