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For Israel then and us now, CLOSED doesn’t mean FINAL. I ask then: Did God reject His people? By no means! Romans 11:1a  What if we let Paul be both PATRON and PICTURE? I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. Romans 11:1b  Just because we see DOOM doesn’t…

1. Salvation is through Jesus alone. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen. Romans 9:5 Paul had a heart for his own people. God has a heart for all people. For God so loved the world that He gave…

About The Law Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. — Romans 8:1-2 When God’s people lived under the Old Covenant, they were at risk of…

The Desire to Do Good For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. — Romans 7:18 If you’re a committed Christian who has battled your patterns of sin and been…

Dead to Your Sins “Live in the Kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the Gospel is the answer.” — Lesslie Newbigin Once we become Christians, we are “set free from sin to live free from sin.” Because of the Gospel, sin no longer threatens to eternally separate us…

Peace With God Of everybody you could hope to be at peace with, God must be at the top of the list. He’s the one with total power. He created us, and He could do whatever He willed with us. He also knows everything about us, including the ways we’ve gone against His will for…

Understanding Important Terms In this chapter of Romans there’s a lot of language that modern people may not be familiar with, but these terms are still fully important for us to understand so that we can learn everything from what the Apostle Paul writes. Gentiles is a term for people who were not Jewish. These…

A Biblical Loophole? At the beginning of chapter 3, Paul addresses an argument regarding man’s relationship with sin under the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. Let’s start with verses 3 and 4 below: What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being…