God’s Word For Today

God’s Word for Today 15 Feb 2024 4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lo...

God’s Word for Today 14 Feb 2024 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” -Rom 15:1-3 ESV CHRIST DID NOT PLEASE HIMSELF Paul strongly urges the ‘strong’...

Text: Romans 14:20-23 (ESV)   20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble. 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on hims...

Text: Romans 14:13-19 (ESV)   13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love....

Text: Romans 14:10-12 ESV 10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” 12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. -Rom 14:10-12 ESV THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD We are free...

Text: Romans 14:7-9 ESV 7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. -Rom 14:7-9 ESV WE ARE THE LORD’S? All believers belong the Lor...

God’s Word for Today 8 Feb 2024 5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. ...

God’s Word for Today 7 Feb 2024 4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. -Rom 14:4 ESV WHO ARE YOU TO PASS JUDGMENT?   Believers should not fall into either the extremes of legalism nor in superstitious beliefs. The gray areas should remain gray and not to be forced...

Text: Romans 14:1-3 (ESV)   As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.   BE MAGNANIMOUS   There are many gray areas in ou...

Text: Romans 13:11-14 (ESV)   11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality...

Text: Romans 13:8-10 ESV 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love...

Text: Romans 13:4-7 ESV 4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorit...

God’s Word for Today 1 Feb 2024 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is...

God’s Word for Today 31 Jan 2024 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. -Rom 1...

Text: Romans 12:16-18 (ESV)  16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.   LET US PROMOTE PEACE   Because of the gospel, let’s strive to live harmoniously. Harmon...

Text: Romans 12:13-15 (ESV)   13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.   DO BLESS OTHERS   We are members one with another. Brotherly affection and honoring one another is encouraged. It would be demonstrated by contributing to the needs of other...

Text: Romans 12:12 ESV 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. -Rom 12:12 ESV REJOICE IN HOPE The three commands in this verse are keys to the emotional and spiritual well-being of every Christian. We are commanded to rejoice in hope. Can we command anyone how he should feel? The concept here, though, is more about declaring ourselves as having reason for joy. It'...

Text: Romans 12:11 ESV 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. -Rom 12:11 ESV BE ZEALOUS Paul is urging us to be ‘outdoing one another’ in our attempts to give honor to each other [v.10]. And apparently, he is urging us to live with zeal or enthusiasm, that is, to remain focused, intentional, and positive about our purpose in treating each other well in the body of Chr...

God’s Word for Today 25 Jan 2024 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. -Rom 12:9-10 ESV LET LOVE BE GENUINE These verses are quick commands about how Christians should conduct their everyday lives. It’s  a fundamental attitude that we should love each other. But, Paul's instruction...

God’s Word for Today 24 Jan 2024 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. -Rom 12:6-8 ES...

Text: Romans 12:3-5 (ESV)   3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually...

Text: Romans 12:1-2 (ESV)   I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.     AN ATTITUDE AND AC...

Text: Romans 11:33-36 ESV 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. -Rom 11:33-36 ESV...

Text: Romans 11:25-32 ESV 25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way, all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”; 27 “and this will be my covenant with them when...

God’s Word for Today 18 Jan 2024 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. 23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut from what is by nature...