'understanding' Tagged Posts (Page 3)
Daily Devotions: February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018 Romans 4:18-25 … “Therefore his faith ‘was reckoned to him as righteousness.’” vs. 22 According to Genesis, Abram’s introduction to the Lord was coupled with a request that his walk with the Lord be blameless. It’s hard to understand how Abram could possibly pull that off—even if his name did get changed to Abraham. From the stories about him that follow, it’s obvious that he didn’t do what the Lord required. He was pretty much a sinner…
Daily Devotions: February 22, 2018
February 22, 2018 Romans 4:13-17… “For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham…” vs. 16 Paul was writing to a mixed audience, some were Jews and others were Gentiles, and he wanted all of them to know that God’s promise of salvation came by grace through faith,…
Daily Devotions: February 21, 2018
February 21, 2018 Psalm 22:27-31 … “Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord, and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.” vs. 30-31 There are those who consider that one day the people of the earth will have had enough of God and be done with primitive origin stories. For them, it’s a matter of maturity and once science has revealed all its secrets, humanity will have…