So brothers and sisters, since God has shown us great mercy, I beg you to offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him. Your offering must be only for God and pleasing to him, which is the spiritual way for you to worship. Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 71 – Commentary Romans 11:33-36 – Does God guide us?
Oh, the depth of the riches, the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his adviser?” “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?” For from him and through him and […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 70 – Commentary Romans 11:30-32 – Will backsliders go to heaven? – Part 2 – Will Gentiles be saved? – What does the “full number of the Gentiles” mean? – Part 3 – Who are Enemies of God – Part 2
Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, so they too, as a result of God’s mercy to you, have become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy. For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 69 – Commentary Romans 11:28-29 – Who are the enemies of God? – Part 1
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. Romans 11:28-29 (NIV) My husband and I go to a Wednesday evening small group Bible Study. I love everyone […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 68 – Romans 11:25-27 – Will Jewish people be saved? – Part 3 – When will Israel be saved?
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. All Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 67 – Commentary Romans 11:22-24 – Will backsliders go to heaven? – Part 1
Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God; sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you will also be cut off. And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. After all, […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 66 – Commentary Romans 11:18-21) -Who are the Children of Abraham?
If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root do not boast over those branches. If you do consider this: you do not support the root, but the root supports […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 65 – Commentary Romans 11:17a – Will Jewish people be saved? Part 2
If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; (Romans 11:17a) Sour dough bread from an artisan bakery tastes heavenly! It is made from mother dough, a mixture of ordinary ingredients, unbleached flour and water. In 12 hours, the mixture of flour and water bubbles and […]