Sunday, August 9, 2015

Jesus is Lord of all! 8/9/15

Day 218 - Reading the New Testament in one year.



Romans 10

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. 5 Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a] 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”[b] (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”[c] (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”[d] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[e] 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”[f]

14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”[g]

16 But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”[h] 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. 18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:

“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.”[i]
19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,

“I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;
    I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[j]
20 And Isaiah boldly says,

“I was found by those who did not seek me;
    I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”[k]
21 But concerning Israel he says,

“All day long I have held out my hands
    to a disobedient and obstinate people.”[l]

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

Churning love August 9th

“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred.” HOSEA 11:8

Here we see the intrinsic revelation of God’s love. His very being is expressed in His speaking: “How can I give you up, Ephraim?” This is like God speaking to you. Maybe you feel like you have been joined to idols. You have spoiled God’s discipline in your life. You have resisted Him. You feel like a cake unturned. You have even taken the devil’s categorizing that you are just a spoiled piece of humanity, that you have sinned yourself to ruin. Maybe all of this is how you feel. But over and above your feeling is God’s revelation of His love to you. And He is saying, “How can I give you up?” In other words, God’s love goes beyond Ephraim’s being joined to idols, being a cake unturned, rejecting the Word of God, and being full of lies and deceit. When the Lord says, “My heart churns within Me; My sympathy is stirred,” God’s love is revealed as something intrinsic to His very being. You cannot take it out of Him. This is His churning love. On the one hand, Ephraim deserves every kind of judgment for his absolute, willful rebellion against God. His awful record merits his being cast off completely. Yet, when God’s judgment comes to the foreground, mercy prevails and love overcomes Him. Far more than the consideration of any kind of judgment, love and mercy prevail. “My heart churns within Me” means that there is a turning in God Himself. This turning is also exemplified in Genesis 18:16-32 when Abraham prayed for Sodom: “Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city? . . . Suppose there should be forty righteous found there? . . . Suppose ten righteous should be found there? . . .” Abraham appealed to the Lord in this way when He was about to destroy Sodom. Abraham’s prayer could actually turn God and remind Him of His mercy and His love; and that is what prevailed — His churning heart of love.- 


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