You know I have said it before but it is worth saying again. I have been taught that repetition is a good way of emphasising your point. It is certainly the way the Hebrews and the Greeks did it. So just as Paul uses these …
Bible Gem 177 – Don’t let the Chapter Breaks Fool You (Rom 5//6)
Bible Gem 176 – Cheap Grace? Hardly (Rom 5:20-6:1)
Now the law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more, so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death, so also grace might rule by bringing justification that results in eternal life through Jesus Christ our …
Bible Gem 175 – . . . So the Offence would Increase (Rom 5:20)
Now the law crept in so that the offence would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more, so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death, so also grace might rule by bringing justification that results in eternal life through Jesus Christ our …
Bible Gem 174 – Following Paul’s Thought (Rom 5:12-19)
We need to look at the passage again carefully in order to understand it. Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to everyone, because all have sinned. Romans 5:12 Following this verse there is a …
Bible Gem 173 – Only Two Kinds of People in God’s Sight (Rom 5:12-19)
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to everyone, because all have sinned. Certainly sin was in the world before the law was given, but no record of sin is kept when there is no …
Bible Gem 172 – A New Definition of Love Needed (Rom 5:8)
Have another read of But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:8 Now that is more than your average love. This kind of love is not a natural human response. This …
Bible Gem 171 – Christ Loved You at Your Lowest Point (5:8)
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person. But God demonstrates his love …
Bible Gem 170 – Hope that Doesn’t Disappoint (Rom 5:3-5)
Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope. Now this hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has …
Bible Gem 169 – Faith, Hope Love and a little peace and grace (Rom 5:1-2)
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing God’s glory. Romans …
Bible Gem 168 – A Peek Ahead at What’s to Come (Rom 5:1-21)
Romans Chapter 5 (and maybe Chapter 4) is like an oasis in the midst of sin. All around it Paul deals with the sin issue but Chapter 5 is different. A jewel set in the midst of the darkness which shines the brighter because of …