Category: Devotions

Scripture: Romans 6:10–11 — “The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.” Reflection: The sermon that inspired this week’s devotions was preached the weekend of America’s 250th […]

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 […]