August 9 Romans 8:28 “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Far too often none-believers and believers alike take scripture and tear out bits and pieces of what they like and run with it. Most people take the first half or the ending part of scripture and run. They do not take time to read and understand the entirety of the scripture and because of that they walk around professing
August 8 Romans 8:1,13 “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” We often focus only on the first half of the scripture. That there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. This is true but it is only
August 7 1 Peter 1:14-16 “As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”” An obedient child has a sense of reverence for his parents that causes him to do everything they order him to do. The key reason an obedient child is able to submit to the authority of his parents and do their
August 6 Romans 6:6-8 “We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin. For the person who has died [with Christ] has been freed from [the power of] sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live [together] with Him,” Once something or someone has been crucified, the life of
Romans 5:18 “Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people.” Jesus is enough and His blood is enough. That might be hard to accept but there is only one truth and that is Jesus. As Christians it is so easy for us to believe the lies of the enemy while battling with the truth of the Word trying to figure out if it’s real. We all believe that there is sin and as