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...
by Will | Apr 9, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 8:18-27 (NIV) I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own...
by Will | Apr 6, 2020 | Scripture Meditations
Romans 8:12-17 (NIV) Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation–but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will...
