Romans 8:1-17 Dear RTB’ers, A few years back I posted an item from one of my Study Bibles that Chapters 6, 7, and 8 formed a unit. Chapter 6 is about the believer’s freedom from sin; chapter 7 is freedom from the Law’s condemnation, and chapter 8 is life in the power of the Holy …
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October 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Oct Romans 8:1-17 17 02-Oct Romans 8:18-39 22 03-Oct Romans 9:1-13 13 04-Oct Romans 9:14-29 16 05-Oct Romans 9:30-10:21 25 06-Oct Romans 11:1-10 10 07-Oct Romans 11:11-24 14 08-Oct Romans 11:25-36 12 09-Oct Romans 12 21 10-Oct Romans 13 14 11-Oct Romans 14 23 12-Oct Romans 15:1-13 13 13-Oct Romans 15:14-33 20 …
September 30 / Romans 7:7-25
Romans 7:7-25 Dear RTB’ers, Even before I started reading today, knowing that we were reading to the end of Chapter 7, I had in mind: Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? (v. 24) Maybe the rest of you don’t have this feeling of occasionally hating yourself for …
September 29 / Romans 6:15-7:6
Romans 6:15-7:6 Dear RTB’ers, John’s comment on death yesterday stays with us today. There are at least nine references to death and dying in today’s passage. Paul paints a good picture of marriage and life and death. We are bound to our spouses by law as long as they are alive. But if they die, …
September 28 / Romans 6:1-14
Romans 6:1-14 Dear RTB’ers, The message that I see in today’s passage is from death to life – Jesus died and rose from the dead; likewise, we who are dead to sin can live a new life: …just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk …
September 27 / Romans 5:12-21
Romans 5:12-21 Dear RTB’ers, Thirteen times we see the word “one” in today’s reading – one man, one who…, one trespass, one act, one man’s sin, one man’s disobedience, one man’s obedience. Always the “one” is referring to either Adam or Jesus or their activities. And those one activities by both men have been passed …
September 26 / Romans 5:1-11
Romans 5:1-11 Dear RTB’ers, Another sentence with faith and grace together: Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand… (v. 2). That pairing is probably much more common than I had realized. Another oft-quoted verse, regularly used in sharing our faith: …but God shows His love for …
September 25 / Romans 4:16-25
Romans 4:16-25 Dear RTB’ers, More history and theology today, with Paul (seemingly, to me) repeating his few main points. A different item popped out to me, however – the words “faith” and “grace” in the same sentence: That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to …
September 24 / Romans 4:1-15
Romans 4:1-15 Dear RTB’ers, Paul makes a strong case that Abraham was found righteous by faith while he was still uncircumcised. That is, Abraham did nothing (works) to earn God’s granting righteousness to him, only that he believed. Then Paul makes the case for Abraham being the father of both the Jews (the circumcised) and …
September 23 / Romans 3:21-31
Romans 3:21-31 Dear RTB’ers, Summarizing yesterday’s reading (and my post), one of the more oft-quoted verses in all of Scripture, especially in the context of sharing one’s faith: …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… (v. 23, formally known as Romans 3:23), one of the first memory verses for believers …