Category: Devotions

Scripture: Romans 6:5–6 — “For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we […]

Scripture: Romans 6:1–4 — “What shall we say then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into […]

Scripture: Romans 5:20–21 — “The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that… grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Reflection: There’s a scandalous, almost dangerous-sounding truth buried in these verses: no amount of sin […]

Scripture: Romans 5:19 — “For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.” Reflection: Where the first Adam failed to trust God, the new Adam trusted His Father perfectly. Where the first Adam returned […]

Scripture: Romans 5:15 — “But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!” Reflection: Just when the diagnosis of sin […]