We are called to be a living sacrifice in Romans 12:1-2, but before we can fully grasp this directive we need to focus on the devotional doxology of Romans 11:33-36: Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and inscrutable are His ways! For “who has known the mind of the…
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Living Sacrifice? (Romans 11:33-36 and Romans 12:1-2
The Jews and Their Messiah (Romans 11:1-32)
The Jewish people, from the days of the prophets to today, searched for the Messiah. The Savior came into the world, but they failed to recognize Him. He came to His own, and they rejected Him. Why? It’s a mystery. There were some, a select few, who believed. They walked with Him, spoke His language, and became His disciples. From…
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Faith is More than Hearing (Romans 10:14-21
How then will they call on Him whom they have not believed? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “how beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!”… Faith comes by hearing and hearing through the word of Christ…”All day long, I…
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The Word of Faith (Romans 10:1-13)
Have you ever heard the term, “Roman’s Road”? It is a “formula” helpful in sharing the gospel by taking key verses from the book of Romans. It’s not really a road, but a few bricks removed and shown to a potential believer hoping he or she will come to a saving faith. The formula breaks down because that’s not the…
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So Great a Salvation Rejected? (Romans 9)
A. W. Tozer reminds us, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” Paul clearly understood the Jewish mind – he was a Jew, a Pharisee. Chapter 9 is a “shout out” to his Jewish kinsmen. I speak the truth in Christ – I am not lying; my conscience testifies to…
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