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For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on 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 someone preaching? Romans 10:13-14 Most of us are…
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If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9-10 Almost 22 years ago, my wife and I said “I do” to each other, beginning our lives together as husband and wife. Upon saying those two little…
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For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Romans 10:2-3 One of my jobs regularly takes me to see patients in a chemical dependency treatment…
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They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” Romans 9:32-33 One Sunday, when I was a kid, my mother wasn’t in church for some reason and so, my sister and I sat together near the front as…
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Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? Romans 9:20-21 I grew up wrestling in smalltown, South Dakota, where I did pretty well,…
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What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. Romans…
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For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring . . . Romans 9:6-7 When my kids were growing up, we loved to watch a semi-educational show in which the hosts tested various hypothesis, trying to prove or disprove them. One…
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They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. Romans 9:4 I’m quite sentimental, and so, I enjoy reminiscing about my kid’s childhood. I love looking back over photos and videos, being profoundly grateful for the time my wife and I…
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I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. Romans 9:3 We recently watched a superhero movie in which two of the main characters literally fought each other to see who would get to sacrifice their own lives to…
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If God is for us, who can be against us? . . . No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8:31,37 I remember, as a kid, asking God to help my favorite football team win. As an adult and parent, I’ve let slip a prayer or…
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