2 Kings 6:4-6 And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. 5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh, my lord,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!” 6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he sh...

Romans 4:1-2 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about– but not before God. Have you ever tried to do something in your own strength? But you know that you needed more help. Say forinstan...

Sorry this one is going to be so long. This was yesterday and today’s thrown into one since I went to work early yesterday. Forgive me! Romans 3:28-31 28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. 29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes,...

Well I figured that I would put something on here for the day. Terase and I are in Sadalia, MO for the Wells Family Christmas. So I don’t know if I am going to get anything posted the rest of the weekend. I connected my computer from a modem. I have forgotten how slow these things run but it will have t...

Romans 3:27-28 27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. 28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Do you remember when you were young and you were putting together a puzzle with your mom or d...

I still am giving thought to this whole “Is God fair?” thing. Yesterday I came to the conclusion that God is fair in his dealings with our eternal destination. That is that if we accept Jesus’ work on the cross for our sin, that He rose again, and we place our faith in that, turning to Him f...

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Romans 3:25-26 25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished– 26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one ...

Romans 3:25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished– 26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who ju...

I guess I kind of got off track with posting on here. My intention is to use this blog as a devotional journal. After the devastation of loseing my work from Thursday I haven’t been posting but just to update what has been going on and why I haven’t been posting. Friday was my last day of college ...

I can’t believe what just happened. I just finished my devotions no more than 2 minutes ago as I was getting ready to post them there on the blog like the last 4 days, and the Bible program I was using popped up an error message and I didn’t just lose a couple lines, I lost the whole hour’s ...

Romans 3:25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished– 26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who ju...

Romans 3:25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished– (NIV) The NIV goes ahead and describes or defines the greek word hilasterios which when translat...

This Week I finally, after 5 1/2 years finish college. I never thought it would happen and I don’t think Terase did either but finally I will be done. I have a final tomorrow in Human Relationships. Wednesday my take home final is due in Intro to Literature. Wednesday Night is small group night. We are ...

“…and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:24 What does it mean to be redeemed? I mean we use our pop bottle caps to redeem something that we have won (Buy one 20 oz., get one free). We redeem lottery tickets to cash in on the millions...

Justified- to show to be righteous, declared righteous 1) to render righteous or such he ought to be 2) to show,exhibit, evindence, one to be righteous, such as he is and wishes himself to be considered 3) to declare,pronounce, one to be just, righteous, or such as he ought to be 2) Therefore this righteousn...

You know what’s cool? When you start a new book because you want something to read and you just happen to read a section of the book that relates with a discussion that you have just had recently! Well after the Friday night session of Planet Wisdom, we were talking about why do we witness? It’s a...

Merry Christmas –05 I think we are still in shock at the fact that this year is quickly coming to a close. We really feel like we should be starting the fall not finishing out December. We are beginning to understand why people say the older you get the faster time goes. We are sure that many of you can r...