For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Romans 9:15-16

Who can be saved? Only God knows! Who is actually saved? Only God knows! Many will argue this is unjust for God not to allow someone to come to salvation, but who are we to say if something is just? Can we save ourselves? Of course not, only by the blood of Christ can we be brought back to life. Then why do think we know even how to become saved?

Just as God said to Moses “I AM who I AM” meaning “I’ll be who I want to be” we are the clay and he is the potter. Can a creation tell its Creator how things work? Why do we believe we can tell God how things should work?

For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Romans 9:17

The Apostle Paul uses Pharaoh as an example of someone God raised up to fulfill his will of freeing the Israelites from slavery of Egypt. Now from our human perspective we might say “This is not Just” or “How is it fair to Pharaoh?” However since we are limited by time and space, we can’t see the beginning from the end. God is eternal , he knows your entire life before you were even born

Trust in Jesus Christ, not yourself. God is in control, he knows the beginning and the end, trust in Jesus Amen!

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:35

The Christian life was never promised to be easy, in fact millions of Christians have been persecuted or killed for their faith in Jesus. However as God promises, nothing can separate you from his love, nothing that is done on this Earth or done to you, can stop the atonement Jesus paid for you on the cross, this world also couldn’t stop Christ raising from the dead

There is a lot of evil in this world, however none of it can defeat Christ. Jesus defeated all evil, all sin, all death at the cross, everything is under His feet! When you understand this, then you can have the blessed assurance during times of trouble and tribulation

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

Notice nothing can separate us from our Lord Jesus Christ, when he shed his blood at Calvary, it was the New Covenant that has redeemed us. There is no power or evil in this world that can overcome the blood of Christ

You abide in Jesus, and Jesus abides in you, the power of the Holy Spirit lives inside of you. Don’t fear or be anxious, nothing can separate you from your Lord Jesus Christ! Amen!

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Romans 8:14-15

When your Born Again in Christ, you have no reason to Fear. Why? Because you are a Child of God, your not an enemy of God like the world. Notice it says we are Led by the Holy Spirit to God. Our Heavenly Father draws us home by his Spirit. This is a supernatural occurrence that no man can explain

Many who are not children of God , will refer to him in many different ways. Some will call him Jehovah, while others might call him Yahweh, while others might curse his name! However notice those who have been adopted by the blood of Christ call him “Abba Father”, a word of endearment only a child would call their Father

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Romans 8:16-17

We are sealed by the Holy Spirit, therefor as Children of God we are also heirs of God. What does that mean? Its common practice for children to inherit whatever their Father owned, as a Child of God you inherit the Kingdom and eternal life

What greater gift than to be reunited with your Heavenly Father and inherit eternal life! Thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen!

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Romans 8:11

Think about this, the same power that rose Jesus from the grave is living inside of You! Can you even begin to fathom this? As a Christian , when you become Born Again, you are baptized with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God is living inside of you, the same Spirit that rose Jesus from the tomb.

So when your feeling weak and defeated, remember this the power of God is inside of you. This is not meant to be a motivational or prosperity speech, this is the reality of a Born Again Christian. Whatever this world does to you, they can’t take your soul because it belongs to God alone

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Romans 8:12-13

Since the Holy Spirit lives inside of you, the same power that resurrected Christ, you have the power to resist sin. Oh, but we don’t want to hear that! If you are Born Again, your old self has died, as the Apostle Paul says here “if we live after the flesh we die, but if we live after the Spirit we live”

The Resurrection of Christ also represented the resurrection of You! Become Born Again through Jesus Christ and have the Holy Spirit living inside of You Amen!

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:6

To live for the flesh, not only means certain death, but it also means eternal conflict within yourself. Think of a wild animal, that hunts and devours its prey. It continually seeks to satisfy its hunger, which it never can. It seeks to satisfy its desires, which it never will. It continually toils through the forest looking for its next impulse, only to be left down

We were made in Gods image, meaning we have the intelligence and understand of being more than just flesh. We were born to serve our Creator, we were made to not walk by the flesh but by the Spirit. Where the Holy Spirit is, there is Life and Peace

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Romans 8:7

Why cant we live in sin and have peace with God? Because sin is in objection to God. When we live in sin we are at war with God. You can never be at Peace with God when you’re at peace with Sin. They are in total opposition of each other. You cant be carnally minded and walk with God

Only through Christ can you inherit eternal life, only through Christ can you achieve internal peace. Without Christ you are at war with your Father, and you will forever be weeping and gnashing of your teeth