Original blog had short video from movie, Gods not dead…
Romans….
A friend shared this video from a movie …in a way it goes along with these words penned in Romans…the pastor taking the stand and making a stand for right…
When I watched this movie the first time, I thought about our trips to the capital…the Scriptures written in stone, a solid foundation for our country…
Monuments everywhere with Bible verses chiseled deeply into them…like the Word should be engrained into our minds , hearts and souls…but as time has passed, some have forgotten and turned away from that foundation, not only as a country, but as human beings…
The author of this small New Testament book does not mince words…he says in the beginning that he has wanted to come in person to deliver his message and minister to these people, but was prevented…I wonder if he had been able to make it, the book may not have been written by him…God wanted these words in His scripture…so here they are…
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. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Rom.1.16-17
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
RomRom.1.18-23, Rom.1.28-32
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Rom.3.22-24
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom.6.23
Thank YOU….
Blessed assurance…
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