“Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ…to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.” Rom 16:25a, 27
Yes, Lord, we have finished our study of Romans and worship You…You, the One able to establish us in the astounding good news!
You have shown us who You are. You have explained to us who we are. You have shown us our rebellion and helped us to understand it. You have shown us that it was in our nature to be Your enemy.
You have sent the Jewish Messiah, Jesus our Lord and Savior, to atone for the sins of Jews, and amazingly to atone for the sins of Gentiles.
You have wove a wise and mysterious, just and loving way for us, to stand in righteousness and peace, “not guilty” before You.
All Your wisdom in reconciling your enemies to Yourself, was motivated by love…yes passionate love….not only toward the masses but toward each of us individually.
You, in wisdom, have changed Your relationship with us from being our Judge to being our “Abba, Father”. You have done this through the Holy Spirit You have placed inside us.
You, in the depth of Your wisdom and unsearchable ways, foreknew us, gave us a pre-determined destiny to be like Jesus, called us, justified us, and glorified us.
Our only boast is in You. Our only debt is to love You, and love our neighbor…even our enemies.
You have shown us and instructed us how to live.
From Gentiles far from the land of Israel…
To You the only wise God be glory…forever and ever…through the One we love and love dearly….through Jesus, the Messiah, Amen!
With this, our study of Romans is concluded!
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Now that Romans is done...What's next?
ReplyDeleteI don't know. Do you have any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteHmmm...Well I still remember your Bible study you did on wisdom when we were kids, or the one you did on the Pentateuch.
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