01-26 - Ro-4 Mt-9

🗝️s New Testament & Bible prophecy study, verses paraphrased [ ] references { } thots

 • Romans 4:14-18  Matthew 9:1-8 and ACTS 15:1-21 separately

            ☀️ Romans 4:14-18

14 - For if it’s following of the law that makes one an HEIR, then faith is nullified and void. And the promise is empty. 15 For the law brings wrath. {Cause and effect!} If there was no law, then, no one could be said to be a lawbreaker..

     16 That’s why the promise and gift {of enduring Life, immortality/perfection.. or rather, perfection/immortality for God is Life, and “is perfect” Mt.5:48} depends on faith {knowing, concretely, by experience} in order that the promise may stand on grace. [Charis - favor, kindness, blessing; the Greek xáris "grace" is as the Hebrew (OT) Kaná - "grace, extension-toward". Both refer to God freely extending Himself (His favor, kindness, blessing) reaching (inclining) to people because He is disposed to bless (be near) them - from biblehub dot com’s interlinear.]

     The promise is guaranteed {“sealed” notarized, totally official, guaranteed} to all Abraham’s offspring {which offspring is reckoned as Jesus, “seed Jesus” - Gal.3:16} not only to the adherents of the law, but also to the ones who share the faith he had. [Before circumcision, a sign and seal of Abraham’s faith, see previous verses.] {Self first and foremost to be removed from humanity and each person. Because it can never work. Logic. We see what sort of world it brings.}

     Father Abraham, is father of all! 17 As it’s written, “I have made you a father of nations” [Gen.17:5]. And he walked before God/in his Presence, in whom he believed. In He who gives life to the dead, and calls into existence the things that don’t (yet) exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of nations, as he had been told - “So shall your offspring be.” [Abraham lived in the desert, and one starry night when Abraham was an old man, God told him, “I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the heavens” and “I will make you a father of a multitude of nations”.]

     [Galatians 3:16 and 29 - “The promises were made to Abraham and to his seed (offspring). Not ‘to offsprings’ as many, but referring ‘to one - to your offspring’ which is Christ.” (THE seed ..implanted.) “And if YOU are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, and an HEIR according to promise.”] {And not according to works/earning. Life is a gift, not earned as though God ‘owed’ us. GOD/Life/Love, shall be “all, in all” 1Cor.15:28(22-28) with Mt.13:33, key word 3.}

            🌙 Matthew 9:1-8

1 - And getting into a boat Jesus crossed back over to his own town. 2 And some people carried to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son, your sins are forgiven.”

     3 And some of the scribes {considered authorities} thought to theirselves, “This man is blaspheming!” 4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why think evil [ponéros- evil, wicked, bad, malicious] in your hearts? 5 For what’s easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or, ‘Rise up and walk’? 6 But so you may know the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” he said to the paralytic, “Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” 7 And the man rose, picked up his bed/mat, and went home. 8 When the people saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to a man. {And from whom the blessing/miracle/sign had come}.

           

Tomorrows verses, 01/27

Romans 4:19-25  Matthew 9:9-17 

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

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