(Romans 10:8) “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach.” The Jews thought that if they would keep the law, they could make themselves righteous. But this is not true, for God has said (Romans 3:23), “For […]
Timothy Jensen
Recipe for Hope
What is the recipe for hope? Take one all-powerful, loving God who is righteous and cannot stand evil, and because he is righteous cannot lie. Have God create the heavens and earth. Have God create man in His own image. Have man disobey God and become evil. Have God condemn mankind for disobeying Him. Add […]
When One is Led by the Spirit of God
In the book of Romans in the first seven chapters the word ‘Spirit’ is found only four times. Yet in chapter 8 the word ‘spirit’ or ‘spiritual’ is found twenty-one times. In the first 7 chapters, Paul answers these questions: Who needs to be saved? And how are we saved? Now in chapter 8, he […]
The Best News: God Wants to Make Us His Children
“In sonship or adoption, the sinner stands before God as a stranger and is made a child of His.” One of the truths of God that is in the book of Romans is that God wants to make you one of His sons. This is a part of God saving us. “The sinner is in danger […]
The Good News: We Are Forgiven
(Romans 4:7-8) “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” One of the truths of the gospel is that our sins are forgiven by faith in Christ. (Romans 4:5) “But to him that does not work, but believeth on him […]
Reconciliation, Good News Against Bad News
(Romans 5:10) “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” “In reconciliation, the sinner stands before God as an enemy and becomes a friend.” We have talked about justification: “In justification, the sinner stands before […]
Redemption, God Bought Us Back
“Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God (Romans 1:1).“ Paul, at the beginning of the book of Romans, tells us just who he is and what he is going to write about. Paul is his name, and he is a slave of Jesus Christ and being a […]
The Bad News, The Good News, & the Gospel
The book of Romans is the greatest treatise on the gospel, the good news, of God that we have. It also contains bad news. One cannot understand just how good the good news is without knowing and understanding just how bad the bad news is. Paul starts out looking at the bad news in the […]
Playing the ‘What If’ Game
Sometimes it is helpful to play the ‘What if?’ Game. If we ask the right question and answer it the right way, it might give us an insight into the way we ought to live. The question I want to look at is, “What if a man could live a life without sin? What would […]
Walking in the Light
IF ONE IS SAVED, HE MUST LIVE IN THE LIGHT.IF ONE IS SINS, HE HAS AN ADVOCATE JESUS CHRIST. WHEN HE CONFESSES HIS SIN, JESUS CLEANSES HIM SO HE CAN WALK AGAIN IN THE LIGHT. 1 John 1:3-2:1 “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with […]