01-27 - Ro-4 Mt-9

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

 • Romans 4:19-25  Matthew 9:9-17 

            ☀️ Romans 4:19-25

19 - Abraham didn’t weaken in his faith {that he and Sarah would have a son} when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old. Or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. 20 He didn’t waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God! Instead he grew strong in his faith, as he gave glory to God. 21 For he was fully convinced that God was able to do what he had said and what he promised. 22 And that’s why his faith was “reckoned to him as righteousness.”

    23 But the words “it was reckoned to him” were not written for only his sake! 24 But for ours as well. It will be reckoned to us who believe in he who raised Jesus our Lord out from the dead [nekros - dead, deceased, lifeless, without life] 25 who was delivered over for our trespasses, and raised for our justification.

            🌙 Matthew 9:9-17

9 - As Jesus was walking on, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collecting booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. {Matthew who’s account this is, was a tax collector, who were not popular with fellow Hebrews/Israelis/Jews, as the taxes collected were for Imperial Rome. World domination - Imperialism - being the main dream of the rogue powers and principalities.}

     10 And as Jesus was reclined at table in the house of Matthew, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining at table with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this! They asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But Jesus heard it, and said, “Those who are not ill, don’t need a physician, the ones who are not well do. 13 Go and learn what this means - ‘It’s mercy I desire, and not sacrifices.’ I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” {There’s no sense calling those who think they are righteous.}

     14 Some disciples of John (the Baptist) came looking for him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t?” 15 Jesus answered them with a question, “Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away, and then they’ll fast. 16 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment as a patch, for when the new cloth shrinks, it will tear the garment worse than before. 17 And we don’t put new wine in an old wineskin, for the skin will burst, spilling the wine and ruining the skin. But new wine is put into new wineskins, so both the wine and the skin are preserved.”

           

Tomorrows verses, 01/28

Romans 5:1-5  Matthew 9:18-26 and Rev. 16:1-7 separately

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

have a great day! ☀️🕊️