Thoughts of St Paul the Apostle

2008-08-03T19:57:00.000-07:00

"For sin took advantage of the opportunity provided by the commandment to deceive me and kill me by means of the commandment." (Rom 7:11)

2008-08-02T07:41:00.000-07:00

"And so it is, my brothers--you've been put to death with respect to the Torah through Christ's body. You may now belong to another, to him who was raised from death, so that we may produce fruit for God." (Rom 7:4)

2008-08-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

"But now that you've been freed from sin and have become slaves of God the benefit you derive is sanctification, which leads to eternal life. The wages of sin is death, whereas God's free gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom 6: 22-23)

2008-07-31T09:27:00.000-07:00

"But thanks be to God, for you who were once slaves to sin have become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching which was handed down to you--you've been set free from sin and have become slaves of righteousness." (Rom 6:17-18)

2008-07-30T07:37:00.000-07:00

"Don't yield you members to sin as weapons of evil; instead, offer yourselves to God as raised from the dead and now living, and offer your members to God as weapons of rightenousness. For sin has no power over you, since you're under grace, not under law." (Rom 6: 13-14)

2008-07-29T07:36:00.000-07:00

"You should consider yourselves dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus." (Rom 6:11)

2008-07-28T10:29:00.000-07:00

"If we've died with Christ we believe that we'll also come to life with him." (Rom 6:8)

2008-07-27T09:36:00.000-07:00

"We know that our old self was crucified with him in order to do away with the sinful self, so we'd no longer be slaves to sin." (Rom 6:6)

2008-07-26T19:24:00.000-07:00

"Don't you know that those of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore, we were buried with him through our baptized into his death so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory we too might be able to lead a new life." (Rom 6: 3-4)

2008-07-25T10:24:00.000-07:00

"The Torah came in so as to increase the offense, but where sin increased grace increased even more, so that just as sin reigned in death so too would grace reign in reconciliation leading to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ." (Rom 5: 20-21)

2008-07-24T09:52:00.000-07:00

"For just as many were made sinners as a result of one man's disobedience, so too through one man's obedience many will be made righteous." (Rom 5:19)

2008-07-23T11:57:00.000-07:00

" Just one man's offense resulted in condemnation for all, so too one man's obedience results in pardon and life for all." (Rom 5:18)

2008-07-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

"It may be true that as a result of one man's offense death began its reign through that one man, yet how much greater is the gift! For those who receive God's abundant grace and the free gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ." (Rom 5:17)

2008-07-21T12:50:00.000-07:00

"But God's free gift is not all all like the offense. For while it's true that many died because of one man's offense, nevertherless God's grace and the free gift through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ have overflowed to far greater effect for the many." (Rom 5:15)

2008-07-20T22:07:00.000-07:00

"For if we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son while we were still God's enemies, now that we've been reconciled we have a much greater assurance that we'll be saved by His Son's life. Not only that, we even boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we've now received reconciliation." (Rom 5: 10-11)

2008-07-19T19:57:00.000-07:00

"But the proof of God's love for us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners."
(Rom 5:8)

2008-07-18T09:55:00.000-07:00

"For while we were still helpless Christ died for the wicked at the appointed time." (Rom 5:6)

2008-07-17T23:51:00.000-07:00

"This hope is no illusion, because God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has given to us." (Rom 5:5)

2008-07-16T23:25:00.000-07:00

"Not only that, we even rejoice in our afflictions, since we know that affliction produres steadfastness, streadfastness produces proven character, and proven character produces hope." (Rom 5:3-4)

2008-07-15T23:42:00.000-07:00

"Through him we've obtained access to God's grace in which we now stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing in God's glory." (Rom 5:2)

2008-07-14T00:16:00.000-07:00

"Since we have justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access to this grace in which we stand." (Rom 5: 1-2)

2008-07-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

"They were also written for our sake, and righteousness will be credited to us who have faith in the One Who raised our Lord Jesus from the dead. He was handed over for our offenses and was raised to restored us to fellowship with God." (Rom 4:24-25)

2008-07-12T09:19:00.000-07:00

"His (Albraham) faith in God's promise never wavered; instead, his faith grew stronger and he gave Glory to God, since he was fully convinced that God was able to do what He had promised." (Rom 4:21-22)

2008-07-11T23:13:00.000-07:00

"Abraham is our father in the sight of God, God Who gives life to the dead and calls into existence what doesn't exist." (Rom 4:17)

2008-07-10T22:51:00.000-07:00

"For the promise to albraham and his descendants that they would inherit the world was based not on Albraham's observance of the Torah but on the fact that he had been restored to fellowship with God through faith." (Rom 4:14)

2008-07-09T22:55:00.000-07:00

"They are restored to fellowship with God by His freely given grace through the redemption that comes in Christ Jesus. God put him forward to serve as an expiation for sins with his blood, and that expiration is ours through faith. In this way God demonstrated His saving righteousness, by overlooking past sins in His divine forbearance-as a demonstration of His saving righteous at the present time, showing that He Himself is righteous and will restore to His fellowship whoever puts his faith in Jesus." (Rom 3: 24-26)

2008-07-08T22:44:00.000-07:00

"But now God's saving righteoustness has been revealed apart from the Torah, although the Torah and the Prophets bear witness to God's plan for restoring us to His fellowship through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. There can be no distinction." (Rom 3:21-23)

2008-07-07T10:28:00.000-07:00

"When the Gentiles who don't have the Torah do by nature what the Torah commands, even though they don't have the Torah they're a law for themselves. They show that what the Torah requires is written on their hearts. Their consciences also bear witness, their conflicting thoughts accusing or even defending them on the day when, according to my gospel, God judges men's secrets through Christ Jesus." (Rom 2: 14-16)

2008-07-06T23:52:00.000-07:00

"Glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what's good." (Rom 2:10)

2008-07-05T23:36:00.000-07:00

"Do you despire the richness of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not understanding that the purpose of God's kindness is to lead you to repentance?" (Rom 2:4)

2008-07-04T23:23:00.000-07:00

"From the creation of the world God's invisible attributes-His eternal power and divine nature-have been accessible to human knowledge through what can be perceived, and so they have no excuse." (Rom 1:20)

2008-07-03T08:06:00.000-07:00

"God's wrath is revealed from Heaven against all the wickedness and evil of those who suppress the truth by their evil, because what can be known about God is evident to them, since God has revealed it to them." (Rom 1: 18, 19)

2008-07-02T07:22:00.000-07:00

"I'm not ashamed of the good news. In this good news God reveals His saving righteousness, from faith to faith, as it is written, Whoever is righteous by faith shall live." (Rom 1:16,17)

2008-07-01T00:09:00.000-07:00

"For I'm not ashamed of the good news...In this good news God reveals His saving righteousness, from faith to faith, as it's written, Whoever is righteous by faith shall live." (Rom 1: 16, 17)

2008-06-30T00:05:00.000-07:00

"I long to see you and to share with you some spiritual gift in order ot strengthen you, that is, so we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, both yours and mine." (Rom 1: 11-12)

2008-06-29T23:28:00.000-07:00

"Through him we have received the grace of apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all nations for the sake of his name." (Rom 1:5)

2008-06-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

"Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle set apart for the proclaimation of God's good news which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures-the good news about His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born from the line of David according to the flesh and was designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead." (Rom 1: 1-4)