<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Romans 5;6-8<div><br></div><div><b>6. &nbsp;While we were yet helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.</b></div><div><b>7. &nbsp;Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.</b></div><div><b>8. &nbsp;But God showed His love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Man is incapable of helping God or contributing in any way to his own salvation. &nbsp;The <i>“helpless” </i>means the spiritually dead. &nbsp;Man has no free will to choose God. &nbsp;Man’s poisoned,&nbsp;corrupted, polluted, infected will, is thoroughly saturated with nothing but the dark&nbsp;death of selfishness,&nbsp;self-serving,&nbsp;and self-seeking. &nbsp;Man by nature can <b>only</b>&nbsp;choose to oppose God, rebel against God, and resist God’s will. &nbsp;We by our sin nature,&nbsp;are perfected in wickedness and&nbsp;evil.</div><div><br></div><div>Yet, by the mercies and grace of God <b>only, </b><i>“you He made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which&nbsp;you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. &nbsp;Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of our body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.” &nbsp;</i>(Ephesians 2;1-3)</div><div><br></div><div>The forgiveness of all our sins, the cleansing gifts of repentance, faith, and the Holy Spirit, has caused us to die with Christ and be raised with Him in newness of life. &nbsp;By our Baptism into Christ, we have been made to partake in the divine nature, and&nbsp;now have living and&nbsp;working in&nbsp;our forgiven souls the holy&nbsp;desire to live to do the Father’s will. &nbsp;<i>“We who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of His glory.” &nbsp;</i><span>(Ephesians 1;12)</span></div><div><br></div><div>Christ died for the ungodly, displaying the immeasurable greatness of God’s love at work&nbsp;in us now&nbsp;who believe. &nbsp;That very same love now inspires us to die with Him (Christ), <i>“by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body” &nbsp;</i>(Romans 8;13)<i>, &nbsp;“And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” &nbsp;</i>(Galatians 5;24)</div><div><br></div><div>Such dying with Christ is the path of righteousness.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, by Your living&nbsp;indwelling power, by the Holy Spirit,&nbsp;inspire our&nbsp;faith to believe that&nbsp;in&nbsp;Christ&nbsp;we&nbsp;can do all things, even deny ourselves&nbsp;and die to sin. &nbsp;In Jesus We pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric/ Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we in&nbsp;broken-hearted contrition, are His.”</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Romans 5;6-8
6.  While we were yet helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.7.  Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.8.  But God showed His love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.
Man is incapable of helping God or contributing in any way to his own salvation.  The “helpless” means the spiritually dead.  Man has no free will to choose God.  Man’s poisoned, corrupted, polluted, infected will, is thoroughly saturated with nothing but the dark death of selfishness, self-serving, and self-seeking.  Man by nature can only choose to oppose God, rebel against God, and resist God’s will.  We by our sin nature, are perfected in wickedness and evil.
Yet, by the mercies and grace of God only, “you He made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.  Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of our body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.”  (Ephesians 2;1-3)
The forgiveness of all our sins, the cleansing gifts of repentance, faith, and the Holy Spirit, has caused us to die with Christ and be raised with Him in newness of life.  By our Baptism into Christ, we have been made to partake in the divine nature, and now have living and working in our forgiven souls the holy desire to live to do the Father’s will.  “We who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of His glory.”  (Ephesians 1;12)
Christ died for the ungodly, displaying the immeasurable greatness of God’s love at work in us now who believe.  That very same love now inspires us to die with Him (Christ), “by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body”  (Romans 8;13),  “And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”  (Galatians 5;24)
Such dying with Christ is the path of righteousness.
Prayer:  Merciful Father, by Your living indwelling power, by the Holy Spirit, inspire our faith to believe that in Christ we can do all things, even deny ourselves and die to sin.  In Jesus We pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/Eric/ Grandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we in broken-hearted contrition, are His.”




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