Tag: Grace
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Transformation
(Romans 12:1-2) In days of old God gave man the law of Moses. He gave this law to the children of Israel to guide them as to what was right and to keep sin in check. The Israelites followed the law for a while but they strayed from the right path which led to the…
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Chosen by Grace
(Romans 11:1-6) The foundations upon which the new covenant rests are twofold. First there is the principle of faith. To receive the gifts of God and to enter the kingdom of God requires faith. You cannot receive or achieve anything from God on the basis of works alone, but only through faith for that is…
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No Condemnation when God Justifies
(Romans 8:33-34) This is perhaps one of the most powerful messages of the new covenant and yet so often either not known, not employed or forgotten by Christians. This is a message we need to remember and employ as we walk with the Lord day by day. Listen to this. Romans 8 opens with the…
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Sold Under Sin
(Romans 7:13-20) They abolished slavery several hundred years ago. At least they did in most western civilisations and those civilisations where rulers had compassion for their people. And this is a good thing. But despite that fact we are all slaves. Every person on this earth is in the bondage of a slavery like no…
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How Freedom From Law Works
(Romans 7:2-4) In my last post we saw why it is necessary that we are set free from the law to negate and remove the power of sin so that God can help us to grow mature in Jesus Christ. In these next few verses of Romans 7 we see how this works and we…
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The Reign of Grace
(Romans 5:20-21) This section of scripture says the following and it presents a wonderful blessing to all who understand it. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading…
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Access To Grace
(Romans 5:2) The words of that most famous of hymns begin saying, “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound…” And grace is truly amazing. It is by grace that we have access to all the gifts and promises of God promised through the writings and words of His prophets, disciples, apostles and of course Jesus Christ…
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Free Gift From God
(Romans 4:1-5) There is a chorus we sing in church on a regular basis which goes like this: For from Him and to Him and through Him are all things… The chorus was written around the words in Romans 11:36, but if ever a piece of scripture bore out those words it is this section…
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Restored By Grace
(Romans 3:24-26) In my last post I discussed verse 23, which is a much used and well known scripture. It spoke of the fact that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. I spoke also of the redemption that is possible for those who subsequently come to God seeking a better…
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Righteousness of God
(Romans 3:21-22) The righteousness of God does not depend upon, nor is it based upon works of the law. As I showed in my last post, the law served to show what sin is and to give man the knowledge of sin. The law is NOT sin but it showed sin up for what it…
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What Is Sin?
(Romans 3:19-20) These two verses hold some very interesting and important information, not the least of which is the question that is the title of this post. What is sin? The verses read as follows: 19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that…
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Enlightened by the Holy Spirit
(Acts 23:1-11) Here we see that the Roman authorities had been puzzled as to the negative and violent reaction of the Jews against Paul on his return to Jerusalem. They had intended to flog Paul with whips to find the truth of the matter, but stopped short on discovering he was a Roman citizen. Their…
