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Tag Archives: sin
Call the Exterminator
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:1-2 Being no longer … Continue reading
Posted in Devotionals, Romans
Tagged free, groan, hope, life and peace, Romans 8:1-2, Romans 8:1-25, sin, spirit
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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch…
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil … Continue reading
Posted in Devotionals, Romans
Tagged 1 John 4:4, Ephesians3:12, Romans 7:18-19, sin, wretched
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You Were Born for This!
Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves … Continue reading
Posted in Devotionals, Romans
Tagged heart, obedience, righteousness, Romans 6:16-18, sin, slaves, teaching
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Bad to the Bone
If the Jews could not pull off righteousness as the Chosen People then no one could. Fact is, nobody’s righteous, no, not anybody! (Romans 3:10) Paul even breaks it down by body part (throat, tongues, lips, mouth, feet, eyes) in … Continue reading
All Lawyered Up
And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation (satisfaction) for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. 1 … Continue reading
Posted in 1 John, Devotionals
Tagged 1 John 2:1-2, advocate, attorney, Jesus Christ, lawyer, proitiation, righteous, Romans 3:10, sin
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The Impossible Dream
There was a popular song in the 1960s called The impossible Dream, taken from the Broadway play Man from La Mancha, a story about Don Quixote’s quest for glory. We fight a similar uphill battle against sin. As much as … Continue reading
Posted in 1 John, Devotionals
Tagged 1 John 1:9, confess, confession, darkness, fellowship, liar, lie, light, sin, The Impossible Dream
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The Dread Report
3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing … Continue reading
Posted in Devotionals, Ezekiel
Tagged evil, Ezekiel 9:3-5, glory, idols, judgment, Mark, righteous, sin, temple
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Love Perfected
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation for … Continue reading →