What does the Lord your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul. Deuteronomy 10:12, NLT Does this verse refer to your vocation or to the way you live?
Bible Doodle: Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money. Matthew 6:24, NLT As a child and heir of Jesus Christ, I am always at war with the forces of evil… Read More
Kathie's Roman Digs (Week 11-Romans 4:1-12)
Verse 5 in The Message is a good summary: But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it’s something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right… Read More
Bible Doodle: Romans 3:21-22
But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter… Read More
Bible Doodle: Romans 2
Romans 2 tells us the there is a Judgment Day scheduled at which time we will be judged, with eternal consequences. This hard fact is part of the Gospel message, alongside the good news that Jesus Christ has provided a way to be with Him for all eternity. picture from https://catholickermit.com/2009/11/17/
Kathie’s Roman Digs (Week 9-Romans 2:12-16)
We have established a pattern in these studies that put into practice three different ways of reading, absorbing, and sharing God’s words. The graphing of information we have read helps us to tickle out the meaning and nuances of God’s messages to us. We have to ask questions of the text and search for the… Read More
Dig into Romans with Me (Week 9-Romans 2:12-16)
When people who have never been exposed to the laws of Moses commit sin, they will still perish for what they do. And those who are under the law of Moses and fail to obey it are condemned by the law. 13 For it’s not merely knowing the law that makes you right with God, but doing all… Read More
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