In this daily Bible reading Paul tells the people to love their neighbors. Loving one’s neighbor is the fulfillment of God's law which tells us not commit adultery, murder, steal or covet.
God’s 10 Commandments can be summed up in two commandments that tell us to love. The first is "love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your strength, and with all your soul." The second is "love…
In this daily Bible reading Paul tells the believers, ”Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind”. The Salvation journey is a process. It is a process of being transformed or sanctified to live in obedience to God. It will result in suitability for citizenship in God’s Heaven.
The Bible says that we must give up our worldly pursuits and reject sin. We must ‘make our bodies a…
In this daily Bible reading Paul told the new Gentile believers not to be arrogant in their newfound belief in Jesus. God appeared to be favoring the Gentiles over the Jews. Paul told the Gentiles that God had allowed them to be ‘grafted into the olive tree.’ However, some of the branches representing the Jews had been 'broken off.'
The Jews were ‘broken off’ for their unbelief; and the Gentiles were grafted in because of their…
In this daily Bible reading Paul tells us that ”Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of Christ.” We not only need to read the Bible. We also need to hear about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and hear the Bible being read. I know this to be true because my initial belief or Faith was the result of listening to good Bible teachers on the radio.
As I drove to work I would…
In this daily Bible reading Paul differentiates between the Law and Faith. He points out that the Jews, who are zealous for the Law, try to gain righteousness through the Law.
The Bible says that this is not possible. One must have Faith to be deemed righteous by God. The Bible says, “Without Faith it is impossible to please God. The Bible also says, “The righteous man shall live by Faith.” That is Faith in the…
In this daily Bible reading Paul tells the Jews that “they are not all Israel who descended from Israel; neither are they all children (of Israel) because they are Abraham’s descendants." God is the creator. He has created some people to believe; and He has created some who will not believe. I'm not sure why this is true, but the Bible clearly communicates this fact.
God has elected some people for Salvation. Others are appointed for…
In this Psalm David writes of God’s assistance as David fought his enemies. Because David trusted God, God helped David gain victories. David observed that as David was defeating his enemies, David’s enemies would also call out to God for help. However, God did not help them. God did not answer their prayers.
This brings up an interesting point. Does God hear all prayers? The Bible indicates that God will not hear the prayers of those…
In this daily Bible reading Paul writes: “And in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it."
In my opinion, this passage clearly refutes the notion that one can be assured of one’s salvation. I believe that a person cannot be certain that they will…
In this daily Bible reading the Apostle Paul writes that the Spirit of God indwells believers. This distinguishes them from non-believers who do not have the Spirit of God. It is God's Holy Spirit who motivates us to do right and not give ourselves over to sin. The Bible says, “If anyone does not have the spirit of Christ he does not belong to God.”
The Spirit of God gives us life, and God considers us…
In this daily Bible reading Paul speaks of the conflict or war that exists between our spirit and our ‘flesh.’ After we believe in Jesus we are freed of bondage to sin, but our fleshly side still desires to sin. However, our mind and our spirit do not want to sin.
The sinful part of us does not cease to exist when we believe in Jesus. However, we are empowered and given the motivation to turn…