Day 7

Scripture to Read: Romans 1:6–7

After God had Paul share the vision of reaching all nations through the name of Jesus Christ, God had Paul focus on addressing the recipients of this letter. God had Paul refer to the recipients as “the called of Jesus Christ” in Romans 1:6 and then as “all who are beloved of God in Rome” in Romans 1:7. The Christians in Rome knew their lives were not their own and that their authority was God and God alone. God was and is sovereign over all! We must understand that all of the believers in Christ living in Rome belonged to God and His family. The same is still true today, that every follower of Christ belongs to God the Father and His family. This news is the Good News of the gospel. God the Father’s love was fully displayed on the cross through Jesus Christ our Lord. God’s love was for the church in Rome, just as it is for us now. The gospel reveals how God loves us and as people respond to the gospel in repentance and faith, we join the “called as saints” (Romans 1:7). Being called a “saint” means we are called to live holy lives. The reason the believers in Rome, and all believers today, can say that we belong to Christ, are loved by God, and called His saints is because of His grace that comes from God the Father through Christ our Lord. As we examine God’s Word, we must trust His truth, that we belong to Christ, and also pursue lives of holiness as His saints.

Challenge & Application

· How does knowing you belong to Jesus Christ impact the way you live your life each day? · How are you encouraged by the truth, God loves you and that God has called you to pursue a life of holiness as His saint?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

As we begin our walk through Romans, we immediately know that God used Paul to pen the letter of Romans. As much as we appreciate the awesome ways God used Paul to write so much of the New Testament, we must always remember that this is God’s Holy Word, as penned by Paul. God has Paul describe himself as a bond-servant of Christ Jesus. Becaus...

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Day 2

As we continue to examine Romans 1:1, we also see that God had Paul describe himself as an apostle. This is significant because apostles were those Christ had appointed for a particular function in the church. Apostles actually saw the resurrected Christ and were then commissioned and empowered by our Lord to proclaim the gospel to all nation...

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Day 3

Sometimes God’s Word is hard to comprehend, and then there are times, like today, when God makes it so clear what He wants us to know and apply to our lives. From the last two devotions, God showed us His call on Paul’s life and on ours. God also showed us that we’re all set apart for the gospel. Today God reminds us that the gospel was promi...

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Day 4

Yesterday, God revealed to us that His gospel message is found in all of His prophecies about Christ in the Old Testament. Today, God’s truth is made clear that His gospel is all about our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 1:3–4 describes a little about our Lord Jesus Christ, namely that He is both man, “according to the flesh,” and God, “according t...

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Day 5

A central truth to our Christian faith is believing that Jesus was and is fully God and fully man. As we learned yesterday, the only way a sinful human can be completely reconciled to our Holy God is through our Lord Jesus Christ, being fully man and God. Romans 1:3 laid out for us the truth that Jesus is fully man as the descendent of David....

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Day 6

After defining the gospel, God led Paul to share how the gospel changed his life. It was through our Lord Jesus Christ that Paul received grace and his apostleship. As Paul received the grace of God through our Lord Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus, because Paul saw the risen Christ, he also received his call as an apostle. Paul’s goal in...

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Day 7

After God had Paul share the vision of reaching all nations through the name of Jesus Christ, God had Paul focus on addressing the recipients of this letter. God had Paul refer to the recipients as “the called of Jesus Christ” in Romans 1:6 and then as “all who are beloved of God in Rome” in Romans 1:7. The Christians in Rome knew their lives...

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