Monday, August 10, 2015

Don't bow down to baal. 8/10/15

Day 219 - Reading the New Testament in one year.



Romans 11:1-18

 The Remnant of Israel
11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”[a]? 4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”[b] 5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

 7 What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, 8 as it is written:

 “God gave them a spirit of stupor,
    eyes that could not see
    and ears that could not hear,
to this very day.”[c]
9 And David says:

 “May their table become a snare and a trap,
    a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.”[d]
Ingrafted Branches
11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

 13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

 17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

The atmosphere of freedom August 10th

“It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” GALATIANS 5:1 (NASV)

One of the chief things used by Satan to nullify Christ is an atmosphere of legality. This kind of atmosphere can subtly creep into the church. It was one of the primary problems that invaded the church life in the New Testament. The Gospels are filled with accounts of the scribes and Pharisees nullifying the Word of God by their tradition and detailed legalities (Mark 7:6-9). The book of Acts does not cover up the fact that the church in Jerusalem was filled with believers who were zealous for keeping the law (Acts 21:20). Many of the Epistles were written due to the battle with Judaizers, who were going about to spy out the believers’ freedom in Christ (Gal. 2:4).

From the New Testament days until now, Christ is nullified when the church loses the atmosphere of freedom. Paul says that it is for the express purpose of an atmosphere of freedom that Christ died on the cross to set us free. Freedom is the state or atmosphere that believers are to live in. Indeed, Paul exhorts the saints to “keep standing firm” in this blood-bought freedom. 



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