tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930553747640588156.post5056177146528129971..comments2023-10-30T04:29:36.162-07:00Comments on *Gospel-driven Disciples: Reading Through Romans 6-8Gregg Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170541048035179191noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930553747640588156.post-74647788306290776702010-09-17T10:38:27.781-07:002010-09-17T10:38:27.781-07:006:9-10 Yes it is!No looking at the Greek it doesn&...6:9-10 Yes it is!No looking at the Greek it doesn't look muddled, the preposition is tw, which is translated to.<br /><br />It seems to mean that Christ died to destroy sin He now lives to promote the righteousness of God. It deals with purpose.<br /><br />6:14 - Yes, great verse to memorize.<br /><br />6:21 - yes, we loved sin and we were a slave to sin, but what did it get us? Shame and death. If only people would look at sin that way, for example, "Oh you love sex outside the guidelines of scripture? What did it get you? STD's? Divorced? You love getting drunk? What did it get you? DUI?, Lost your job? Lost your family? Sick? Lost your inhibitions?<br /><br />Yes, when you really think about it, it is a gut puncher to think that for all sin promised it produced the fruit of shame and death.<br /><br />6:23 - yes, I have seen that many a time in the long gone past.<br /><br />7:13 - Paul has made the case that the law was not evil or bad, but that the law was good. He also made the case that the law awakened sin or made an awareness of sin and sin killed and sin led to death. <br /><br />To head off an objection Paul says, did the law, which is a good thing, execute death in me? No, sin produced death. The law didn't kill me - the law said keep me and live, sin and die. So, sin results in death. Having or possessing the law does not result in death, sin results in death.<br /><br />The law said don't lust, but the lust in me craftily and like a lure led me to lust, and when I lusted I sinned and the law made me aware that my lust was sin and I had sinned. The law said don't lust but I did lust and the law made me aware of how sinful sin was.<br /><br />Paul doesn't want his readers to think the law is a bad thing, or to reject the law as if the law is the problem. The law is good because it identifies how sinful sin is.<br /><br />8:32 - do not misunderstand nor misinterpret my next statement, it spoken in love from the heart of a pastor. Ask God to kill the pride that keeps us from admitting that God killed his own son in order to provide me with redemption, and if he killed his own son he will give me whatever I need to live holy and righteously for God's glory. <br /><br />8:35-39 - yes those words are excillirating! I can hear his triumph and they always uplift me!Gregg Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16413691313803396844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930553747640588156.post-40716007549560751252010-09-17T03:40:34.958-07:002010-09-17T03:40:34.958-07:00Aw, thanks, Ron! I am enjoying the process of read...Aw, thanks, Ron! I am enjoying the process of reading this book all at once. Before now, I'd only gleaned a few verses at a time. While it's difficult, it's worth pursuing. Gregg, I'm thankful you decided to post this challenge. :o) Happy Reading!Larrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551141093395055894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930553747640588156.post-64147168984914703292010-09-16T21:23:06.823-07:002010-09-16T21:23:06.823-07:00Brother Gregg, thanks for answering my questions. ...Brother Gregg, thanks for answering my questions. I look forward to tomorrows study.<br /><br />BTW, my friend Larri is a very good Bible student. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930553747640588156.post-59097134375450733782010-09-16T18:14:40.784-07:002010-09-16T18:14:40.784-07:00Now I think I realize why I've never tried to ...Now I think I realize why I've never tried to read the entire book of Romans! I'm having difficulty 'hearing' Paul's voice in the chapters today. He darts from thought to thought with too many words in between. Okay. Enough griping. Here's what stood out to me...<br /><br /><b>6:9-10</b> Death no longer has mastery over Him...That's such a triumphant statement, isn't it?<br />...He lives to God...I find this interesting that Paul uses the preposition 'to' instead of 'for' Do you suppose the translation was muddied? Or is it correctly translated? If so, why does Paul state Christ lives 'to God'? What does that mean to you?<br /><br /><b>6:14</b> This is a verse to memorize and repeat often through life.<br /><br /><b>6:21</b> Talk about getting punched in the gut by words!<br /><br /><b>6:23</b> Just a sidenote...Can you picture a 'Hell, Fire, and Brimstone' kinda preacher shouting this verse at his congregation? I think this is one of the most misused or 'verse-jacked' verses in the Bible. I've heard it used so many times in an argument. What the verse-jacker fails to tell the non-believer is the complete verse. They only use the first half as a scare-tactic. Have you had this experience too?<br /><br /><b>7:13</b> What exactly is Paul saying here? <br /><br /><b>8:5</b> That is so true!<br /><br /><b>8:19</b> I just like this verse. It's a happy thought.<br /><br /><b>8:28</b> I take great comfort in this verse. <br /><br /><b>8:32</b> This is one of those verses I wish I could 'hear' Paul's voice. Maybe I just can't wrap my head around the humbling words.<br /><br /><b>8:35-39</b> He ends this chapter on a very high note, doesn't he? This is the only place in these three chapters I can hear the triumph and happiness in Paul's voice. Can you hear it? Do these verses uplift you?<br /><br />Looking forward to the chapters ahead! Happy Reading! :o)Larrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551141093395055894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930553747640588156.post-2189822494328753872010-09-16T14:00:40.775-07:002010-09-16T14:00:40.775-07:00I'm very late with my comments today...LittleG...I'm very late with my comments today...LittleGirl decided to wake at 5:30 when I usually complete my reading. I have the last chapter to read and will post all my questions later this evening. Happy Thursday! :o)Larrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551141093395055894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930553747640588156.post-66604045976258092752010-09-16T13:19:25.580-07:002010-09-16T13:19:25.580-07:00People loose sight of grace for one reason Ron. Se...People loose sight of grace for one reason Ron. Secondly, many people don't understand how grace operates in the live of a believer and how grace propels a believer in sanctification towards holiness.<br /><br />I am actually preaching on this topic this coming Sunday AM. The problem is that we humans even under grace have trouble distinquishing morality and righteousness. To help make me righteous we resort to rules, regulations, dos and don'ts thinkin if we keep these standards we are righteous. People use the law in order to keep the rules and regulations they think they need to keep in order to be righteous but when in reality they are more likely being moral. God is not developing moral people - he is developing holy people through the process called sanctification.<br /><br />We need to heed Romans 6:19-23 and realize that we are no longer slaves to sin and the law, we are slaves to sanctification and the savior. We are slaves to living according to God's standards of righteousness which leads to holiness. The Holy Spirit is usually left out of the equation.Gregg Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16413691313803396844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930553747640588156.post-90098811544668750242010-09-16T12:44:33.560-07:002010-09-16T12:44:33.560-07:00Gregg, Why do you think so many churches preach th...Gregg, Why do you think so many churches preach the law and so few preach grace? <br /><br />I've met many professing Christians that revert back to law keeping after they're conversion? Why?<br /><br />~RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com