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Saturday, December 03, 2022

Bible Reading Reflection from Romans 7-10

 [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: โ„๐•†๐•„๐”ธโ„•๐•Š ๐Ÿก:๐Ÿ›

"For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh."

๐™ถ๐š˜๐š ๐šœ๐š˜ ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐™ท๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐™ท๐š’๐šœ ๐š‚๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š–๐š—๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šž๐šœ.

๐™น๐šŽ๐šœ๐šž๐šœ ๐šœ๐š˜ ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐šž๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐™ท๐šŽ ๐š•๐šŠ๐š’๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š ๐š— ๐™ท๐š’๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š–๐š—๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š˜๐š ๐™ถ๐š˜๐š.

๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐šž๐š• ๐šœ๐š˜ ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐š’๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜  ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š–๐š—๐šŽ๐š (๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š’๐š— ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š•) ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š–.

๐™ผ๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šœ๐š˜ ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐šŠ๐šข๐šŽ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š—๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š•๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š (๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š’๐š— ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š•) ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š– ๐š๐š˜ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐š’๐šœ๐š‘ (Exodus 32:32).

๐™ณ๐š˜ ๐š ๐šŽ ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š—๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š ๐š’๐šœ๐š‘ ๐š˜๐šž๐š›๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŽ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐™ฒ๐š‘๐š›๐š’๐šœ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŽ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š—๐šŠ๐š• ๐š๐šŠ๐š–๐š—๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š— ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š– ๐š๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐š’๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›?

๐“›๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ญ, ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ซ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ผ. ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“น ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ถ! ๐“’๐“ช๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ท ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ถ. ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“น๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ, ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ผ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“น๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ผ! ๐“•๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“จ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“ฐ๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ป๐”‚, ๐“๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท!

[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. ๐Ÿ‘‡

 

โ„๐•†๐•„๐”ธโ„•๐•Š ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜:๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ›-๐Ÿ™๐ŸŸ

“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."

๐š‚๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šž๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š–๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š’๐š› ๐š ๐š˜๐š›๐š”๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐šŽ๐š—๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š‚๐šŠ๐š•๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—.

๐™พ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šž๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š–๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข'๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š•๐š’๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ถ๐š˜๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐š• ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š‚๐šŠ๐š•๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—.

๐š‚๐š๐š’๐š•๐š• ๐š˜๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š๐šž๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š–๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐šŸ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข'๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š’๐š›๐š– ๐š˜๐š— "Ⓙⓤⓢⓣⓘⓕⓘⓒⓐⓣⓘⓞⓝ ๐š‹๐šข Ⓕⓐⓘⓣⓗ ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ป๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ๐Ÿ„ด!

ษช แด›สœแด€ษดแด‹ ษขแดแด… แด›สœแด€แด› สœแด‡ สœแด€s แด„แด€แดœsแด‡แด… แดษชssษชแดษดแด€ส€ษชแด‡s แด›แด ส€แด‡แด€แด„สœ แดส สŸแด€ษดแด… แด€ษดแด… แด˜ส€แด‡แด€แด„สœ แด›สœแด‡ ษขแดsแด˜แด‡สŸ. แด€ษดแด… ษช แด€แด แด€แดกแด‡sแด›ส€แดœแด„แด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› ษขแดแด… แด„สœแดแดsแด‡s แด›แด sแด€แด แด‡ แด€ สœแด‡แด€แด›สœแด‡ษด สŸษชแด‹แด‡ แดแด‡!

๐“›๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ญ, ๐”€๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“จ๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“น๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“พ๐“น ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ธ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ต, ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ผ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“น๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“น๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ฌ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ถ ๐“จ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป ๐“–๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ต! ๐“›๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ญ, ๐”€๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ญ ๐“จ๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ด๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฎ ๐”€๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“˜ ๐“ช๐“ถ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ซ๐“ฎ! ๐“๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท!

[06:14, 4/29/2021] S.R: Inspiration from Spurgeon ๐Ÿ‘