We have come to the final two chapters in Romans and the end of Paul’s letter. Paul has some final reminders to the Romans (and us) that we have to continue to build each other up. Especially those strong in faith to help those that are new or struggling. If we ignore others just to…

When I read this passage of the letter from Paul, I am glad to know that even the early Christians disagreed on the little stuff. From reading this, it sounds like there was disagreements even then on what you should and should not do that was not spiritually significant. As the church, we tend to…

Whether it is our federal, state or local government some of us may doubt they were placed by God. Or if they even know God. When I read the first verse of Romans 13, it is a great reminder than even if I don’t fully understand why someone has the power or role they have,…

As we begin this last section of chapter 12, Paul begins to give us guidelines on how to be a true Christian. I am just going to list some of them below: And the list goes on. But the one that stuck out to me as something that we can all learn from is “bless…

Did you know you have a gift directly from God? It is a gift that aligns with His perfect plan. The masterpiece puzzle we talked about a few days ago. Pauls tells us in this part of Romans that we are like the human body. We each have a specific, unique gift and function that…

As we come into the final few chapters of Romans, 12 if probably my favorite. I look at it as a guidebook from God through Paul as to how we as Christians are to live our daily lives. Paul begins this chapter with a plea to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God.…

Oh how great is our God! Paul starts bringing all of the discussion regarding Gentile vs Jew into full circle and man is it amazing! At first this section was hard for me to read and discern what it meant, but a few resources really helped me that might help you as well: Paul is…

Today again I am going to guide you to a resource that I feel explains in a much better way than I could this section of Romans. If you do not already have the Bible App on your phone, I highly suggest downloading it. It is a great resource and has many different reading plans…

As we dive into the end of chapter 9 and the beginning of chapter 10, Paul again is expressing his hope that everyone will be saved. Paul explains again the difference between the people of Israel and the Gentiles (non-Jews). The Israelites had lived under the law for so long, they were not willing to…

Today, I am going to leave it up to more expert hands to discuss the details of this chapter. Take some time to read Matthew Henry’s Commentary on this chapter as I think it is helpful to understand what Paul and writing here and why. What I will say today is that it is clear…

How amazing is it to know that THE GOD, the Father of Adam, Abraham, Issac, and Jacob has your back? Everyday He is rooting for you. He loves you more than your human brain can possibly comprehend. It is hard to believe sometimes, right? As we look around and the evil going on in the…

As I read through this next section of the letter from Paul, I am filled with joy. Why? Because he confirms for us that the Spirit of God lives within each of us that is a believer (8:9) What an amazing gift! As we read Paul’s letter, he does a comparison of living in the…

Reading this part of the letter Paul wrote to the Romans, I feel that there is a need to understand who Paul was before his life in Christ. Remember, he was not one of the original 12 apostles. In order to do that, we need to go back to the book of Acts. In chapter…

Are you a slave to sin or to righteousness? That is the question that Paul continues to discuss in these next verses. He continues to explain to the Romans (and us) that we can’t serve two masters. We can’t continue to live our lives in sin and be in a relationship with Jesus. We are…

As we continue with our reading of Paul’s letter to the Romans and Paul begins telling the people about how we die to our sin and rise to new life in Christ. But what does that really mean? When we become a true believer, our faith in Christ has saved us from our sin as…

I am going to put my focus today on verses 3-5. We all are going through some sort of suffering. It could be a loss of a loved one, troubles in a relationship, tragic situations in the world, issues at work and the list could go on. These past three years have been probably collectively…

Y’all…I had this great, God inspired post today and then just lost it by accidentally closing FB. I encourage you to go read Genesis 12-21 to learn more about Abraham and how he was used by God in order to understand this section of Romans a little better. I will leave you quickly with this:…

When I first read this chapter in Romans, I had a bit of a hard time trying to fully understand what Paul was trying to say. Sometimes when the Bible is translated to English from he original language, it can make it a little difficult to understand the full concept. This is when it can…

Who did not feel 100% convicted in that first verse…I know I did. After all Paul wrote in what we read yesterday, I am sure it was easy for some of us to pass judgement on people. That is a human thing to do. BUT, God… As we talked about yesterday, the very first lie…

Paul spares no time in getting right to the point in this next part of the letter. He writes plainly that God will have wrath for those that are unrighteous. Now, this is not the wrath that we see in the Old Testament. Old Testament wrath was floods, plagues, etc., but because of what Jesus…

The book of Romans is my favorite. Maybe it is because I have studied it the most out of all the books, but for good reason. It is the most comprehensive theology of all the letters. Paul wrote this letter in about AD 57 during his third missionary trip. He longed to go to Rome…