God’s Word For Today

Text: Romans 3:1-8 ESV LET GOD BE TRUE THOUGH EVERY ONE WERE A LIAR Previously, Paul has expressed that there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles. All have broken the law and are equally guilty. So, is there any advantage to being included in the Jewish people and being circumcised, as God has commanded? Definitely, it’s yes. Firstly, they were entrusted with the "oracles of God."...

God’s Word for Today 16 Nov 2023 25 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 26 So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circum...

God’s Word for Today 15 Nov 2023 17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God 18 and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; 19 and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowle...

Text: Romans 2:12-16 (ESV)   12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. 14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature, do what the law requires, they are a law to themselve...

Text: Romans 2:6-11 (ESV)   6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew fir...

Text: Romans 2:4-5 ESV 4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. -Rom 2:4-5 ESV WHY DOES GOD SHOWER US WITH GOODNESS? All of us are...

Text: Romans 2:1-3 ESV 1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another, you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will esca...

God’s Word for Today 9 Nov 2023 -Rom 1:24-32 ESV GOD GAVE THEM UP As God revealed His glory through creation, God also revealed His wrath to rebellious mankind. [v.18]. Consequently, man’s thinking becomes worthless, and his heart grows darkened towards worshipping idols. There is an impossibility to know of the only true God. God takes idol worship personally. The first two of his Ten Commandment...

God’s Word for Today 8 Nov 2023 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation o...

Text: Romans 1:16-17 (ESV)   16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”   I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL   The apostle Paul has the audacity to declare his pride in procl...

Text: Romans 1:13-15 (ESV) 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in R...

Text: Romans 1:8-12 ESV 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you 10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart...

Text: Romans 1:1-7 ESV 1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ o...

God’s Word for Today 2 Nov 2023 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! 2     Serve the LORD with gladness!     Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the LORD, he is God!     It is he who made us, and we are his;     we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,     and his courts with praise!     Give thanks to him; bless his name! 5 For t...

God’s Word for Today 1 Nov 2023 The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble!     He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! 2 The LORD is great in Zion;     he is exalted over all the peoples. 3 Let them praise your great and awesome name!     Holy is he! 4 The King in his might loves justice.     You have established equity; you have executed justice     and righteousness in Jacob. 5...

Text: Psalm 98:1-9 (ESV)   1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. 2 The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. 3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our G...

Text: Psalm 97:1-12 (ESV)   REJOICE IN THE LORD   This psalm corresponds with the previous psalm,  concluding that God is king over the earth. God’s holiness, righteousness, and justice are the basis of His kingdom.   Based on God’s attributes, the psalmist expresses God’s judgment upon the world. It will be as universal as a flash of lightning and as powerful as an all-consuming fire (v.1-5). 1 T...

Text: Psalm 96:1-13 ESV SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG After the worshippers have heeded the warning of the previous psalm and prepared their hearts in the right attitude of worship, they are urged to praise God with further singing. Besides praising him for his great works, they are to proclaim His wonders to others (v.1-3). 1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth! 2 Sing...

Text: Psalm 95:1-11 ESV 1 Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. 5 The sea is his, for he m...

God’s Word for Today 26 Oct 2023 -Psa 94:1-23 ESV THE GOD OF VENGEANCE  The psalmist, tired of the oppression caused by the wicked is asking God to take vengeance. God is the God of vengeance. Thus, he pleads for a fitting divine punishment from God upon on all those who oppose Him and his ways (v.1-3).  O LORD, God of vengeance,     O God of vengeance, shine forth! 2 Rise up, O judge of the earth...

The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty;     the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. 2 Your throne is established from of old;     you are from everlasting. 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD,     the floods have lifted up their voice;     the floods lift up their roaring. 4 Mightier than the thunders of many waters,     might...

Text: Psalm 92:1-15 (ESV)   1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; 2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, 3 to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. 4 For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. 5 How great are your works, O LORD! Your thou...

Text: Psalm 91:1-16 (ESV)   MY REFUGE, MY FORTRESS, MY GOD   This psalm has been sung in temple worship in a time of danger, apparently. The singer begins with an affirmation of the security and protection enjoyed by those who trust in God. To those who are living constantly in God’s presence (v.1-2). He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will...

Text: Psalm 90:1-17 ESV 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 3 You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!” 4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. 5 You sweep t...

Text: Psalm 89:1-52 ESV GOD WILL FULFILL HIS COVENANT WITH DAVID Sadly, Israel, in her rebellion, had suffered a lot of defeats that threatened its existence. Hence, some Jews think that God had forsaken his anointed king. The psalmist therefore recalls the covenant God made to David to preserve his dynasty forever. And on this basis, he claims God’s help (v.1-4; see 2 Sam 7:8-16). 1 I will sing o...