Welcome to Week 3 of the Woman you are set Free online bible study!
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- Week 3 we will be reading Romans 2-8.
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Questions to answer in the comments:
- Did re-reading the verse in a different translation give you a new understanding about what you read?
- Why do you think the spiritual blessing of Christ are important for successful spiritual warfare?
Day 15 Romans 2
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? Romans 2:4 ESV
Observation
Ultimately you can know and teach the law which is well and fine (v. 21). But the question is do you live by it. God doesn't care if you are uncircumcised if your heart is not in the right place (v.27).
Although the Gentiles maybe uncircumcised of they have a heart that is for God that is all that matters . Our hearts is what will be examined by Christ Jesus on judgement day (v.16).
Day 16 Romans 3
Since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. Romans 3:30 ESV
Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, God of all things. Please help me to recognize sin. Most of all, help me to chose righteousness in the face of sin. I know through my faith in Christ Jesus I can overcome all things. Please help me to be humble and know that all good things are from you. Every good thing in my life is a gift of your grace. I can never thank you enough Father. You are truly an awesome God. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Day 17 Romans 4
He didn’t tiptoe around God’s promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said. That’s why it is said, “Abraham was declared fit before God by trusting God to set him right.” But it’s not just Abraham; it’s also us! The same thing gets said about us when we embrace and believe the One who brought Jesus to life when the conditions were equally hopeless. The sacrificed Jesus made us fit for God, set us right with God. Romans 4:19-25 MSG
Application
Our faith is like that first domino in a cascading stack. Once you knock the first one down the rest also begin to fall down.
Domino effect. When our faith in Christ is activated it's like telling God your ready for him to go to work in your life.
Its that moment when you begin to acknowledge him, surrender to him, humble yourself before him, and really seek to understand who he is so that you can better understand who you are.
Day 18 Romans 5
For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. Romans 5:19 ESV
Observation
You were saved not because of your obedience. But because of Christ obedience and His blood sacrifice. Despite the separation that was caused by the initial sin of Adam, and all the following sin that took place. And will take place.
God loves us so much that he said you know what despite you obvious faults I want you back. I want us to be close again. So if you will believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah and Anointed One.
I will not only grant you the gift of grace for your shortcomings. But I will give you eternal life.
Girl if that doesn't make you want to get up every morning and thank God and sing His praise then I honestly don't know what will. *I have chills*
Day 19 Romans 6
For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. Romans 6:10 ESV
Observations
You either serve sin or serve God. If you serve sin, well you know that can only lead to death. But if you serve God and he will santify you.
Anchor Word
Sanctification is consecration, purification, or the sanctification of heart and life. Hagiasmos is the Greek word for sanctification.
Day 20 Romans 7
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. Romans 7:25 ESV
Application
You quite literally are not alone. You think your the only one struggling to do the right thing. Struggling to live according to the word which know is right.
Your fighting a battle that we have been fighting since Adam and Eve. Our mind is constantly at war with our flesh.
You just gotta remember that the blood of Jesus Christ set you free. The gift of God's grace reigns. When your feeling weak lean on the Holy Spirit and put your trust in the Lord.
Day 21 Romans 8:1-17
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:6 ESV
Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, help my mind to be focused on you. To hear your words and not my own. To follow your wisdom and not my own. To be constantly pursuing you in prayer, bible study, and worship. Most of all, help me to rememebr this life is about glorifying your name and not my own. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
so there is so much to be said about these 6 chapters we read. I once heard it said that Romans is one of the most important books in the new testament for a believer to read because it so accurately explains salvation and I would have to agree.
ReplyDeleteI don't know where to start but I'll begin at praise: Thank God for his grace that came in the person Of Christ Jesus, which is received by faith. In these chapters we read how unworthy we are: all of us. The gentile and the jews, we were all condemned. The Jews had the law but the law could not save, not that it was weak we are weak. Our weakness inhibits us from keeping the law but it shows us how short we fall of the glory of God and how much we need Jesus.
Grace we receive by faith not works (thank God) because none of us could every merit salvation. Abraham was justified by FAITH. we undervalue faith sometimes or relegate it to only be useful for gaining an object of prayer but we cannot be saved without salvation faith in Christ. I think Romans 4 tackles legalism very well also.
I love many scriptures in Romans however the one that has spoken to for about the last ten yrs is Romans 5 vs 3-8. It begins with rejoicing in our struggles because of the benefits it brings us and ends in announcing the way God loved us: He sent His only begotten Son for us while we were still yet sinners. We were dead through Adam now we are alive in Christ, slaves made free to be slaves to Christ not sin.
All of this leads up to Paul explaining that there is no longer and condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans8:1). I found the book of Romans particular chapters 1-8 liberating. If you're someone who deals with a lot of guilt and false identity this reading helps a lot.
Sorry I forgot to add that I went back and forth between the NIV, which I usually read it in the first time then the NASB and when I needed a clearer understanding still I used the ESV. Though I read a bit of translation from the MSG and it was very well worded (impactful).
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DeleteRight that something I have to always remind myself and learned early on from reading Romans. That there is no work I can do that could merit God's grace.
DeleteI agree. I also think Romans was a key book for me because it helped me to understand that God only wants the best for me and even though bad things may happen. That's not a reflection of who God is or how he feels about me. It helped me to realize how amazing God is to be able to take those bad things and use them for my good.
Faith is a key component of salvation. That is so funny that is one of my favorite verses for encouragement as well. I actually made a whole video on it a year or so ago.
Me as well. I have always struggled with guilt which is prob why this book resonates so much to me as well.
I go between ESV, The Message, and The Voice. I just started using the Amplified Bible translation too lol. There are just so many good translations. ESV is def my primary though. I haven't used NASB before.
Delete1. Yeah re-reading the Bible in a different version gives me a new understanding,I'm so used to KJV but other versions give me better grasps of the word and simpler words that i can easily relate to and understand.
ReplyDelete2. Spiritual blessings of Christ are very important for spiritual warfare because if we don't know that they exist or how to use them we'll just keep fighting spiritual battles with physical means/weapons.Also Ephesians 6 says it better that we wrestle not against flesh and blood and the fact that we need to guard ourselves;our breastplate with righteousness,our feet with peace,our head{helmet} salvation,shield of faith and always praying in the spirit.
If it wasn't important it wouldn't have been mentioned in Ephesians and also in Romans.Repetition they say is for emphases.
Hi Jumoke! Rereading in a different translation has definitely helped me a lot as well. The spiritual blessing is such a powerful verse which is why I made it's own separate day. It's such an important verse. You are so right you have to fight your battles in prayer. I love that verse as well, although it took a lot of re-reading for me to understand the fullness of what was being said about putting on the armor of God.
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