Category: Romans
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Romans 15-16
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…
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Romans 14
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…
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Romans 13
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,…
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Romans 12:9-21
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…
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Romans 12:3-6
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…
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Romans 12:1-2
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.…
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Romans 11:25-36
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…
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Romans 11:1-24
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…
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Romans 9:30 – 10:21
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…
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Romans 9:1-29
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…
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