How far are you away from reaching the righteousness of God? It is a heart and a tongue away.
“The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised[……]
For many, chapters 10-11 of Roman can be a little bit perplexing. We just read about the gospel, the great truth of salvation proclaimed by Paul in the previous chapters of the book, and we may be looking forward to the next level of completion of the truth, something more like what is covered in th[……]
The chapter 9 of Romans reveals two important truths.
First, only the children of the promise shall live, and the children of the flesh shall perish.
Second, the promise is made and received purely on the ground of God’s mercy, grace and sovereignty, not by the virtue of man’s deeds.
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As much as I look forward to studying Chapter 9 of Romans, my heart dwells on Chapter 8, eager to share an essential divine truth revealed in this chapter, fearing we might miss what the Word of God is telling us.
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of s[……]
We are now brought to a glorious chapter of the book of Romans. Chapter 8 starts with a declaration:
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus…” Romans 8:1:
Friend, heed to this declaration. There is no declaration in this universe that could bring greater comfort[……]
Starting from Chapter 6 and continuing into Chapter 7, Paul focuses on what happens after one’s acceptance of God’s righteousness in Jesus Christ. The word of God here starts to separate a “growing Christian” from a “baby Christian.”
Note that I did not use the term “grown Christian” but inst[……]
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23:
Chapter six and the next two chapters are closely related to each other and should ideally be studied together.
Romans is not an easy book to study. This is true even for believers. Starting[……]
In chapter 5 of Romans, Paul further unfolds the reality of the gospel:
“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
Receiving[……]
Why is sin a recurring subject during a Bible study? If gospel is all good news, why this preoccupation with the concept of sin?
The truth is, being ignorant of one’s sinful condition is part of what separates a person from salvation. The fallacy of every human philosophy more or less relates to ig[……]
“[Abraham was] fully convinced that what He (God) had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore “IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” Rom 4:21-22
In Chapter 4 of the book of Romans, the author (Paul) reaches out further to the Jews to tell them that the entire dealing of God with t[……]