Only five more weeks, Chronos!
Our key verse sums up the letter to the christians at Rome: “... [the Israelites] were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him ... For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself.” (Romans 9:32a)
Blessings,
Steve
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We’re reading The One Year Chronological Bible, New Living Translation (Tyndale). It’s best with your own copy. Or, paste in this link to the daily reading schedule:
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This week's highlights:
Continuing in the letter to the Christians in Rome. Salvation is for everyone. Second letter to the church at Corinth. We get new bodies! Back on the road, again. Paul gets arrested.
Comments:
November 27th —Romans 12:2— Note who does what in this verse: what you are to do, and what God is to do.
November 27th —Romans 12:9-31 is often called “the other love chapter.” Compare it to 1st Corinthians 13. How is it similar? How is it different? If interested, here is a blog I wrote that addresses these two love chapters:
November 28th —Romans 15:4b— A couple of the important reasons we should read the Bible.
November 28th —Romans 16— This is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. There is so much to love, here. After putting forth this amazing theological argument for 15 chapters, Paul gets newsy ... just like you would expect in a letter between friends. Paul knows so many people in Rome! He sends his letter to them via Phoebe, a church deacon. Priscilla and Aquila (early missionary couple) are in Rome, and a church meets in their home. He sends greeting to Junia, a woman apostle(?) who was in prison with him! And then, finally, he warns them of supposed church members who use “smooth talk and glowing words to deceive innocent people.”
November 28th, 29th, 30th, and December 1st — Paul writes his second letter to the folks at Corinth. Keep in mind: he has already visited them, twice, and time has elapsed since they received his first letter. This one reflects what he learned from Timothy’s more recent visit to Corinth. Paul is addressing (A) how they have fared in the wake of his first letter, and (B) some new problems that Timothy has brought to his attention.
December 1st —Acts 20:7-12— Remember, Acts is Luke’s account of what happened in the early years of the church. So, Luke is our witness in Troas. Nice to see that, even then, and even when a luminary like Paul was preaching, people still fell asleep in church!
December 2nd —Acts 20:35— What I read in this scripture is that it is OK for us to earn our way in this life and accumulate resources so that we, too, might be blessed by giving to those in need. Does anyone read it differently?
December 2nd —Acts 21:8-9— One of those moments we get from time to time where we get to circle back, so to speak, and encounter someone from earlier in the story. In this case, it’s Philip, one of the original Deacons who is now living and preaching in Caesarea (Note: his four daughters were prophets).
Next week:
Continuing: Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem (and his defense). Assassins! Paul is brought before successive levels of government and Royalty ... and starts his Journey to Rome. Shipwreck! Malta! Rome! Paul writes to the Ephesians from Rome. The armor of God. Letter from Paul in Rome to the christians at Colosse (Colossians).
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