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"Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised."
(Romans 4:21 AMPC)
Abraham was fully persuaded that God has the capacity to perform and make good His promises. He never waiver in doubt and unbelief. Are you so persuaded about God and...
"Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God," (Romans 4:20 NIV)
Abraham was not tossed to and fro concerning God's promise. He did not become unstable due to unbelief. Your understanding of the personality of the...
"[For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be. [Gen. 15:5.] He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as...
"For the promise to Abraham or his posterity, that he should inherit the world, did not come through [observing the commands of] the Law but through the righteousness of faith." (Romans 4:13 AMPC)
The law came through Moses, but when God declared Abraham righteous Moses was still in his loins...
"This is what David meant when he spoke of the happiness of the person whom God accepts as righteous, apart from anything that person does: “Happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, whose sins are pardoned! Happy is the person whose sins the Lord will not keep account of!” (Romans 4:6-8...
"So our conclusion is this: God’s wonderful declaration that we are righteous in his eyes can only come when we put our faith in Christ, and not in keeping the law." (Romans 3:28 TPT)
God declared us righteous before Him only by our faith in Christ. All our righteousnesses are filthy rags...
"And if the Gentiles obey God’s law, won’t God declare them to be his own people?" (Romans 2:26 NLT)
God is not interested in people that are obsessed with their genealogy without obedience to His word. Many pride themselves in the works of the founding fathers of their denominational...
"You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? You who say, “Do not commit adultery,” do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?" (Romans 2:21-22 NKJV)
It was easier to instruct others in the...
"And so, according to the Good News I preach, this is how it will be on that Day when God through Jesus Christ will judge the secret thoughts of all." (Romans 2:16 GNB)
Thank God it's Christmas. Today, we commiserate the birth of our Lord Jesus. All over the world, Christians are celebrating...
"For it is not by hearing the Law that people are put right with God, but by doing what the Law commands." (Romans 2:13 GNB)
God is not looking for people that delight only in hearing His words, He is interested in people that constraint themselves to practice His words by His grace. For you to...
"For God judges everyone by the same standard."
(Romans 2:11 GNB)
Human beings are fond of double standards, they apply different rules in the same situation concerning different persons. We are always tempted to respect persons, grant them favour based on their status and social standings...
"Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom." (Ecclesiastes 10:1 GNB)
Dead flies will make a jar of perfume to produce a stinking savour. It will pollute its original sweet smell and make it detestable. It becomes useless and...
"But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness. There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile." (Romans 2:8-9 NLT)
A life...
"To those who by patient persistence in well-doing [springing from piety] seek [unseen but sure] glory and honor and [the eternal blessedness of] immortality, He will give eternal life." (Romans 2:7 AMPC)
You need to continue in well-doing, patiently persisting in bringing glory and honour to...
"For He will render to every man according to his works [justly, as his deeds deserve]:" (Romans 2:6 AMPC)
The works that will qualify a man to obtain rewards from God must emanate from the Holy Spirit.
"It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit...
"But by your callous stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are storing up wrath and indignation for yourself on the day of wrath and indignation, when God's righteous judgment (just doom) will be revealed."
(Romans 2:5 AMPC)
The wrath of God is looming over anyone that refuses to forsake...
"Or are you [so blind as to] trifle with and presume upon and despise and underestimate the wealth of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering patience? Are you unmindful or actually ignorant [of the fact] that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repent (to change your mind and...
"And do you think or imagine, O man, when you judge and condemn those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God's judgment and elude His sentence and adverse verdict?" (Romans 2:3 AMPC)
One of the diversionary weapon of the devil is critizing other. He makes us...
"You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things." (Romans 2:1 NLT)
It is easy to judge others, but oftentimes we...
"Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to...