Category: Romans
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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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The Power Of One
(Romans 5:15-19) We see in this section how the actions of two men, acting as individuals, have changed the fates of all humanity. One brought death and destruction to all of mankind. The other promises reconciliation and life to all mankind. Both of these men began in similar circumstances but the outcomes of their lives…
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Why You Are Freed From Law
(Romans 5:12-14) A few posts ago I wrote about the nature of sin in a post titled “What Is Sin.” In that post I looked at sin and identified that it is a very broad concept but at the root sin is the state of disobedience to and rejection of the will of God. In…
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Reconciled To God
Romans 5:9-11 The primary reason for Jesus coming to this world was to reconcile man to God. It was the purpose and goal of God the Father to establish a means by which man would be able to step aside from sin and come into a place where God is prepared to help man be…
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Greatest Gift Of All
(Romans 5:6-8) What is the greatest gift of all? Well a really great gift is when you get something that you need or want without asking for it. But even better than that is when you are given a gift that you need AND you don’t deserve it. But the greatest gift of all is…
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Hope, Love and the Holy Spirit
(Romans 5:5) Here we see a link between these three and how they interact to help us as Christians to grow. This verse reads: “…and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” In the previous couple…
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Why We Suffer
(Romans 5:3-4) One of the things we know and come to expect as Christians is that we will suffer. Throughout the New Testament we see teachings about suffering, the need for suffering, how to deal with suffering and not to be surprised at the sufferings and ordeals that come upon us as Christians. Suffering is…
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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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Peace With God
(Romans 5:1) The most wonderful thing about the grace of God and the process He has put in place through faith in His work in Jesus Christ is that we now can have peace with God. Are you aware that before coming to Christ you were actually at war with God? Did you know that…
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Essence of the New Covenant
(Romans 4:22-25) If ever there were just a few verses that summed up the essence of the new covenant and how both it works and what we are to believe and accept in Jesus Christ, these are those few verses. The new covenant is deliberately simple to grasp and take hold of. It had to…
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Faith Like Abraham
(Romans 4:16-21) When it comes to the old prophets, teachers and patriarchs of the bible, Abraham stands out as being THE man of the faith. All of us today along with those spoken of in bible times and everyone in between look to Abraham as our father, either as a direct descendant in the case…
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Where There Is No Law
(Romans 4:13-15) Here is an interesting question worth considering, because it goes to the heart of what the New Covenant is all about. Do you need the law? Man reveres law because they seek order and structure. We see this reverence for law in the way that the law and lawyers are depicted in books,…
