Tag: Grace
Share with me what you give praise to God for today. Our God is greater than any circumstance that we might be going through. I GIVE PRAISE, FOR MY WIFE, WHO BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ENDURED BRAIN SURGERY, AND HAS NEVER HAD A SEIZURE SINCE THAT TIME. THE DOCTORS COULD ONLY GUESS THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE FEWER SEIZURES. SHE IS MY MIRACLE!!!
True Godly repentance, leads to a renewed joy found in turning to God, and true remorse, yet trusting him to wash you of your failure. Ungodly repentance is of the world, and is more about regret, and/or fear of getting caught, and is of the world. This can lead to tremendous stress, guilt, and even lead to death!
Therefore. The result or consequence of the truth just taught. Normally it marks the conclusion of the verses immediately preceding it. ( See notes below from MacArthur study Bible)
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But here it introduces the staggering results of Paul’s teaching in the first 7 chapters: that justification is by faith alone on the basis of God’s overwhelming grace.
no condemnation.
Occurring only 3 times in the NT, all in Romans (cf. 5:16, 18), “condemnation” is used exclusively in judicial settings as the opposite of justification. It refers to a verdict of guilty and the penalty that verdict demands. No sin a believer can commit—past, present, or future—can be held against him, since the penalty was paid by Christ and righteousness was imputed to the believer. And no sin will ever reverse this divine legal decision (see note on v. 33). those … in Christ Jesus. I.e., every true Christian; to be in Christ means to be united with Him (see notes on 6:2, 11; cf. 6:1–11; 1Co 12:13, 27; 15:22).
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bible.com/bible/100/rev.4.11.NASB1995
bible.com/bible/100/2co.7.10.NASB1995
bible.com/bible/100/psa.19.1.NASB1995
bible.com/bible/100/mat.28.6.NASB1995
bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.16.NASB1995
bible.com/bible/100/php.2.7-8.NASB1995