Saturday, June 21, 2008

What are You saying Lord?


Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
Paul lets us know who's servant he belongs to, Christ Jesus. And he lets us know what his masters mission is for him, called to be an apostle. And this mission as an apostle was to tell people about the gospel of God. Why I titled this what are You saying Lord is the way the Lord Jesus got Paul's attention. He was confronted by Jesus Himself as he was going out to destroy the church. Jesus called Paul in a very dramatic way. He was blinded by a great light and left blind for a few days, I would call that a pretty dramatic introduction into this calling of his.
I believe as the years passed by he was probably able to discern God's directions with a little less dramatic measures. I believe that God speaks to us through life's circumstances, good or bad, happy or sad, glad or mad. So I think our goal is to hear the Lord, hopefully through a little less dramatic circumstances, and trust Him and obey. To full fill our own lives and to show others how great our God is.

I love you Kendra!!!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Paul


The first verse to the Romans goes like this
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
Now I have gotten a lot of my thoughts about Romans from listening to John Piper's expository preaching on the book of Romans and the other thoughts from just meditating on it.
The opening word to this letter is an identification of who the author is, Paul. The more you learn about this man Paul the more amazed at him you become. He was Saul of Tarsus, born a Hebrew and a Roman citizen. He was an up and coming Pharisee, faithful to the traditions of his religion, taught by a well known and respected rabbi of his day named Gamaliel He was zealous to the point of being willing to see those who were claiming Jesus to be the Christ executed because it went against what he believed or so he thought.


I love you Kendra

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Why not Romans


Well I guess if my wife can do a blog then I can do one too. I was trying to do a blog on the Gospel of John but I seem to have dropped the ball. I don't know what makes me think that I'll run with the ball this time, well, here it goes.
Right now I have up to chapter 2:22 memorized in the letter to the Romans and I try to add a verse every day. So far it has been a convicting experience memorizing up to this point. Paul starts his letter to his readers with greetings and a strong desire to meet the Roman church and then goes into letting them know that the hole world is under sin. The Jew first and also the Gentile.
Thank You Lord for Your Word