When the Law comes, sin “revives” because the Law brings to us the knowledge of sin. Many Christians are extremely upset over the practice of abortion. Such an assemblage would be the worst possible enemy of God in the universe. John 15? We are crucified to being anything and doing anything, and being anything and doing anything are crucified to us. In the bones? Let us keep in mind, however, that Paul, in Romans 6:23, is not addressing the unsaved. According to the current deception, the inhabitants of Heaven and of the new Jerusalem will not be people who practice righteousness, holiness, and obedience to God. When do the promises of the Book of Romans become true for us as an individual? If we do not, if we continue to practice sin, we will die spiritually. Saints who labor in the Lord’s vineyard develop a sense of the timing of the Holy Spirit. How does God regard the living and holy sacrifice of our physical body consecrated to His purposes? What about the evil that Paul desired not to do? The non-Christian has only his human spirit. 37. Meanwhile sin keeps on seeking our worship. To be “saved by grace” is to be escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust—escaping by the supernatural wisdom and power being given us daily through the Holy Spirit who is dwelling in us. What righteousness has been revealed? The violence of the setting up of the Kingdom of God on the earth is described in Joel 2:1-11, Isaiah 13:3-11, Micah 5:7-9, Habakkuk 3:11-16, Malachi 4:3, Jude 14,15, Revelation 19:11-21, and in other passages of the Scriptures. 13. What is true if we are practicing evil? What country was Paul thinking of visiting? When the firstfruits have been perfected in the Lord they will be gathered to Jesus and return with Him to save the nation of Israel. Paul understood the differences and presented them clearly. They will bear malice in their hearts, and they will not forgive. But righteousness, self-control, and judgment are not always found in the corruption of Paul’s doctrine being advanced today. What was Paul’s desire for the saints in Rome? So he immediately assumed their level by explaining, “that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.”. To make matters worse, they speak of themselves as being persecuted for the Gospel’s sake. A related question is, will the sins of the Christian be judged, or has the believer been released from the consequences of his actions because of his statement of belief in Christ? The new covenant is not fulfilled by the fact of our dying and going to Heaven. Those who have been called to belong to Christ. God has planted Christ in the believers and He expects to reap Christ in the believers. Why should we never judge our brother for his personal beliefs or hold him in contempt because of his weak and limited faith? It is important to the Christian disciple to understand thoroughly that he is not of the world. We are not to be yielding the members of our body as slaves to sin, as instruments, tools, of unrighteousness. It seems likely that the believers in Rome, and in other countries as well, were having the same problems we see today. 16. 10. We are all sinners. The Book of Romans contains what probably are the strongest statements to be made by Paul—perhaps the strongest statements in all Scripture—concerning Divine foreknowledge, predestination, and calling. What has brought us into this grace of God in Christ in which we stand? 33. Therefore we shall be cut out of the Vine, out of Christ. Some Christians learn the above truth to their dismay. The pressures God will send in the future shall sweep away the current plans and procedures and replace them with the Bride without blemish. 5. With God there always is Mount Gerizim, the mount of blessing, and Mount Ebal, the mount of cursing, until we enter perfect love, joy, and peace in the center of His will (Deuteronomy 11:29; I Peter 5:10). Paul was an Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin. If you will simply accept Christ whom God has given, God’s righteousness and salvation will be yours.”. Remain in fellowship with the brothers and sisters, not allowing himself to become lifted up in pride. Paul warns the believer in Christ: “If you serve sin you will be paid your due wages. What Person possesses the authority to hold an individual guilty? The devils are assured of these facts and tremble in terror. Whether the authority is in his home or the church or the government of the country, the saint is to obey the authority as unto the Lord, trusting God to make certain he is ruled according to God’s will. How do we know this? Zion was David’s city, and David was a man of war. They will be clothed in the robes of righteousness—robes fashioned from their own Christ-filled righteous deeds while on earth. God has taken it upon Himself to forgive all the sins of our first personality, the first creation, through the offering of Christ. Christ is the grace of God to us (I Corinthians 1:30). Personal Lord—not quite! Therefore every tongue that will rise against us in judgment will be silenced. God is looking for fruit. We are without condemnation in the sight of God. The resurrection of our mortal body, the removal of the remaining sinful tendencies from us, and the filling of us with His Presence so we love righteousness and hate iniquity. What law is it that has ruled out boasting about righteousness? If the question during the Day of the Lord is whether or not we have lived in righteous behavior holiness, and obedience to God, then Christians have not understood Paul’s teaching concerning the grace of God in Christ. He is a light to those who are in darkness. He will fill us with His love and peace. The dark rock walls loom high on every side. Joy is that happy, glad state found only in the Kingdom of God, only among the righteous. God found a way to remove condemnation from us. The ministries and gifts given to the Christian Church are for the purpose of building the Body of Christ into maturity in the Head. What should the Christian do when someone becomes enraged and attempts to harm him or does harm him? The old covenant informs us what sin is and issues warnings and guidelines concerning our conduct. 44. 4. Paul goes on to explain that the saints, the brothers of Christ, were elected, chosen in Christ before the world was created. Insolence, arrogance, boasting. Second, we must follow the Spirit as He creates Christ in us. When we rest our faith on Christ we always emerge in success and victory. The difference between the two covenants is not only that one was of the letter and the other is by faith. There are a variety of gifts among us that differ according to the grace given the individual believer. In all instances, the first business of the Christian each day is to pray for the will of God and to perform God’s will to the best of his knowledge and ability, always asking the Lord for grace to help in the battle. But, one may ask, many Christian people live and die without ever having truly turned over their lives to Jesus. God’s ways cannot be traced, cannot be defined and predicted. The coming of the Lord and the first resurrection from the dead will not be an unscriptural secret “rapture” in which the believers become invisible but rather a worldwide manifestation of the Glory of Christ. God sends judgment on him so he will not be condemned with the world. The The righteous leap for joy, not for fun, when they are persecuted, because the Glory of the Lord is resting on them and their future is radiant with the hope of immortality in the Presence of the King. In our day the Lord must remove the view of the Gospel as the Divine alternative to godly behavior. It is able to live and move around because of its several systems that work together. They are not faith in the Lord Jesus but soulish faith guided by the self-will of the practitioner. Notice that our resurrection depends on the fact that the Holy Spirit is dwelling in us, and will issue from the Holy Spirit who is in us. This doctrine is heartless, unrighteous, and does not agree with the manner in which the Scriptures describe the administration of the judgment of God. 51. When the Light from Heaven returns and illumines the darkness of the world, all the lesser lights also will shine—those who return with Him and those who yet remain alive on the earth. Try it and see for yourself. however, present-day theology perceives the goal of the new covenant to be that of gaining entrance to Heaven when we die. What is true of an entire tree if the root of the tree is holy? The idea is that the Christian Church, because of the disobedience of the Jews, has replaced the nation of Israel as the servant of the Lord. Our righteousness is result of our good deeds. This is true because we have grown into union with Christ in His death on the cross. He must draw near to God in order to receive more of the Divine Nature of Christ, more of the eternal love of God that is powerful enough to overcome all the power of Satan. The doctrine of the remnant is important throughout the Scriptures. Each of us needs to return to the Lord and petition Him constantly to remove the darkness, the treachery, the lies from our heart and mind. Rather, Paul keeps on insisting that we are obliged to walk “in the Spirit,” meaning that our thinking, speaking, and acting are always to be governed by the energy and wisdom of the Holy Spirit of God. 7. In no manner was Asenath separate from Joseph and Joseph’s family. 27. What can we know if we keep renewing our mind in Christ? The righteousness proceeded from Abraham’s belief in the promise of the Lord, not from any success or failure in the practice of the moral law of God—the law expressed later in the Ten Commandments and Levitical statutes. The author is one who thinks he hears from the Lord while in prayer. 35. He was walking in the light, in fellowship with his Father in Heaven. But sanctification must follow justification or glorification is not possible. This verse is being taken out of context. He was one of the most unmerciful persecutors of the early Christians, but was converted by the sudden appearance to him of the risen Lord. What happens at the moment her husband dies? The resurrection from the dead, which is the direct result of the overcoming of sin, has to do only with the Lord Jesus Christ. The sons of God will bear responsibility of such magnitude that no language on earth could encompass and convey such grandeur, such avenues of development and expression. This means there is a continuing verdict of not guilty proceeding from God, the Judge of the bench of Heaven. Would God call a covenant “better” that is less able to produce godliness in human beings? The Law brings to us the knowledge of sin. The results, the fruit, of the behaviors they had practiced as unsaved people. 7. 12. 49. 1. The mark of maturity is skill in the word of righteousness (Hebrews 5:13). If he is dead he is dead. Not one sin was overlooked. We are living according to our soul and human mind and have been influenced by the prevailing spirit of humanism. Have the gates of Hell overcome the Church of Christ? Rather, we are to wait until Christ obeys the commandments in us and through us. Sin does not have the power to rule us because we are not under the Law but under grace. What was Paul’s heart’s desire and delight, and supplication toward God, on behalf of the Israelites? The release and Divine blessing of the nations of the earth (Isaiah 2:2,3). When will the nations of the earth be blessed? The second problem is, we have inherited in our flesh a disposition toward sin and rebellion against God. 5. I was truly inspired by all the amazing scripture found within it, and I narrowed it down to ten lessons which stuck out to me (though there are much more).