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Romans 1- Grace Through Faith

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By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 1:5-7

The Apostle Paul begins here with the foundation of our salvation, “By or Through Him (Christ) We Have Received Grace” It’s only by Gods Grace that we are saved and not by anything we are doing ourselves. As Paul said to the Ephesians “Its by grace you are saved , through faith, and not of yourselves, its a gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8) This destroys any false religious system of works based salvation.

We can never “earn our salvation” there is no checklist of religious practices that will qualify you for Heaven to become saved, you are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. It’s a supernatural process, you are drawn to Christ , to repentance, to complete faith in The Lord Jesus Christ. 

It’s interesting that the Apostle Paul brings forth the idea of “apostleship” being received by the Church also. While the Apostles are in reference to the original 12 men of Jesus ministry, apostleship can also mean anyone who is sharing the gospel of Christ. In some sense all Born Again Christians are apostles, however as a true believer we humble ourselves and refrain from titles to elevate ourselves. When people , self appoint themselves as an “Apostle” that’s a red flag of a false teacher, you can only be appointed as an Apostle by Christ himself

So when we talk about grace, then we have to talk about works, as faith without works is dead (James 3) The Apostle Paul says “the obedience of faith” if Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, then we obey him as our Lord, we are obedient to our Master, even to the point of death. While we are saved by grace and not by the works of ourselves, we are obedient to The Lord in our works as faithful servants. As Jesus said “If you love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15)

And this begins the Great Commision (Matthew 28:19) of spreading the gospel to the Gentiles, to all the nations , the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ, as the Apostle Paul says “among all nations (gentiles), for His name (Jesus)” This is the mission of the Church, to make disciples of everyone, to share the gospel with every creature (Mark 16:15) Salvation is found in Christ alone!

I’ll end with another revelation, did you know all Born Again Christians are saints. As the Apostle Paul says “called to be saints” that is the Church. The idea that certain Christians are Saints and others are not, is not Biblical. You are saints, you are apostles, by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

Cross Is Foolishness

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For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God 1 Corinthians 1:18

When non-believers and skeptics hear about the cross, they just don’t understand. How can a group of people put so much emphasis and praise into a Roman torture device? A device that nobody comes back alive and is tortured for hours at the entertainment of the wicked crowds

How can God take a torture device and use it to free his people from the slavery of sin and death? Why would the Son of God willingly lay down his life, have his body broken and blood poured out, for wretched sinners?

This is what makes the cross foolishness to the unsaved, they can’t ponder the amazing love and grace from God. How do we as believers understand this love? We can’t but we accept it by faith and become washed clean and Born Again!

For it is written, “I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE.” Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?1 Corinthians 1:19-20

The skeptic gets angry and declares “This is foolishness”! They believe they are smarter than their Creator, and redemption from God is not possible. However, Resurrection Sunday showed us that our Salvation has been completed by Jesus Christ!

The power of God was displayed at the cross, where Christ took the penalty for our sins, and rose again! Hallelujah to the Lamb of God! Amen!

What Is Repentance?

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and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15

The message of Jesus ministry was, “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand!” The same message was preached by John the Baptist as well as Peter. Today people like to “water down” this message. People get offended when we talk about their sins, therefor they don’t want to talk about repentance.

But can you truly be saved without repentance? Absolutely Not! So what does Repent mean anyway? The original Greek word is “Metanoeite” which means to think differently, a spiritual transformation. Repenting is not just confessing your sins, its changing the way you think and behave about everything

Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3

This is what Jesus means by saying become “Born Again” Nicodemus, a religious leader, was perplexed as Jesus made this statement. He said how can someone become physically Born again? Nicodemus misunderstood that this was a spiritual rebirth and not a physical.

So as you see, Repentance and becoming Born Again go hand in hand. To become Spiritually Reborn we need to become transformed in our minds and actions. The original Greek for Born Again is “gennethe anothen”  Gennethe means a regeneration Anothen means New

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

Repent and become Born Again, this is about making a transformation to follow and live like Jesus Christ. If you are still doing the same things BEFORE you got saved, then you haven’t become Born Again. How is all this possible, its all possible because of the works Jesus Christ has fulfilled on the cross.

Trust in Jesus and allow him to make you a new creation, Repent of your sins and receive the Holy Spirit Amen!