I just finished up studying with my husband, who was preparing to teach the Sunday School lesson. The lesson subject is "Living a changed life". It was coming out of Romans 6:1-13 and 22,23. But I wanted to read the chapters leading up to chapter 6, so as I was going throught he chapters, two verses that stood out to me were from Chapter 1: 16-17. Paul declares "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. Just as it is written, "The righteous will live by faith."
This scripture spoke to me, we as believers and followers of Christ, should never be ashamed of such a powerful gospel. This gospel holds the power for us to be saved. But this is only true to those that have faith in the gospel of grace. Grace is Gods power to help us to live a righteous life, it is a free gift that we should cherish. It is a favor that only follows those that believe. A changed life says that through grace we can be victorious over the issues of life. The things that come to get us down and distracted should not overcome us, but help us to become who God wants us to be. We should be changing constantly never staying the same in this walk with Christ, but growing from faith to faith. We should not be ashamed of the power of grace and the Holy ghost that gives us strength and hope to continue to press towards the mark. Paul declares that he is "forgetting those things that are behind him, and reaching toward those things that are before him",
A changed life, that's what I am striving for and I hope that you are too. So if you are reading this, I encourage you to examine the state of your life. Are you changing or are you kind of on easy street not willing to cross the high way to faith road? Changing requires faith, If we are to live a righteous life through Christ, we must have faith that whatever God is willing to happen to me, that we are going to do whatever it takes to please Him and become what He wants us to be. Go ahead and read the first 6 chapters of Romans and whatever scriptures that speak to you, write them down and meditate on them and ask the Lord to help you to internalize the message so that you can apply it to your life...a changed life!
This scripture spoke to me, we as believers and followers of Christ, should never be ashamed of such a powerful gospel. This gospel holds the power for us to be saved. But this is only true to those that have faith in the gospel of grace. Grace is Gods power to help us to live a righteous life, it is a free gift that we should cherish. It is a favor that only follows those that believe. A changed life says that through grace we can be victorious over the issues of life. The things that come to get us down and distracted should not overcome us, but help us to become who God wants us to be. We should be changing constantly never staying the same in this walk with Christ, but growing from faith to faith. We should not be ashamed of the power of grace and the Holy ghost that gives us strength and hope to continue to press towards the mark. Paul declares that he is "forgetting those things that are behind him, and reaching toward those things that are before him",
A changed life, that's what I am striving for and I hope that you are too. So if you are reading this, I encourage you to examine the state of your life. Are you changing or are you kind of on easy street not willing to cross the high way to faith road? Changing requires faith, If we are to live a righteous life through Christ, we must have faith that whatever God is willing to happen to me, that we are going to do whatever it takes to please Him and become what He wants us to be. Go ahead and read the first 6 chapters of Romans and whatever scriptures that speak to you, write them down and meditate on them and ask the Lord to help you to internalize the message so that you can apply it to your life...a changed life!
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