Romans 11;15&16 15.  For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?16.  If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. God’s divine selection of Abram...

Romans 11;11-14 11.  So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel, jealous.12.  Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how...

Romans 11;7-10 7.  What then? Israel failed to obtain what it sought. The Elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,8.  as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, down to this very day.”9.  And David says, “Let...

Romans 11;1-6 1.  I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendent of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.2.  God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with...

Romans 10;18-21 18.  But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.”19.  Again, I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are...

Romans 10;16&17 16.  But they have not all heeded the gospel; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”17.  So Faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ. This is the ‘batteries included’ passage.   For as the Gospel of Christ is...

Romans 10;14&15 14.  But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?15.  And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is...

Romans 10;11-13 11.  The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”12.  For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him.13.  For, “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will...

Romans 10;10 10.  For a man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved. This verse is often misunderstood as justifying the false teaching of ‘synergistic salvation.’ This false teaching says, ‘Salvation is the result of both God and man.God gives or works faith in...

Romans 10;5-9 5.  Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it.6.  But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is to bring Christ down) 7.  or ‘Who will descend into...

Romans 10;3&4 3.  For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4.  For Christ is the end of the law, that everyone who has faith may be justified. There is no true righteousness apart from God’s own righteousness.To...

Romans 10;1&2 1.  Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.2.  I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. “The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.  He was in the world, and...

Romans 32b & 33 32a.  Why? Because they did not pursue it through Faith, but as if it were based on works.32b.   They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,33.    As it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone that will make men stumble, a rock that...

Romans 9;30-32a 30.  What shall we say, then?  The Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith;31.  But that Israel who pursued the righteousness which is based on law, did not succeed in fulfilling that law.32.a. Why? Because they did not pursue it through faith,...

Romans 9;25-29 25.  As indeed he says, in Hosea, “Those who were not my people, I will call ‘My people,’ and her who was not beloved. I will call ‘My beloved.’”26.  “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ They will be called...

Romans 9;19-24 19.  You will say to me then,  “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”20.  But who are you, a man, to answer back to God?  Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me thus?”21.  Has the potter no right...

Romans 9;14-18 14.  What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!15.  For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16.  So it depends not upon man’s will or exertion, but upon...

Romans 9;9-13 9.  For this is what the promise said, “About this time I will return and Sarah shall have a son.”10.  And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,11.  though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good...

Romans 9;6-8 6.  But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,7.  and not all are children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but “Through Isaac shall your descendants be named.”8.  This means that it is not the children...

Romans 9;3-5 3.  For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race.4.  They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;5.  to...

Romans 9;1&2 1.  I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit,2.  that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. Because the love of God has been poured into our hearts, and also because Christ by the Holy...

Romans 8;38&39 38.  For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,39.  nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. It...

Romans 8;35-37 35.  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?36.  As it is written, “For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37.  No, in...

Romans 8;33&34 33.  Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies; 34.  who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us? On the last day, there is...

Romans 8;31&32 31.  What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us?32.  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him? Life in the flesh is doomed to trouble,...

Romans 8;30 30.  And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified. Notice that it is always God who is the one who brings about His plan for us.  We are neither the architect, nor the builder, nor...

Correction:  Yesterday, I inadvertently skipped the actual verse, ‘Romans 8;28’ and instead quoted you Romans 8;29 by mistake, (although I identified it as Romans 8;28, in truth it was really verse 29).  Please excuse my error.  Today, I will go back and base today’s devotion upon the ‘correct’ verse 28....

Romans 8;29 28.  For those whom he knew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. The moment egg and sperm are joined, new life is created.  Each one, the egg and the sperm, contain 23 chromosomes,...

Romans 8;26&27 26.  Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercede for us with sighs too deep for words. 27.  And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because...

Romans 8;24&25 24.  For in this hope we were saved.  Now hope that is seen is not hope.  For who hopes for what he sees?25.  But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. What is the “hope” of Believers? Certainly we in faith look forward...

Romans 8;22&23 22.  We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now;23.  and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, grown inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. The heart, soul, mind, and...