The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Romans 6:17-18,
"Thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness."
Atheists exult in their freedom from the shackles of religion. They feel free. Really? In the deception that unbelievers live in, they fail to recognize the enslavement of their lives to sin. To begin with, their sinful hearts leave them unable, incapable to embrace the obvious and elementary truth that our Creator exists. They are not free to contemplate the obvious. They are shackled, enslaved by sin.
Unbelievers live in a world cursed by God. Sickness, pain and death rule in this world and they are unable to comprehend why that is. They are shackled, enslaved by sin.
Unbelievers struggle with their own innate nature that often prompts them to do those things that are self-destructive, unhealthy and damaging, both to themselves and those around them. They are shackled, enslaved by sin.
Unbelievers are incapable of embracing the greatest of opportunities afforded to anyone: embrace God in faith and live eternally in the pleasures God gives, Psalm 16:11. They are not free to accept the offer. They are shackled, enslaved by sin.
I know of what I speak as this was me before the gospel gripped my heart, when God's love was shared with me by a faithful couple following the Lord. I used to be a slave to sin. Now I have been set free from sin.
Paul put it this way to Titus, "When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life."
I used to be a slave to sin. How wonderful the kindness and love of God my Savior, that he set me free from my sin and provided me the great hope, the incomparable future of eternal life!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"Thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness."
Atheists exult in their freedom from the shackles of religion. They feel free. Really? In the deception that unbelievers live in, they fail to recognize the enslavement of their lives to sin. To begin with, their sinful hearts leave them unable, incapable to embrace the obvious and elementary truth that our Creator exists. They are not free to contemplate the obvious. They are shackled, enslaved by sin.
Unbelievers live in a world cursed by God. Sickness, pain and death rule in this world and they are unable to comprehend why that is. They are shackled, enslaved by sin.
Unbelievers struggle with their own innate nature that often prompts them to do those things that are self-destructive, unhealthy and damaging, both to themselves and those around them. They are shackled, enslaved by sin.
Unbelievers are incapable of embracing the greatest of opportunities afforded to anyone: embrace God in faith and live eternally in the pleasures God gives, Psalm 16:11. They are not free to accept the offer. They are shackled, enslaved by sin.
I know of what I speak as this was me before the gospel gripped my heart, when God's love was shared with me by a faithful couple following the Lord. I used to be a slave to sin. Now I have been set free from sin.
Paul put it this way to Titus, "When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life."
I used to be a slave to sin. How wonderful the kindness and love of God my Savior, that he set me free from my sin and provided me the great hope, the incomparable future of eternal life!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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