CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY

Newsletter 149                                                                     
July 19,2009                             

Romans 5:6-14

6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (Romans 5:8, Romans 5:10, Galatians 4:4, Romans 4:25, Romans 8:32, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 5:2)
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 3:5, John 3:16, John 15:13, Romans 8:39. Romans 4:25, Romans 5:6, Romans 8:32, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 5:2)
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 3:25, Romans 1:18, 1 Thessalonians 1:10)
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Romans 11:28, 2 Corinthians 5:18, Ephesians 2:3, Colossians 1:21, Romans 8:24, Hebrews 7:25, 1 John 2:1)
11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. (Romans 5:3, Romans 8:23, Romans 9:10, 2 Corinthians 8:19, Romans 5:10, Romans 11:15, 2 Corinthians 5:18)
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19, Romans 5:15-17, 1 Corinthians 15:21, Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 15:26, James 1:15, Romans 5:14, Romans 5:19, Romans 5:21, 1 Corinthians 15:22)
13 for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed where there is no law, (Romans 4:15)
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. (Hosea 8:7, 1 Corinthians 15:45)

And God said, “Let there be.” He “spoke” all things, other than man, into being. The universe, the earth, and all that lives, but when it came to man, He took soil, and “made” man in his own image. This was something very special, something very different. Man had freedom of choice, but with that freedom came also the potential to make wrong decisions. He made man, and of him his partner, Eve to live for ever, but Adam and Eve made the wrong choice when they let Satan plant into their minds a seed of doubt.

That doubt led to sin, and with it the results of sin; pain, sickness, hard labor, and death. Adam and Eve realized as soon as they sinned that everything was changed. They hid from God and covered themselves with leaves. The first sin of doubting God, and disobeying Him led to more from that small beginning to the point that God, started over saving a starting seed through Noah, and destroyed the rest with a mighty flood.

Because He loved mankind, he set into being a plan to save and restore this special being. He love us even when we were in sin. He loves even those rejected by all others. (John 3:16) Even the best of mankind falls short of God’s desires for us, (Romans 5:12) so He sent His own Son Jesus to die for us. (Romans 5:8.) He knew from the beginning that it would require the blood of a perfect sacrifice. (Romans 5:9)

Adam, could do nothing to undo his disobedience, and we can also do nothing ourselves to undo ours, but we can because of His grace toward us, be saved. We are not saved by good works, we are saved through faith and obedience to Jesus. Peter showed the way when he told the sinners who had cried “Crucify Him” only a few days before , saying “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Acts 2:38. It is only through His divine grace, that we can have a new start, “Repent and be baptized.”

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READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2009
                                                        

July
19th. Sunday – Amos 1,2, Romans 9:1-17, Proverbs 17:13-20
20th. Monday – Amos 3,4, Romans 8:18-39, Psalm 87
21st. Tuesday – Amos 5,6, Romans 9:1-19. Psalm 88:1-9
22nd. Wednesday – Amos 7,8,9, Romans 9:20-33, Psalm 88:10-18
23rd. Thursday – Hosea 1,2, Romans 10, Proverbs 17:21-28
24th. Friday – Hosea 3,4, Romans 11:1-17, Psalm 89:1-8
25th. Saturday – Hosea 5,6, Romans 11:18-36, Psalm 88:9-13

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"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”

Romans 6:23
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IF ONLY I HAD A BRAIN

A mid-level executive was so frustrated at being passed over for promotion year after year, that, in frustration, he went to a brain-transplant center in the hope of raising his I.Q. 20 points.

After a battery of physical and psychological tests, the center's director told him that he was an acceptable candidate.

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"Do you have any idea," the director asked, "how many politicians we would have to kill?"
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JUST A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE MILLS HOUSEHOLD

We are settled in our apartment now with the exception of a few misplaced items and window curtains for the huge windows. Fortunately they all have venitian blinds, so that is not an urgent problem, but the largest is a 6’x6’ opening, the other three are somewhat narrower. Our new phone number is 469 298-3507.

Prayer Request: Pray for the sale of our manufactured home as it is expensive to keep it parked in our name, and the lawn cared for.

Bob and Phyllis