Therefore I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the most reasonable way for you to worship. Romans 12:1 Here it is again: Παρακαλῶ – I urge, …
Word Study Gems
Bible Gem 222 – Has God Rejected Israel? (Rom 11:1-10)
I ask, then, has God rejected His own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin. No, God has not rejected His own people, whom He chose from …
Bible Gem 220 – Beautiful Feet (Rom 10:15)
How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news. Romans 10:15 What a strange thing to say. We don’t normally think of feet as being beautiful. Feet are a rather strange appendage to our bodies. In fact if you were really to look …
Bible Gem 200 – Foreknown, Predestined, Called, Justified and Glorified (Rom 8:29-30)
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined, he also called; and those whom he called, he also justified; and …
Bible Gem 189 – THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION (Rom 8:1)
Four amazing words! THEREFORE When you see a therefore ask what it’s there for. What is this connected to? To all that has gone before it. From the beginning of Romans Paul has shown us clearly the desperate nature of our plight and God’s answer …
Bible Gem 176 – Cheap Grace? Hardly (Rom 5:20-6:1)
Now the law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more, so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death, so also grace might rule by bringing justification that results in eternal life through Jesus Christ our …
Bible Gem 172 – A New Definition of Love Needed (Rom 5:8)
Have another read of But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 Now that is more than your average love. This kind of love is not a natural human response. This …
Bible Gem 156 – Over looking past sins? Really? (Rom 3:25)
Romans 3:25 This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when He held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for He was looking ahead and including them in what He would do in this present time. (NLT) Through the passing …
Bible Gem 155 – Propitiation or Expiation? Talk English man! (Rom 3:25)
There are two deep concepts in this one verse. (One today and the other we will deal with in the next Gem). Today’s focus is on the word [ἱλαστήριον] hilastērion (hil-as-tay’-ree-on). “ for being justified freely by His grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus, …
Bible Gem 154 – His Righteousness not Ours (Rom 3:22)
Remember these Scriptural quotes? Our righteous before Him is as filthy rags, Isaiah 64:6 unless your righteousness greatly exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! Mathew 5:20 Note Paul says “now a new righteousness of God is …