WILL YOU TAKE A 2016 BIBLE STUDY CHALLENGE?
I have a great tool to get you off to a good start. A Free Bible study in the book of Romans. I have been running a Romans series for about 16 weeks. It is not over yet! I will begin the next session on January the 11th. It will run through March the 4th.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOUR MIND IS TAKING YOU?
What is the mark of a true believer? Do you ever ask yourself this question? If you ask yourself this question where do you go to find the answer? Today we will look at Romans 8:5-11 to answer the question, “what is the mark of a true believer?” Looking at Romans 8:5-11 also answers the third question, “where do I go to find out what a true believer looks like?” The answer, the Word of God. I also want to add the Word of God is the only reliable place we can get our information. God has graciously and with a warning gave us everything we need to know. We are without excuse. Placed between Paul’s worship of Christ and His setting the believer free from their condemnation of sin he briefly stops to give a picture of a true believer and an unbeliever.
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THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW ARE FULFILLED IN CHRIST!
Do you not know? Have you not heard? God did it! God sent His One and only Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as an offering for sin. Why did He do this? We read in Romans chapters 1-3 that men do not fear Him, they do not honor Him, and they exchanged His incorruptible glory for an image that is corruptible. {The man that Romans speaks of is me, and all humanity.} This man made image will fade away but the God who always was, will always be! The God of heaven and earth, who man rejected, sent His Son to die for our sins and to accomplish in us what the Law could not do.
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THE AGONY OF OUR SIN, THE DEFEAT THROUGH CHRIST
Romans Lesson 23|Week-7
Christians, what a battle we fight on a daily basis. A battle against the sin which still dwells in us. We may still fight it, and we must, but, it is no longer king or ruler of our lives. It does not own us anymore! There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ. He has defeated the power that it once held over us.
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Who Is The Man in Romans 7:14-25
Romans Lesson 22| Week-6|
Have you ever heard someone who claims to be a believer say, “I do not sin.” Before I say anything about this statement lets go to the Bible and see what it has to say.
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What Do You Want To Blame For Your Sin?
It is human nature to want to blame. There have been times in my life that I knew I was in the wrong but wanted to blame my reaction to a situation on someone or something else. Can anybody relate? The blame game goes all the way to the beginning of man’s creation. Come with me and we will read how Eve blamed the serpent and how Adam blamed God.
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Freed To Walk in Newness of the Spirit
Romans Lesson 20|Week-4|Day-3
In the beginning, God said, Let there be… and by the word of His power, there is. Then God said, “Let us make man in Our own image, according to Our Likeness. He formed man out of the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into Him. He placed the man in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it. He commanded the man saying, ” From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” {Genesis 2:16-17}
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Set Free To Walk in Newness of Life
Romans Lesson 20| Week-4|Day-1
In Romans 7 Paul is going to continue to remind the Beloved of their new position in Christ. He is going to use the analogy of marriage to guide us to an understanding of what God in Christ has accomplished for us. In Romans 6:3 Paul asked this question, “Do You Not Know?” Again in Romans 7:1 he asks, “Do you not know?” Galatians 5:1 teaches;
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LET’S PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD
Romans Lesson 19|Week-3|Day-2
Paul opens the book of Romans proclaiming his privilege and his duty to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. After greeting the beloved of Rome, he immediately proclaims that he is not ashamed of the gospel, {Romans 1:16}
{ARE YOU A SLAVE TO SIN OR A SLAVE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS?}
Romans Lesson 19|Week-3|Day-1
Paul begins Romans 6:16 with these words, “Do you not know?” He asks this question looking back at verse 15 addressing those who might say, “hey we are not under the law but under grace, let’s continue in sin. Why not, grace will cover it, RIGHT?” To help us understand and explain this un-truth Paul is going to use the word “slave” something that the believers in his day would have understood. Today, In order for us to understand what he is teaching we must read and study the Biblical texts and study the word that he used. So, let’s look at the word Paul used in this text in order that we may have a good understanding of what he is teaching and also why he chose the word slave.
DID YOU KNOW SIN IS DETHRONED?
Romans Bible Study|Week-2|Day-1| Lesson-18|
What is reigning in your life? Is it sin or is it Christ? Do we honor God and Christ above all our lusts? Paul has spent the first half of Romans 6 teaching what Christ has done on the cross and how that affects the believer. Since we know what the work of Christ has accomplished we have no excuses to still live in sin.
DID YOU KNOW DEATH IS WORTHY OF CELEBRATING?
{Week-1|Day-3|Romans Lesson-16&17}
As I was reading through Romans 6:1-11 in preparation for this post, I noticed the words die, death, died and dead appeared in 9 of the eleven verses. I could not help myself, I had to count them! I found these words, collectively, recorded {for us} 18 times! We know that when a writer repeats a word in Scripture he is trying to teach us something. I do believe that God through the Spirit is flashing a bright light right before our eyes trying to get our attention. It has my attention, what about you?
WHAT IS THE ONE STEP OF SANCTIFICATION?
To understand progressive sanctification or the work of the Holy Spirit that transforms us more and more into the likeness of Christ, I believe it is most important for us to know and understand the act of being set apart as holy unto God or as I will refer to it, “the one-time act of sanctification.” Paul says in Romans 6:3 “Do You not Know”. We need to know and understand what Christ has accomplished on the cross! Our discussion will center around our being set apart unto God and making us aware of the death that has taken place in us at our conversion.
SHOULD WE CONTINUE IN SIN SO GRACE WILL INCREASE?
{ROMANS LESSON 16-WEEK-1-DAY-1}
Paul has spent the first five chapters of the book of Romans teaching the depravity of all mankind and their need of a Savior. Along with this teaching, he has also introduced us to the provision and the grace of God that came through His Son Jesus Christ.
WHAT IS THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS?
WEEK-4| DAY-1| LESSON 14&15|
The book of Romans does not open with the birth of baby Jesus, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. It does not give an account of three wise men following the star to Bethlehem. There is no mention of gifts for the baby Jesus. We do not have an account of Mary and Joseph, but we do have the story of Christmas!
WHAT ARE THE FOUNDATION STONES OF THE GOSPEL?
WEEK-3|DAY-3| LESSON- 13
Paul moves back and forth in his teaching, with the corruption of man, the love of God, the work of Jesus Christ; the corruption of man, the love, and justice of God, the work of Jesus Christ. Each time giving us a better understanding of where we were as lost sinners and the need for the grace of God through the perfect sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ. Paul taught in the first three chapters of Romans the corruption, the depravity of man. He taught in the first chapter of Romans God’s wrath on mankind because of their corruption and their irreverent fear of Him.
ARE YOU PRAISING GOD FOR YOUR TRIBULATION?
Paul ends Romans 5:2 with us exalting and praising God for the hope that we have received through the atoning work of Christ. It is easy to praise God for the works of Christ. After all, He is the One who took on our punishment and suffered and died. We have received all that God requires for salvation, no works required. There is much to praise God for. We should never forget or take for granted what God in Christ has done for those who believe! But, when we look further into this passage we learn that not only are we to glory in God for His gift of grace but we are also to exult or glory in our tribulations!
BELIEVERS ARE SECURE IN THE GRACE OF GOD!
WEEK-3|DAY-1| LESSON 13
Paul begins Romans 5 with the word “therefore”. He is pointing us back to chapter 4 where he spent much time teaching and discussing justification through faith alone! There is no work on our part that is either accepted or required. This in itself should cause all believers everywhere to jump for joy and find complete rest!
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION?
Today as we walk through Romans 4:24-25 I want us to think about the importance of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Believe it or not, there are many so-called “professing Christians” who do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ! This fact is central to Christianity. Without it, our faith is worthless. Look at what 1 Corinthians 15:16-17 teaches:
DO YOU KNOW SCRIPTURE IS WRITTEN FOR ENCOURAGEMENT?
Romans 4:23-24 teaches us that His words have been written for the sake of Abraham and for our sake as well. Before we move on I want to give a little reminder about the context. These passages are teaching that our righteousness comes through faith, not by works, This dear one is the main point of the Gospel. Over, and over, and over, God, through the Holy Spirit is prompting Paul to teach and remind this truth. Our salvation is completely the work of the Trinity. We need only to believe! Let’s read Romans 4:23-24 together:
THE PROMISE OF GRACE IS REALIZED THROUGH FAITH!
DAY-1| WEEK-2| LESSON 11
To further tear down the idea that one must work to earn their salvation, or that those who were under the Mosaic Law were counted as righteous, Paul turns our attention back to the Old Testament using Abraham, again, as the example. To refresh our memory to what blessing Paul is referring in verse 9, we will need to go back up into what was previously written. Verse 6 teaches that David speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works. Having broken the Law of God David understood in His heart that his works of keeping the Law condemned him. For he did not, nor could he keep the Law.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE BLESSING OF NOT WORKING FOR SALVATION?
DAY-2| WEEK-1| LESSON 11
In verses 21-26 Paul lays out the work that Christ did on the cross to teach us that justification comes through His work and not our own attempts at working. For all those who believe, the righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ.
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