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Jun 4, 2024 · Consider these seven ways Paul encourages us to embrace weakness. 1. Believe that the weakness of Christ crucified is God’s power to save. The message of Christ crucified is “the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Cor. 1:23–24). So, for Paul, the whole of the Christian life is lived “by faith in the Son of God, who loved [us] and ...
3 God’s divine power has given us everything we need for life and for godliness. This power was given to us through knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and integrity. 4 Through his glory and integrity he has given us his promises that are of the highest value. Through these promises you will share in the divine nature because ...
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Well, perhaps just to encourage those who struggle with the message of Romans 9, let me give a little autobiography. When I was teaching Bible and Greek at Bethel College from 1974 to 1980, virtually every class brought up the problems of the sovereignty of God vis-à-vis the will of man. “If God is as sovereign as you say, Piper, how can man be acc...
Paul says, “I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh” (Romans 9:2–3). So what’s he saying? He’s saying that individual Jews, kinsmen of Paul, are lost and perishing, and this creates for Paul not only a h...
So Romans 9:14asks, “What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part?” That’s where I started in writing my book: “Is there injustice on God’s part?” And his answer is “by no means.” The rest of it, verses 15–23, offers support for why there’s no injustice on God’s part. He gives his argument in Romans 9:15, where he says, “For he says to ...
Now why does God exercise his freedom in choosing one and not another? And that brings us to the question that Aaron asked about concerning verses 22 and 23. Because this is Paul’s most ultimate answer in the Bible, I think. Everybody should put their ears up when I say that. “Whoa, that’s a big claim. Check that out.” So I’m going to say it again:...
The reason is that the if that introduces verses 22 and 23 has really already happened in Romans 9. It’s not a question of whether it’s going to happen — it did happen. And Paul is restating what he has already said. He is drawing out the application — namely, with regard to Pharaoh. When Paul says, “What if God, desiring to show his wrath and make...
Paul’s overall point in this section is that God is just in having mercy on whom he will (Romans 9:14). He does no one — no human being ever anywhere — any wrong. He always upholds the infinite value of what is infinitely valuable — that is, his righteousness. He upholds his glory. In his absolute, glorious freedom — “I’ll have mercy on whom I have...
We cannot tell sinners that they did God a favor by allowing him to save them and then get them to live like they owe everything to God’s grace. We cannot lead a sinner to believe that he alone, with his “free will,” was the one decisive factor in his conversion and then urge that person to feel a deep and life-changing obligation to God’s sovereign grace.
Jan 4, 2022 · Prayer is a vital part of relying on the power of God, as we pray, “ Thy will be done ” (Luke 11:2, KJV). Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matthew 7:7–8).
Feb 22, 2023 · While in his third missionary journey, Paul traveled to Jerusalem, despite his friends and fellow believers telling him not to go. He told them he was not only prepared to be captured by his enemies, but to die for his work for Jesus Christ (Acts 21). While preaching to the Gentiles, he was captured in the temple by Jews who were ready to kill ...
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Aug 3, 2018 · Saul was on his way to making a name for himself. He was a well-connected powerful man with credentials. He called himself a “Hebrew of Hebrews.”. He was a prideful self-righteous member of ...
