I Hear You, God

”Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭7‬:‭25‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.7.25.NIV

”I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.6.19.NIV

Sin ruled by means of death. But God's Gift of grace now rules, and God has accepted us because of Jesus Christ our Lord. This means that we will have eternal life. Romans 5:21 CEV

”However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭4‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.4.5.NIV

”for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.3.23-24.NIV

No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person's praise is not from other people, but from God. Romans 2:29 NIV

”they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭31‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.1.31.NIV

The intro to the book of Romans

”Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.” But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. The...

”Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them, “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.” But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship. Since the harb...

”“I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme....

”When Paul came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him. They brought many serious charges against him, but they could not prove them.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭25‬:‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.25.7.NIV

”When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭24‬:‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.24.27.NIV

”But when the son of Paul’s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭23‬:‭16‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.23.16.NIV

”“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭22‬:‭6‬-‭7‬, ‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.22.11.NIV

”Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭21‬:‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.21.13.NIV

”Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭20‬:‭26‬-‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.20.26-27.NIV

”Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?” Then the man who had t...

”But as he left, he promised, “I will come back if it is God’s will.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭18‬:‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.18.21.NIV

”Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.”“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭17‬:‭19‬-‭20‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.17.19-20.NIV

”About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭16‬:‭25‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.16.25.NIV

”Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭15‬:‭32‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.15.32.NIV

”There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭14‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.14.5.NIV

”The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭13‬:‭49‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.13.49.NIV

”Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭12‬:‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/act.12.7.NIV