Rongmei Bible Reading Reflection from Romans 1-16

[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (BRU) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]

[13:45, 16/09/2022] S. R.:

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙:𝟚𝟙

Kaniw Ravguangc ta thay sini, kaniw rui kata Ravguangc e twna kalum mak ge khatni thuanckulou mak ge. Mi phaan tei kaniw lungning ndy ngam the khatni zingc ngam the."

Mansei khuai mi latbam khou hilou the. Mansei ta Raguang rui latzan suni mei hei Mansei rui mansei khou tanmei tanmakmei ta ham makge reiliang mei khou. Mansei rui kata damloumeipu Raguang ta kalum make mei khatni thuanku make mei jaeng rui e.

Aniu Ra ta thai mei guai sini na adi Ra kalum aliau ding! Sunday khou Rakai se ku tat ni mak ding! Baibal ruina tho taek mak na Raguang ta champou, chakhuang, kalum, thuanku o tuna sa bam the.

Thuanku mei phan nuanmei, zaozingmei, ninmei, kalangmei, Ra ta lungpuam mei aniu tho surap rap the.

Sabam mei tho, mansei tumei guai hei Ra hu khou chuimakmei, tuanliammei, latpiumakmei, paapmei su ngam the tupui lat the. Heijaeng rui Khrista na khou aniuta Rachaptatmei panti tilung lou khang Gaycham hei din lou pui tuang the.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟚:𝟙𝟛

"Ravguangc hu khou ravchaptatmei swmei hei Riakdanv tei chupui mei tei hamh e; piupui mei tei de."

Baibal pabamna piumak getei gaeng tuang mak ge.

Raguang lat chuna taan make ge tei nsaa de. Rakai tat ling lana  lungning gai mei khou kalai pat mak ge tei gaeng tuang mak ge.

Tiki, chuloumei guai, thailou mei guai tho piu ni etei, piurap tunu the. Tiki chutoulou mak, kathailoumak mei guai tho piu bam ni tuang ham the. Heijaeng rui, Rakai tat ling, baibal pa ling kathai ling bam khang tho nai e.

Mi Rommei latbam khou sabam mei tho mei kathuina Raguang rui kahao mei ta thaingam de. Kazaeng thu, Raguang rui aniu lungining khou hilou the. Aniu si-gai thai mei ran na de. Gaipui taan tanmakna sipui taan tan khang hi-hi tumei ran na the.

Raguang lat kathai mei na hamna piu nina e.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 - 𝟛:𝟚𝟠

"Kum thena, Riakdanv piupui paan rui hamhna, lwmpui paan rui aniu ta ravchaptatmei tiswlou the twmei thay the."

Chapter 2:13 khou "piu pui mei" sunina de tu e. Tiki mi latbam khou rui na, "piupuimei" ni Raguang hu khou rachaptatmei panti lung ngam mak ge. "Lum mei" narui rachaptatmei/ nthuimei tisulou e Raguang hu khou.

Sabam mei kiu tho. Mansei khat na se Raguang latdan piu nthui ngam mei mak khe. Heijaeng rui Khrista mansei phaan piu nthui lou tuang the. Thou puni Khrista taanphi tei akhang rui the tuna lum mei tei, Raguang rui kata tihei nthuimei the tuna chaklou puni.

Heijaeng rui aniu rachaptatmei / nthuimei panti lung ni e tei, Khrista taan ta lum khang e. Aniu rana taan khou nganglou mak khang e.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 - 𝟜:𝟜

"Taanv taanclou tina tiimei tei thu taanv phy e, hei tei kaipat hamh e; kamei rui ntaanvna laa tuang de."

Ringbam/ Kanloumei hei kaipat re. Aniu rui ntaan ngampui tuang ham mak ge. Heijaeng rui aniu rui, aniu guai tuang taan khou ngang lou lak nina the, tiki, Raguang zaozian ta machun ni na the!

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟝:𝟙

"Lwmpui paan rui aniu ta ti-nzihlouna Poubauhmei Jisu Khrista paan rui Ravguangc lev aniu kak khou chuzaenghmei nai dat the."

Christian mei guai chuzaengmei nai the tuna sa bam mei ko Raguang le anei kak khou tupui lat re. Mi kandi khou tho katuak mei naibam puni de. Lungning khou ni katuak mei nai muai de. Tiki Raguang le na tho katuak mei mak khe. Kamei rui la lou the, time nzihlou the!

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 - 𝟞:𝟞

"Aniu paapc bangc sw dat mak khang rui, paapc pumtan tei swmaan khang, aniu tuang karaanmei mei ta tei Khrista lev kros khou thaengcluai kan the twmei aniu thay e."

Khristian su mei guai tho paap ta kahao dat lak ni na the. Karaeng na pak tat ngam khang aniu khou Raguang pumtan (Bumaeng) nai the.

Diangsiak na sa e tei, paap rui kahao mei ta tithei ni na the. Aniu pak tat mei phaan, paap tei aniu khou naplou/ lunglou thyo lak ni na the. Theimei ta msnsei nchiang thao ngam mak kum, paap tei aniu pum khou thei ni na the.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 - 𝟟:𝟜

"Chanathiu, nangniw ni hei tei kumhmei tuang e. Riakdanv khou thu nangniw theic tang the; kalam thu nangniw thu Khrista tuang pumc dam akhat di the, khatni Ravguangc khang kathai nthai khang ntaw thu nangniw hei theihmei khou rui ringcthau dat kanmeipu tuang di the."

Aniu guai Khrista tuang di the. Khrista rui kahaomei taan ran na tan ninathe.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟠:𝟚𝟠

"Ravguangc rui kata nzianmei, kamei rui ningmei thei layna kawloumei guay khang ramh lam guayna khou gay khang swlou e twmei aniu thay e."

Khristian mei aniu guai ram lam guaina khou lungning gei makna Raguang khou lumgai bam khang nai the. Ningmei thung mal bam sini, gaikhang ranna Raguang rui sulou puni.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟡:𝟚-𝟛

"Mi kiu thu, azei khatni azancbangv kahak swmei achana nunc khang ai mpeyna lungh ryanrana khatni nthaekc key thuy makna lungh kabiuna bam e. Kaniw phaan Ravguangc syang phungna Khrista khou rui ganc pat pwsini nuh di the twmei nganvna ning tangc the."

Paul, Khrista ta adi nzian mei pu e. Kamei karam meinun tani nzian ne. Mansei guai na ta Krista rui tho nzian e. Heijaeng rui, Paul rui kaniu guaini Krista thai mei panti tilung ni e.

Kamei Raguang siang khaeng bu khuan ne tei, kapum kan ngam makse kaniu khang rui theilou khaeng lou ni e.

Khrista ta ntaam tuang ham mal ge. Kazaeng thiu, kamei mikum mei phao ko subam pusini, kamei Krista ta nzian, kalum nthaek lak ni pui zaeng rui e.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 - 𝟙𝟘:𝟙𝟟

"Kumna lwmmei hei chumei khou rui guang tuang e, chumei hei Khrista ta dinc ndauhmei khou rui guang tuang e."

Lummei lam khou geidou sapat kan the. Mi lummei ko akumna nai kho to tu mei mei latbam khou sa lou the.

Lummei hei pang lum lum rap tutuang ham e. Rachaptatmei tisulou mei ram lum kiu tho, Raguang rui tilum lou tuang de.

Mi kiu Raguang lat chu pui gan khou phang tuang e. Baimei chaeng mal ge. Raguang lat ko tho baibal khou hametei, gaicham din meinun khou rui, hametei Lu (songs) khou rui ni bam nu de. Tiki, Gaicham (Gospel) thuk kajao ni na e.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 - 𝟙𝟙:𝟛𝟞

"Kalam thu ramh guayna hei 𝕂𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕚 ℝ𝕦𝕚 damclou tuang de, khatni ramh guayna hei 𝕂𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕒𝕟 ℝ𝕦𝕚 khatni 𝕂𝕒𝕜𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘 ℝ𝕦𝕚 nai bam tuang de. Hymdaihmei hei Ravguangc khang tingsaeng sw diu! Amen."

Ramguaina hei

Kamei rui

Kapan rui

Kakhang rui e!

Ranguang tikgun, kahym, kangam kiu mi latbam khou nai the!

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟙𝟚:𝟙𝟞

"Nangniw khat khat khang kadan thay o. Daihlwn sw riu; lungcsimei nunc pam sw o. Nang rana nang ta ningtyngmei the twna ramhsuath sw riu."

Ram gailiang mei ta tho phang khang, tan khang, karam nina e tiki, dairiu sumei tho sulaknina e.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟙𝟛:𝟙𝟜

"Khrista ta rihpwan piu kumcna piu tho, kumna meic pumc tuang kahawmei tiguang tangh sw dat ri tho."

Aniu guai puan gaimei piu ni mei ran na de. Khrista hei gailiangmei puan e. Tingmik kathui, kagan kathui khou gailiang mei the.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟙𝟜:𝟝

"Meic gaanvsaekc rui tingmik akhat ta baihmei ta suangc nthukmei swna kakhanh e, khatni meic gaanvsaekc rui tingmik guayna nchamc de twna kakhanh e. Meic kathuicna katuang katuang lungning khou kakhanh chuyna kakhanh o."

Aniu lungning thang rui nuthe, nchum the, tuna ning mak na tanmei taan guai paap the. Laanmei ta ko tho, nchum the tuna ning bamni lanthe. Tiki, thaisiang mak mei guai khou tho, laanthe tuna lumlaki taan re tei tho paap the.

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟙𝟝:𝟙

"Tanhmei aniu rui suanmei nunc tuang puatrith tei phungc nkhavlou nina e. Aniu rui aniu rana ta tipian khang sw lak nina e."

Nkhakari thai kho!

 

ℝ𝕆𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕊 𝟙𝟞:𝟙𝟟

"Chanathiu, kalangv patmei nunc khatni nangniw khou dincloumei riakdyn tei hamhmei rui meic nunc tuang lwmmei ta tiphaysuy bammei nunc khou tei rui ramhthayna bam o, kumna kaniw khou rui ducna bam o."

Khaengthaimak na bak khang hihi mei guai thei lai tat lak nina the

Short Reflection from Romans 1-16

[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (BRW-M) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]

[5:24 pm, 01/01/2022]

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙:𝟝

"through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake."

This evening, one guy asked me about faith vs work in salvation. This verse elucidates that it is the Grace of God that saves anyone. This grace cannot be earned, it can be only received. Behold, grace is given in Christ. We have to believe (Faith in) Christ.

But this grace is for the obedience of faith, meaning, we must obey (work out) the righteous laws of Christ.

In simple: We aren't saved by good work. But we are saved to do good work.

That's the meaning of "to bring" talking about the purpose, the result of salvation (receiving grace).

If we profess to be Christians, let's be obedient to the righteous commands of God.

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟚:𝟝

"But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God."

All the sins of a believer (past, present, and future) are already punished in the death of Christ. BUT

All the sins of unbelieving ones are accumulating, storing up for the wrath of God to unleash upon them!

While we (believers) praise God for the deliverance, we will face discipline on earth (not in hell) if we have unrepentant sin!

Let's praise God and pursue godliness!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟛:𝟜

“. . .Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, . . .”

I see two strong impressions:

1. Paul has a very high view of God. God's honor is greater than the honor of all mankind put together. [How despicable it is when we find fault in God to honor a mere man!]

2. God will not be manipulated nor discouraged by any wisdom or wickedness of man. He shall remain faithful and just! To a sinner, this is terrible, because it means God will not spare anyone. That's why God sent Jesus to save us!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟜:𝟙-𝟚

"What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God."

Bible is so simple to understand. I think we have decided to believe it to be difficult because we are so lazy to study, examine, and think through it. We don't even read often while we study many other things like crazy.

Furthermore, sometimes, people want to mean it differently than what it plainly says.

Look at how Apostle Paul read Genesis and thought through the life of Abraham and applied it here.

Also, look at how Apostle Paul was interacting with his Roman audience with a series of hard questions.

This chapter reminds me to not be lazy nor be stupid. Ignorance is not bliss, it's sinful!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟝:𝟙

"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ"

Many times, I have seen my fellow Christian brothers and sisters trying to evangelize non-Christians by saying that they have peace in their hearts which Jesus gives.

Well, they don't know what they are talking about. Actually, they worry about many things. They have many arguments with a lot of people. What peace do they have in their hearts???

Friends, the peace we have when we become Christians is not primarily in our hearts. Actually, it's between us and God.

Even a genuine Christian like that Mr. Feeble-mind of The Pilgrim's Progress might never experience peace in our hearts. Or like that theologian hymn-writer William Cowper who thought he was a reprobate.

That's why Romans 5:1 is wonderful because it doesn't matter whether we have peace in our hearts or not, whether we feel it or not, if we are justified by faith (are Christian), God has peace with us. We are pardoned of all our sins and from the punishment of God! That's the kind of peace the Bible talks about, not the wishful peace in our hearts!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟞:𝟜

"Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life."

Christ died that we may die to sin; He arose that we might live in Him.

Again, Christ didn't die just to forgive our sins, He died so that we might die to sin; He arose not just to give us resurrection on the last day, He arose so that we might live in Him now.

Or, else, your understanding of the Gospel is incomplete. It's not just about forgiveness and resurrection. It's dying to sin and living in the newness of life.

The Gospel is not just the fact or else, everyone would have been saved. It's to be believed.

If one has never died to sin and lives in the newness of life, no matter what he knows of the Gospel, he only knows the fact, he has never received/believed the Gospel!

Gospel affects/changes/transforms the believers!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟟:𝟜

"Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God."

Dead to sin, Alive in Christ.

A fruitless person is not a Christian.

A person who knows the fact of the Gospel but is not changed by the Gospel is not a Christian. [Give such a person a book, "Once Saved Always Changed," written by Steve Fernandez. If you have never read it. I will send you a soft copy. 🙂]

However, a Christian will still be committing sins, which the rest of this chapter tackles it.

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟠:𝟙

"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."

If God condemns us no more, what are all those cursing? They are totally powerless!

Don't be intimidated by people's curses or generational curses! Are they more powerful than God? Provided you are in Christ!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟡:𝟛

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

Will I ever wish like this? Would I speak like this? Moses also did like this.

John Knox's prayer for England is also fascinating!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙𝟘:𝟙

"Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation."

Paul's heart for the lost people. We need some men of God who would do the same for the homeless, beggars, and slums of Delhi!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙𝟙:𝟚𝟝

"For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery--so that you will not be wise in your own estimation--that a ℙ𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;"

It's just a partial hardening. There will be converts if we go out and preach if we pray for them.

Let's pray for the lost souls, yes, even for the Israelites!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙𝟚:𝟛

"For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith."

As I grow older, I have learned this truth "not to think more highly of himself than he ought to" better. Well, even if wisdom and godliness do not come soon (early) as we like, it comes as we age!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙𝟛:𝟙𝟜

"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts."

Oh! That Jesus would be dearer, sweeter, and more satisfying than everything. Not that He is not, but that would be true in me!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙𝟜:𝟙𝟘

"But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God."

I am increasingly realizing the gist of this verse. It's imperative to be sound in doctrine, to be discerning, to separate from people who aren't like-minded, but at the same time to not hold anyone in contempt!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙𝟝:𝟚

"Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification."

I may please my neighbor with a good perfume, or a beautiful flower in my garden.

I can invite him and serve him a great lunch.

But I might displease him in my sleep, snoring loudly😂

Let's admit, we have a lot to work on pleasing one another. Let's not be satisfied because of one area we are good at!

 

ℝ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝟙𝟞:𝟜

"who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles"

Would I risk my life for someone's safety?

Would anyone risk his or her life for me because I hold fast to the Gospel of God?

Something hard to find in our generation!