by Will | Apr 21, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 9:30-33 (NIV) What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but...
by Will | Apr 21, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 9:19-29 (NIV) One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?” But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?'”...
by Will | Apr 16, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 9:10-18 (NIV) Not only that, but Rebekah’s children had one and the same father, our father Isaac. Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad–in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who...
by Will | Apr 14, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 9:6-9 (NIV) It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will...
by Will | Apr 14, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 9:1-5 (NIV) I speak the truth in Christ–I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit–I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my...
by Will | Apr 9, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 8:28-39 (NIV) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among...
