[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (SSEU) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
ROMANS
7:7
“What
shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! Rather, I would not have
come to know sin except through the Law. For I would not have known about
coveting if the Law had not said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COVET.’”
Out
of all sins, Paul chose to pick "covetousness" for his illustration.
And many times, we think of covetousness as a respectable sin. Who is not
guilty of covetousness?
Even
in most godly things, saints of God aren't completely free from covetousness. A
pastor can look at others' congregations and be thinking about their progress.
A teacher to other teachers. A businessman to other businessmen. Even a spouse
could be looking at other couples, and be thinking, "I wish I have that
gift, or this and that".
Well,
covetousness is a strong desire, especially with reference to things forbidden.
It's the same prohibition listed in Moses’ 10 Commandments. [Septuagint has
that Hebrew word exactly like in the Greek NT, "epithumia"]
For
instance, I may look at fellow pastors and desire to be like them. While
desiring to be faithful like them is a godly desire, if I desire to be adored
by my congregation and be very popular among people as other pastors are, well,
that's a forbidden desire. Because adoring Christ and the popularity of Christ
is the ultimate goal of ministry, not self-popularity.
And
we all have mixed motives, the heart is deceitful, who can understand? We can't
discern even our desires. I agree with Carl Truman that nobody does anything
with a singular motive. Even at our best, when we are most godly, we are still
corrupted with sin as long as we live in this body, this side of heaven!
Lord,
search my heart's desire and tune it to Thy will! Thank You, Lord, that You are
sovereign even over my heart's desire, and that Your desire will prevail!
ROMANS
8
What
a day today is! John Piper is also reading Romans 8 today and shares his take
on v9 and 14. James White is also reading Romans 8 today and shares his take on
v7.
One
of my all-time favorite verses is also from Romans 8, verse 28. And today,
v12-14 catch my attention, but let me share from v1 because I think my world
needs to hear the comforting truth of v1 again. So,
v1.
"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ
Jesus."
Once
we are called (saved) by God, there's no turning away. Once we are justified,
there's no un-justification anymore. God will never re-condemn us whom He has
justified once and for all.
So,
rather than being fearful about our present or future, we are promised with
v30, that we will move from justification to glorification! Never to
re-condemnation. As Steve Lawson loves to say, "The perseverance of the
saint is the perseverance of the Savior in a saint!"
O
Amazing God, how can this be that I am Your child! How should I come before You
this morning than in tears of joy and praise! Also, I do pray, Lord, that I
will never lose sight of Your love in all the moments of my life! Amen!
[06:49,
4/28/2021] S.R: โ๐๐๐ธโ๐ ๐ก:๐
"For
I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of
my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh."
๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐.
๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ท๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐.
๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐) ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ (๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐) ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (Exodus 32:32).
๐ณ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ธ๐ป๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐พ๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ต๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ผ. ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ! ๐๐ช๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ป๐พ๐ท ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ป๐ช๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ. ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ธ๐พ๐ผ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐น๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ผ! ๐๐ธ๐ป ๐จ๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ธ๐ป๐, ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท!
[13:23,
4/29/2021] S.R: I used the phrase "so loved" to reconnect our mind to
our beloved verse John 3:16.
BTW,
the adverb "so" in that verse (or in my writing) isn't an adverb of
extent, it's an adverb of manner.
It
doesn't mean to say 'how big' God's love is. It means to say how God's love is
'demonstrated'
That's
what the Greek word "so" means. If you google the meaning of
"so" in English, google dictionary has 4 meanings (usage) of "so,"
And the 4th meaning is what's in John 3:16. ๐
โ๐๐๐ธโ๐ ๐๐:๐๐-๐๐
“WHOEVER
CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.” How then will they call on Him in
whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not
heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? And how will they preach
unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF
THOSE WHO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!” However, they did not all heed
the good news, for Isaiah says, “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?” So faith
comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ."
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ "Ⓙⓤⓢⓣⓘⓕⓘⓒⓐⓣⓘⓞⓝ ๐๐ข Ⓕⓐⓘⓣⓗ
๐ฐ๐ป๐พ๐ฝ๐ด!
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แดสแดแดแดส แดสแด ษขแดsแดแดส. แดษดแด
ษช แดแด แดแดกแดsแดสแดแดแด แดสแดแด ษขแดแด
แดสแดแดsแดs แดแด sแดแด แด แด สแดแดแดสแดษด สษชแดแด แดแด!
๐๐ธ๐ป๐ญ, ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐น๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ช๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐พ๐น ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐พ๐ต, ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ธ๐พ๐ผ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐น๐ช๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐น๐ป๐ธ๐ฌ๐ต๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ ๐จ๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ต! ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ญ, ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ! ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท!
[06:14,
4/29/2021] S.R: Inspiration from Spurgeon ๐