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Rom 12: 7-8 Pointing back to God
January 17, 2021 No Commentgifts χάρισμα, charisma, gracious free gift; spiritual gift endowed and empowered by the third person of the Trinity. it’s goal, it’s purpose is to accomplish two things: express love to God’s children bring glory to the Father (meaning every gift points back to God) balance is a key to approaching these gifts balance in personal […]
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Rom 12: 4-6 Serving in the Body
January 10, 2021 No Commentthis humble (servant oriented) perspective of ourselves sets the stage for the following verses and dovetails nicely with verse 4 4 For just as we have many parts in one body and all the body’s parts do not have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually […]
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Fuel for the Fire Romans 12:1-5
January 3, 2021 No Comment1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the […]
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Rom 12:3-4 Old Man vs New Man
December 27, 2020 No Commentlast week, in verse 3-4, we brought out the idea in Paul’s writings, that thinking to highly of oneself, was a form of insanity, compared to rightly thinking of oneself (i.e. seeing yourself as God sees you and how you are to fit into the body of Christ) we also discussed how the idea of […]
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Rom 12:1-5 A Transformation into Sanity
December 20, 2020 No CommentWe are entering a passage of scripture that runs topically from what is now divided between chapters 12 to chapter 15. Paul is taking the overarching topic of the “Practice of God’s Righteousness” i.e. The Righteousness of God in Daily Practice He will run through our need to be transformed, not conformed 12:1-2 body of […]
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Rom 12:1-2 A Living Sacrifice
November 29, 2020 No Comment1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the […]
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Rom 11:13 – 36 A Gift to the Gentiles
November 22, 2020 No CommentPaul is still explaining God’s plan for Israel, and how the gentiles of the world fit into, but not contradict this plan. He answers questions that are not “asked” but “anticipated” and chapters 10-11 remind the reader of the “oh look, a chicken” type of letter. This is Paul’s method of being thorough in his […]
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Rom 10:18 – 11:12
November 15, 2020 No CommentRom 10 18 But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have; “THEIR VOICE HAS GONE OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH, AND THEIR WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD.” Paul mentioned hearing as a critical step in the salvation chain back in verse 17. he goes back to this to […]
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Matt 13:1-23 Parable of the Soils
November 1, 2020 No CommentA parable found in Mark 4 Luke 8 Matt 13 (lets focus on the one in Matthew) 1 That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. 2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on […]
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Rom 10:1-17 The Engineering of Sharing the Gospel
October 25, 2020 1 commentRom 10:1, 9-10, 14-17 In Romans 9-11, Paul writes a trilogy of God’s plan for Israel. (some call it past, present, future) but he interrupts his regularly scheduled programming to break down the gospel’s demand upon those who know it and to those who need to hear it. 1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and my […]
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