Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13:10 Love is fulfilled by both positive (the things we are to do) and negative (the things we should not do) commands. Love must always look at the good and best interests of others. Love is positive, yet it can be negative. For example, placing restrictions on certain behaviors. The negative way is in that it takes the overwhelming human tendency towards sin, selfishness, and cruelty. Eight of the ten commandments are restrictions of what not to do, because sin comes naturally, while good does not. The first sign of Christian love is turning…
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Do Not Conform To This World
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing, you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Roman 12:2 God has told us not to confirm to this world. However, let’s be honest, it’s hard not to conform to this world, and the many different levels of its likeness. We, Christians, have to firmly resist the temptation to accept and imitate the world’s thinking and Behaviors. The world is filled with evil and we must not adopt the worlds away. Satan is the ruler and is hostile towards God and his people.…
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Live According
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. Romans 8:13 Paul states the need for all to continually battle against all that would limit God’s work and purpose in our lives. Sin is always creeping into our lives to take control. Spiritual conflict is against our own selfish and ungodly desires. Our desires of the flesh. As christians, we have to choose daily, constantly to surrender to God’s nature and character or if we will choose sin. We put to death the deeds of the body through the power of…
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Sold Under Sin
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. Romans 7:14 Following Christ is one of the best things a person could ever do. Is it easy? No! Is it hard to live life without him? Yes! The phrase I am of the flesh, sold under sin, points to the spiritual or unspiritual condition of the persons who have not been reborn again in Christ. Paul is explaining the inability of the law to rescue us from sin. Yet, the good news (which is all about our savior and how he saves us) is capable of bringing spiritual salvation and freedom from sin…
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The Law And Sin
What then shall we say? That the law is a sin? By no means! Yes, if it had not been for the law. I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet. Romans 7:7 Please read Romans 7:7-25 for full context! Paul is describing the uselessness of trying to live right and please God in our own strength, without depending on God’s grace, mercy, and strength. Paul understood this from his own personal experience before he was a follower of Christ. He only depended on God’s law to be righteous. We can not…
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Reflection Day
Please, Go grab your journal, pen, bible, music, favorite drink and favorite spot to spend time with God. Pray, listen, seek, listen, ask, ask listen. Write down what you hear God speaking to you about. Seek where in your life you need to make changes to honor God. Dear Heavenly Father, As we spend this time with you, please speak to our hearts. I pray that each one of us will be patient and sit at your feet. I pray that we will hear your voice and be obedient to what you speak to us about. Holy Spirit, guide our time with you. In Jesus Name Amen
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Dead To Sin
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11 If you are a true follower of Christ, you are dead to sin. This is a reflection in several areas of your Christian experience. In God’s view, you are dead to sin. According to verses five through 10, God considers us dead to sin with Christ on the cross. Also to be raised up to a new life and his resurrection. When you excepted Christ in your life, you died to sin. You’re spiritually reborn it by the power of the Holy Spirit. As a result, you have been given Christ power…
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Body of Sin
We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Romans 6:6-7 There are two important phrases in these verses that Paul uses. The first one is “old self” and the second is “born again”. The first phrase is a symbol of who a person is before they are spiritually reborn. The second is how a person is restored to a right relationship with God. The old self is a person not following Christ. They are…
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Do We Keep Sinning?
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Romans 6:1-3 How many believers think that they can continue to sin because of God’s grace? Paul challenges this faulty idea that we can continue to sin and remain secure and guilt-free in their salvation because of God’s grace. People in Paul’s day believed the misguided view that they were not held to God’s moral laws as long as they had…
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God’s Anger – Part 2
for the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, whiny their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Romans 1:18 God’s wrath in the future will be great distress for the ungodly and the great judgment day for all people and nations. Those who who have rejected God and choose not to follow Christ, it will be a great day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom. It will be a terrible day of judgment for those who are not right with God. The final wrath of God will be those sent to eternal punishment and permanent separation from God. For those who…