I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We are at the close of Chapter 11. Paul has been agonizing over the spiritual condition of Israel. And instructing the Gentiles how to understand their faith in light of the Jewish rejection of Jesus. Paul has been using this tragedy of lost Jews to explain the … [Read more…]
We’ve come to Paul’s closing arguments about God’s plan for Israel and how He will redeem them from unbelief. Chapters 9-11 have been leading up to this point. Paul has laid out the relationship between the Gentile church and Israel. He has instructed us, the church, to not hold our salvation boastfully over the Jewish … [Read more…]
God has saved us for our eternity and His glory, but also to model His grace for the salvation of others.
God is faithful to all his promises all the time. And because he is true to His word, we can trust Him to make good on salvation and eternal life.
telling people about Jesus is not just to encourage faith in others, but to provoke faith/growth in ourselves.
The righteousness to which we have been called is closer than you think.
Let’s not let an outward intensity for God replace knowing Him.
Our relationship with Christ/Christian walk hangs on the balance of believing in Christ and desiring to be like him.
Years back, I began to ask myself a question. I asked myself, why do I go to church? What I discovered is this, I go to church because I need spiritual enrichment that I don’t usually get by myself. We are encouraged in a unique way. And there is power when the people of … [Read more…]
We are looking at Paul’s reassertion of his point regarding God’s sovereignty or freedom in making choices concerning his will and glory.