There is an old saying that is a lie. Many Christians say it unfortunately. The saying is to be heavenly minded will make you no earthly good. The truth is just the opposite. You have to be spiritually minded to be any earthly good. Because if your thoughts dwell on God, you will accomplish God’s will on this earth. People need to see God in you to have hope that they can be rescued from this lost and dying world. I have been reading in Romans. In chapter 8, there is too much to talk about in one paragraph. But the opening sentence is, there is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. The question is does your heart condemn you? And the answer is if it does then you aren’t walking after God in the Spirit. Condemnation is a sure sign from God that you need to turn around and face God. And walk with Him and in His direction. To be spiritually minded is life and peace with God.

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This morning I was reading Romans 7. Paul was explaining why the law came in. God didn’t attribute sin to mankind until the law was written. The law of God is good. There is nothing wrong with it. It shows us where we are in relationship to God. It shows us our sin. God wrote His laws upon our hearts and minds. So that, we would know God and His commandments. If you remember the law, an eye for an eye, a touth for a touth, and a life for a life. Which includes our own life. If we choose not to serve God and lose our life, we are responsible to God for that life. And everyone will face God and answer for that life. O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then the mind myself I serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Crain Blanchard.

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I have been reading in Romans. I’m in chapter 6. Romans is about justification before God. Paul talked about what sin is. And that no one is free from sin. It is only after we ask God for forgiveness that we are freed. Then he says that we are under grace, not the law. But if we sin we fall back under the law and remember the law says, an eye for an eye, a touth for a touth, a life for a life. And God says, that whosoever you yield yourself to you become their servants. Whether to the devil through sin or to God through righteousness. God isn’t pulling any punches. He telling you the truth. Any kind of sin will separate you from God. And a lie is as bad as murder. In Romans 6:23, it says, for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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Like a tidal wave crashing over us, does the love of God surround us. From a popular Christian song that rings true. It also says that the love of God is Fierce. In Romans 4, it says by faith through grace we stand. And rejoice in the hope of glory. We also glory in tribulation knowing that it works patience. And patience works experience, and experience works hope. And hope makes us no ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. It also says that sin came into the world by one man,Adam. Redemption came into the world through one man. Because God sent His son, Jesus, to die for our sins. And through Jesus’s blood we can be reconciled to God. It is a free gift. But where sin abounded, grace abounds more. As sin did reign unto death, so grace might reign unto righteousness to eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Paul wrote in Romans 4, about Abraham. Many people believe that they will go heaven because of the good things they do on this earth. Paul talks about good works that with a quarter, will get you a cup of coffee. It’s not that we don’t do good works, but they don’t justify us before God. Then how do we get into heaven? Let’s look at Abraham. Abraham was helping his father sell idols in the land of the Chaldeans, where God spoke to him. God told to go to a land flowing with milk and honey. So, he packed up his household goods and walk 1000 miles with 300 families. He was looking for the city made by God, the promise land. Abraham wasn’t justified by the journey he took, nor was he justified by giving money to God. He was justified before he left his father’s house. Abraham was justified by faith in God. He would have never left home if he hadn’t believed. Faith, believing and trusting God is the only thing that will justify you before God. It begins today, before you leave home, faith in God, our justification.

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When I started walking with the Lord, I was told by older Christians that we weren’t under the law but under the grace of God. So, I didn’t read the old testament. The law is an eye for an eye, a touth for a touth and a life for a life. The law is the knowledge of sin. The law had to be established to set a standard for believers. But the law was established by the blood of Jesus Christ, who was judged by the law and found to be perfect. He was the perfect sacrifice, which satisfied the law. It was God’s plan so we could enter in the kingdom. For there is none righteous, no not one. We have all gone astray, dead in sin. But the blood of Jesus Christ redeemed us by faith in God. Not by the will of man, but by the will of God and faith in Jesus Christ that we have redemption from sin. In doing so, we establish the law in our hearts.

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Paul writing to the Romans, talks about the attitude of the heart in Romans 2. He starts by saying that we aren’t to judge anyone. There is only one and that is God Himself. Because He is the only person who can judge correctly. But Paul talks to both Jew and Gentile. He says, if you are circumcised and say you follow the law, but don’t. You are a heathen, not a believer. If you aren’t circumcised and keep the law in your heart, you are a believer. And God will accept you as a child. As Paul says, for God isn’t a respecter of persons. What he is talking about is justification before God. We can’t justify ourselves before God. It is only God. He also said something curious. He said don’t you know that the goodness of God leads you to repentance. And that God’s love will render judgement according to everyone’s deeds. God said it isn’t the outward appearance, but the circumcision of the heart inwardly, in the spirit that makes you a believer and justified before God.

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The apostle Paul travel the known world of his day preaching the gospel. On his journey, Paul wrote letters or epistles to different churches. He wrote to the church in Rome, saying he longed to be with them. Little did he know that he would journey to Rome, but as a prisoner. In all his letters, Paul, as he said, set for the defense of the gospel. He explained to the Romans what the gospel was and then talked about the immorality that was going on there. He also talked about the cost of it, which is death in hell. The book of Romans is about the law and those who transgress. The law and commandments of God haven’t disappeared. We stand in Christ upon the law. If we sin, we fall under the consequences of the law. Which is our death, both physically and spiritually. For the wages of sin is death.(Romans 3:10). Thank God we can ask for forgiveness and recieve it through the shed blood of Jesus. But Paul said something interesting, through all the stonings, imprisonments and all the other troubles that chased him. He said, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (Romans 1).

Crain Blanchard.

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