Romans 13

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Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

– Romans 13:8

Having received the abundant love of God in Christ, we are indebted to also give His love in abundance to others. This ultimately is the fulfillment of the law that God desires of us.

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Romans 12

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Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

– Romans 12:14

This is one of the ways that the other-worldly nature of the Gospel, and it’s power are manifest. God, through the Gospel, and the empowering grace of His Holy Spirit makes it possible for me to do what I am wholly incapable of doing according to my own nature. He enables us by His grace and Spiritual power to not only not curse those who persecute us but instead to bless them.

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Romans 11

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Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!

– Romans 11:35

There are many things of God that don’t entirely make sense to me. Yes, thoughts are not our thoughts,
nor are His ways our’s. But this I know for certain, God is wise and His judgments perfect. Therefore, by faith I can leave all of my uncertainties with Him, knowing that Heis rich in wisdom, knowledge, and just judgment.

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Romans 10

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For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

– Romans 10:4

Like Israel of old, we are all inclined to try to establish our righteousness before God by our own ‘good works.’ But praise be to God who gives us grace, unto righteousness, not by the works of the law, but by faith.

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Romans 9

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I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh,

– Romans 9:1-3

Paul’s passion for the salvation of his Jewish brothers and sisters is truly amazing. At the same time, it is extremely challenging. Do I have even half the passion for the salvation of my countrymen? Would to God that the same heart would be developed in me. Because I can confess that apart from God’s power at work in me, I will not have it.

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Romans 8

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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

– Romans 8:18

You will suffer in this life. We live in a broken world, and as a result, we suffer. Jesus said, “In the world you will have tribulaiton.” That’s a promise. Not one of the Jesus promises we like to claim, but it’s a promise nonetheless. Though, maybe we should claim it because the whole of His pomise says, “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Yes, suffering is a reality in a broken world. But the greater reality for the Christian is that we trust in He who overcame this world, and therefore we know that any suffering in this life will be immediately overshadowed by the glory of the next.

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Romans 7

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For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

– Romans 7:18-19

I don’t know anyone that does not at some level identify with the struggle described here in Romans 7. We are compelled by the hardwiring of our conscience to live according to righteousness. But we are totally incapable of living in this righteous way. When we try to appease our own conscience, or the expectations of others, or a religious standard laid upon us, we fail utterly and miserably. We find ourselves crying out in agony with Paul, “O wretched man that I am!”

Never fail to realize, this is exactly the purpose of the Law of God, and even the law written upon our hearts in the form of our conscience. Paul writes previously in this chapter, “I would not have known sin except through the law.” The Law reveals our fallenness and forces us to seek deliverance. “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” That’s the right question.

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Romans 6

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And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

– Romans 6:18

In Christ’s victory, we have been set free from sin. We are no longer under sin’s oppressive rule. It is no longer our master. We have a new master in Christ and as a result, we can and should live in righteousness, no longer as servants of sin, but servants of our Savior.

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Romans 5

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For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

– Romans 5:19

In Adams failure we all became failures. But in Christ’s victory, we all become victorious. As Paul would write to the Corinthians, “… in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22). This is why our identity in Christ is so essentially important. Our identity in Adam is that of a sinner. Our new identity in Christ is that of the righteous.

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Romans 4

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He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

– Romans 4:20-21

Many are the lessons to learn from the father of our faith, Abraham. Here in verses 20 and 21 is an important lesson of faith. But the striking thing is that it took Abraham many years of failures of faith to make him strong in faith.

The only way to strengthen our weak faith is to do so by exercising it. You’ll have to take increasingly bigger steps of faith, over time, to become unwavering in confidence. It’s the only way.

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Enduring Word Commentary with Pastor David Guzik

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My Utmost for His Highest | Oswald Chambers

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