God's Gospel, not man's

God had set Paul apart for God's Gospel. This is God's gospel, not man's, not Paul's. God is the author of this gospel (good news) and the perfecter of those who are enabled to believe in this gospel(good news). After the introduction of this letter it is made very clear why it is called the gospel of God. We need to know the bad news in order to appreciate the good news, or the Gospel of God. I think the best part about this good news is that God came down to us. Thank you Lord Jesus!!!!
I love you Kendra

Set apart for JOY!!!!!

Paul was set apart for the gospel of God. When it says set apart I believe before the foundation of the world God had set Paul apart to be the apostle to the Gentiles. I think another thing that God had set Paul apart for, which he sets all of his children apart for was to enjoy a relationship with the living God.
So I think the main question is do we enjoy God? The joy of the Lord is my strength.

I don't want you to worry Kendra, I love you

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!!!

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

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

1:12

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, One really neat thing that I see is is that this one who is recieved and believed on as to telling the truth about who he is, has the authority to give the right to become the children of God. And I guess why wouldn't he have that right; In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Because of his authority and who he is he opened the door to become children of God to other cultures, not just manly to the Jews anymore. He distroyed the dividing wall between God and man, Jews and gentiles, men and wemon, rich and poor, young and old, educated and not educated, etc, etc. The thing that keeps us divided is sin, not just their sin but ours too. The only way to deal with this dividing sin problem is through this one who has the authority to give the right to become children of God!!!!!
I love you Kendra.

1:11

He came to his own, and his own people did not recieve him. When God became a man and came to the world the world(man) did not know its own creator. And to add insult to injury God came to the people he had chosen to enter this world through,the line of Abraham and they did not recieve him. To me this shows the depravity of man in a serious way. Please help us Lord God to recieve You for Your Names sake. We ask in Jesus's Name amen.
I Love You KENDRA