Who Understands Faith?
Paul Sails for Rome
Romans 1:13-17
The Message
13-15 Please
don’t misinterpret my failure to visit you, friends. You have no idea
how many times I’ve made plans for Rome. I’ve been determined to get
some personal enjoyment out of God’s work among you, as I have in so
many other non-Jewish towns and communities. But something has always
come up and prevented it. Everyone I meet—it matters little whether
they’re mannered or rude, smart or simple—deepens my sense of
interdependence and obligation. And that’s why I can’t wait to get to
you in Rome, preaching this wonderful good news of God.
16-17 It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.”
16-17 It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.”
For Reflection
Do
you wake in the morning with praise and thanksgiving for God's offer of
righteousness through his grace? I think Paul did. I think I can hear
him filled with the spirit of God eager to fulfill God's will for him
arising with prayers of praise and thanksgiving eager to meet the day's
challenges full of the confidence and trust the Holy Spirit provided.
Pray
prayers of thanksgiving each morning. Thank God for his presence in your life
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