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Road Rules from Romans [Pt 3]

jeff — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:50:45 +0000

I’ve been attending other reading and other studies, but have been drawn back to my “Romans Road Rules” thoughts and wanted to pick back up again with that exploration. I’m picking up with chapter 10 of Paul’s letter to the Roman believers and following through chapter 13.

The passage that grabbed my attention on this reading adventure follows:

“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. As the Scriptures tell us, ‘Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.’ Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him. For ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.’” Romans 10:9-13

My question is; “what does it really mean to believe in your heart“?(...)
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Road Rules from Romans [Pt 2]

jeff — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:30:42 +0000

Maybe it is just my opinion or interpretation, but I do not think that the teaching of Paul in Romans chapter six could be any clearer. It is abundantly evident to me that he is making a declaration that sin has been officially defeated and conquered through the atoning work of Jesus’ death on the cross, resurrection from that death, and ascension back to heaven. Further, it is also abundantly clear that he (Paul) is proclaiming that as followers of Christ, we too have the first down payment and benefit of sharing in Jesus’ victory over sin and death. As such, we no longer are subjects in bondage to sin and/or death. We are invited to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, following the guidance of God the Holy Spirit, and fulfilling the will and bringing glory to GOD Almighty. I think many of us will concede that these statements are true and profess our agreement with them. The breakdown occurs between verbal affirmation of these beliefs and actually living them out. Why the failure? Why the breakdown?(...)
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Road Rules from Romans [Pt 1]

jeff — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:56:40 +0000

I am posting some of these thoughts over on the blog for my home church while our congregation reads together through the New Testament Scriptures. I wanted to have a permanent link to my own blog, so I’m posting here too. This will be a multi-part post over the next couple days, so feel free to read along and share your thoughts for or against.

“…suppress truth by their wickedness” (Romans 1:18)

“…they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like” (Romans 1:21)

“They traded the truth about God for a lie…” (Romans 1:25)

“…they worshipped the things God created instead of the Creator himself” (Romans 1:25)

It is easy for us to point the finger at “the other guy” about now. Most of us in the Christian world would not consider ourselves to be included in the audience that Paul refers to in the passages above. We’re good. We know Jesus. We accepted His free gift of salvation; we said so in a prayer. We go to church. We own a Bible. We say grace at the table and occasionally volunteer in a service project…when we have time and it doesn’t interrupt the schedules of our lives. Paul says to us; “You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse!” (Romans 2:1). If that statement is not enough to rattle us “good knower’s of God’s word,” Paul writes the following words to the Roman Jews (I really think these words can be/should be applied to us Christians in 21^st century North Amercia):(...)
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