Jan 31, 2014
Today's passage: Romans 11
Hey y'all! Chase is at a conference in Charlotte today and won't be able to post for Romans 11. He just wanted you to know he didn't forget. Thanks for all the posts y'all have been doing. They've been a blessing! Also, please remember to pray for CALLAHAN MCNEIL and the Lord's will for her with all the surgery and back pain that I'm sure she's having. You're awesome! Have a great and godly weekend!!
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Today's Passage: Romans 4
1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Jan 21, 2014
Background of Romans
I asked Mr. Dan Wood to write a little about the context and background of Romans. Make sure to ckeck it out and remember it as you are reading.
"As always, Paul was seeking to expand the outreach of the gospel. Additionally, he was always plagued by the Jewish zealots who sought to corrupt the gospel message of grace and faith so he was on a constant mission to clarify the theology disclosed to him by the Lord. He wanted to go as far as Spain in outreach but certainly needed a place of support within that geographical region...what better place than Rome. He had friends and acquaintances that had come from Rome and shared the state of the church (Paul had never been to Rome). There were numerous issues that had caused a lack of unity, strife, and certainly a hindrance to the spread of the gospel. Jewish and Gentile churches had sprung up in Rome and as you might imagine, were at odds regarding the issue of the law. Jews had been kicked out of Rome for a period and therefore the Gentile churches grew dominant. Jewish house churches had begun to move back in and this sparked a new level of disunity based upon the doctrine of grace. Paul wrote this letter to: 1) let them know he was coming; 2) to seek support for a follow on trip to Rome; and 3) perhaps most importantly to provide a full discourse concerning the confusion between Jewish and Gentile Christians in relation to the law, sin, justification by faith, and the new relationship with God in Christ Jesus."
Jan 20, 2014
Today's passage: James 5
James 5
King James Version (KJV)
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Jan 19, 2014
Today's passage: James 4
James 4
King James Version (KJV)
1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Jan 18, 2014
Today's passage: James 3
Someone suggested that I post the chapter for each day written out on the blog. It is not meant for initial reading but rather for those who read the comments to have something to refer back to. Let me know if you think this is/isn't a good idea.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
James 3
King James Version (KJV)
3 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Jan 17, 2014
Jan 16, 2014
Summary of First & Second Timothy!
Hey guys! Just a brief summary of some of the things we learned in these two books...
*Author: Paul
*Where: 1 Timothy was written while Paul was in Philipi in Northern Greece. 2 Timothy was written while Paul was in prison.
*1&2 Timothy are two books out of the trilogy of Pastoral Epistles
*Themes:
-Doctrine: 1 Tim 6:3...Study, meditate, and grow in the Word and doctrine so you can know what is true teaching and what's not (false interpretations, etc).
-Faith: Paul talks a lot about the strength we have in Christ when we give Him our faith. "Fight the good fight of faith" he says. "Godliness with contentment is great gain"!!
-Teaching: Both books speak profusely on the dangers of false teaching and giving heed to fables. Be careful and guard your hearts! Don't fall into these traps. Again, we desperately need to evangelize and make the truth of the ministry known so we can reach lost people before they reject it!
-Godliness: Live good and holy lives with a deep reverence for God.
-Controversies (hypocrisy, faith, etc): Be careful about "saying" your faith and not "showing" it. It's real easy to talk the Christian life, but it's so much harder to walk it. Watch out for hypocrisy, and be careful around those who profess falsely.
Going through these books definitely open my eyes about the way I was living. I hope this bible study impacts and changes your lives everyday! Praying for y'all :)
*Author: Paul
*Where: 1 Timothy was written while Paul was in Philipi in Northern Greece. 2 Timothy was written while Paul was in prison.
*1&2 Timothy are two books out of the trilogy of Pastoral Epistles
*Themes:
-Doctrine: 1 Tim 6:3...Study, meditate, and grow in the Word and doctrine so you can know what is true teaching and what's not (false interpretations, etc).
-Faith: Paul talks a lot about the strength we have in Christ when we give Him our faith. "Fight the good fight of faith" he says. "Godliness with contentment is great gain"!!
-Teaching: Both books speak profusely on the dangers of false teaching and giving heed to fables. Be careful and guard your hearts! Don't fall into these traps. Again, we desperately need to evangelize and make the truth of the ministry known so we can reach lost people before they reject it!
-Godliness: Live good and holy lives with a deep reverence for God.
-Controversies (hypocrisy, faith, etc): Be careful about "saying" your faith and not "showing" it. It's real easy to talk the Christian life, but it's so much harder to walk it. Watch out for hypocrisy, and be careful around those who profess falsely.
Going through these books definitely open my eyes about the way I was living. I hope this bible study impacts and changes your lives everyday! Praying for y'all :)
Jan 15, 2014
Today's passage: 2 Timothy 4
Today will be the last day of Second Timothy. Tomorrow we will skip to the book of James. After we finish James we will probably start Romans.
Jan 14, 2014
Jan 13, 2014
The 1-3 Challenge
The 1-3 challenge is our accountability for staying in God's word. We say we love God but how often do we read his Word? And even then, many times when we read it, we are left dry and empty. Let's change that. Does the Bible instruct us to read God's word??? No, actually it doesn't. It does, however, instruct us to study, meditate, and memorize it. Lets listen to God.
The 1-3 challenge takes a maximum of 5-10 minutes. It is reading ONE chapter a day of a selected book and coming up with THREE applications. That's it.
This challenge is the least we could do.
An example of the three applications...
From 1 Timothy chapter 4
1. V. 1-2 Watch out for liars. In the name of religion, many are deceived. Jesus not being God is one of the main problems several religions have. If Jesus was just a man he couldn't die for our sins. We cannot compromise.
2. On the same note... at the beginning of the chapter, legalism is of the devil. Let's not fall in his traps. Grace is of God
3. V. 8 Being an athlete, that hits home for me. Training the body for strength is good. But training my life for godliness brings way better results. No protein needed, just the Word
So here is how it will work. I will post the book and chapter for the day. In the comments is where everyone will post their three applications.
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