Correction: Yesterday, I inadvertently skipped the actual verse, ‘Romans 8;28’ and instead quoted you Romans 8;29 by mistake, (although I identified it as Romans 8;28, in truth it was really verse 29). Please excuse my error. Today, I will go back and base today’s devotion upon the ‘correct’ verse 28....
Romans 8;29
28. For those whom he knew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
The moment egg and sperm are joined, new life is created. Each one, the egg and the sperm, contain 23 chromosomes,...
Romans 8;26&27
26. Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercede for us with sighs too deep for words.
27. And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because...
Romans 8;24&25
24. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?25. But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
What is the “hope” of Believers?
Certainly we in faith look forward...
Romans 8;22&23
22. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now;23. and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, grown inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
The heart, soul, mind, and...
Romans 8;19-21
19. For the creation waits with eager, longing for the revealing of the sons of God;20. for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;21. because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to...
Romans 8;18
18. I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
“I consider,” Paul has used this word “consider” before in his exhortation to us in Romans 6 saying,“So you also must ‘consider’ yourselves dead to sin and...
Romans 8;15-17
15. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba, Father!” 16. it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God,17. and if children, then heirs, heirs of God...
Roman’s 8;14
14. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
What does it me to be, “led by the Spirit of God” ?
It means that we are no longer in command. Like a good soldier, we follow our good ‘Leader’ who is, praise God, NEVER wrong.
To be...
Roman’s 8;12&13
12. So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—13. For if you live, according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
Paul reveals that the divine spiritual war between...
Romans 8;10&11
10. But if Christ is in you, although your bodies are dead because of sin, your spirits are alive because of righteousness.11. If the Spirit of him who raise Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your...
Romans 8;9
9. But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God really dwells in you. Any one who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him.
When Paul says, “you are not in the flesh, you are in the...
Corrections: I wrongly dated yesterday’s VotD as 9/31 instead of 8/31. I misquoted Philippians 5;18, it should read “give thanks in all circumstances” not ‘things’. ...
Romans 8;5&6
5. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.6. To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind...
Romans 8;4
8;3b. He (the Triune God) condemned sin in the flesh, (of Jesus)4. in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flash, but according to the Spirit.
It is of utmost importance for us to carefully read this verse.
The reason...
Romans 8;3
3. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, he condemned sin in the flash.
Our Heavenly Father had many reasons to send His only Son:
John 3;16 teaches us, “ For...
Romans 8;2
2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.
‘Two different Laws from God’
Here, Paul in praise to God, sets forth the truth that there is another, different, greater, more powerful law from God! It is not the “law of sin...
Romans 8;1
1. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Imagine an armed police force searching for a terrible murderer, a child rapist, a violent repeat criminal, a mentally deranged maniac. If they could catch him alive, he would be chained immediately, thrown in prison only to in...
Romans 7;25
25. Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Paul thanks God for his conflicted condition. His condition forces him to despair of the flesh altogether, and cry...
Romans 7;19-23, and 24
19. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.20. Now, if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me.21. So I find it...
Romans 7;17&18
17. So then it is no longer I (the born anew man) that do it, but sin which dwells within me.18. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I (the born anew man) can will what is right, but I cannot do it.
Here, Paul sets...
Romans 7;13-17
13. Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might be become sinful beyond measure.14. We know that the...
Romans 7;7-12
7. What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin. I should not have known what it is to covet it if the law has not said, “You shall not...
Romans 7;5&6
5. While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.6. But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written...
Roman’s 7/4
4. Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to Him who has been raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
Paul uses the analogy of the law as it applies...
Romans 7;1-3
1. Do you not know brethren—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only during his life?2. Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies she is...
Romans 6;20-20
20. When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.21. But then, what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.22. But now that you have been set free from sin and have...
Romans 6;17-19
17. But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
18. and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.
19. I am speaking in human terms, because of...
Romans 6;15&16
15. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!16. Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death,...
(Dear friends in Christ, Tomorrow and this weekend will be very demanding for me. Therefore, I am sending in advance the next few commentary/devotions. GPP)
Romans 6;12-14
12. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.13. Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness,...