Verses:
Romans 10 : 1 - 13
My thoughts about the verses:
God makes no difference between the different groups that get to Heaven. All you need to do is believe that Jesus died for you and can save you. See God does not think this group or that group is better than each other. God only looks for the cleansing blood to cover the sins you have committed. Once you accept the Holy Spirit into your life God sees you as a child.
Think back to what was happening at this moment in history. There were two groups that were battling over if they were true Christians. The Jews believed that you had to be a Jew to accept Christ. They also believed that you needed to live within the law and be circumcised. Whereas the Gentiles believed that anyone could accept God. They believed that they did not have to have a circumcision to be saved. They also felt that the new covenant replaced the law that had been given to Moses.
There were no denominations there were only Christians. Then overtime we as humans started making our own rules and decided to break apart into our own groups. We chose to create individual denominations that varied in philosophy and beliefs as time went by. Yet, if you concentrate hard on what is being said in Romans you will see that there is only one thing needed to get into Heaven.
All the rules that we have created are rules that we have made. We have split ourselves into groups and have decided overtime to alienate this group or that group from our individual services. We have taken it upon our self to judge who and who cannot be forgiven by God. When we disagreed on a teaching we just started a new denomination. Then those denominations split again because someone would disagree with their teachings.
This is also true of our churches of the same denomination. Many churches have been created over the silliest of disagreements. I have heard churches split because of the color of the carpet. The fact that certain songs were not sung. I wonder what God thinks about all of this?
The body of Christ if united could change the world. Yet, we have chosen to alienate ourselves from each other and therefore we are much weaker than we could be. We can be stronger if we go back to the very basics and concentrate on spreading the good news. We should not worry about what others are doing but rather or not they have heard the good news. As we choose to say that this group or that group doesn't belong in our church we are missing the great things that we can do.
The issue is do we teach people the principle of Faith. People need to be told that they need God in their life. It is sad that we have pushed people out of churches because of our differences. Yet, we need to unite so that people can hear the truth about the saving power of Jesus. Even if you disagree with the way they are living their life you need to open the door so that they can find Christ. I honestly believe that it is our job to go out and tell all people about the power of Christ. Like the scriptures say who are we in deciding who can get to Heaven. That is something that only God can do. People that accept the Risen one have the blessing of eternal life that we all need.
Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for going to the cross to die for us. We thank you for forgetting our short comings and allowing us all the healing powers that come from Jesus. We ask that you be with us. Help us put our differences aside so that we can serve you truly. Help us walk closer to you. In your name we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you accepted God in your life? Are you willing to accept people for who they are not what you expect them to be? Are you proud enough to show people that you are a Christian? Are you willing to witness to others?
My thoughts about the verses:
God makes no difference between the different groups that get to Heaven. All you need to do is believe that Jesus died for you and can save you. See God does not think this group or that group is better than each other. God only looks for the cleansing blood to cover the sins you have committed. Once you accept the Holy Spirit into your life God sees you as a child.
Think back to what was happening at this moment in history. There were two groups that were battling over if they were true Christians. The Jews believed that you had to be a Jew to accept Christ. They also believed that you needed to live within the law and be circumcised. Whereas the Gentiles believed that anyone could accept God. They believed that they did not have to have a circumcision to be saved. They also felt that the new covenant replaced the law that had been given to Moses.
There were no denominations there were only Christians. Then overtime we as humans started making our own rules and decided to break apart into our own groups. We chose to create individual denominations that varied in philosophy and beliefs as time went by. Yet, if you concentrate hard on what is being said in Romans you will see that there is only one thing needed to get into Heaven.
All the rules that we have created are rules that we have made. We have split ourselves into groups and have decided overtime to alienate this group or that group from our individual services. We have taken it upon our self to judge who and who cannot be forgiven by God. When we disagreed on a teaching we just started a new denomination. Then those denominations split again because someone would disagree with their teachings.
This is also true of our churches of the same denomination. Many churches have been created over the silliest of disagreements. I have heard churches split because of the color of the carpet. The fact that certain songs were not sung. I wonder what God thinks about all of this?
The body of Christ if united could change the world. Yet, we have chosen to alienate ourselves from each other and therefore we are much weaker than we could be. We can be stronger if we go back to the very basics and concentrate on spreading the good news. We should not worry about what others are doing but rather or not they have heard the good news. As we choose to say that this group or that group doesn't belong in our church we are missing the great things that we can do.
The issue is do we teach people the principle of Faith. People need to be told that they need God in their life. It is sad that we have pushed people out of churches because of our differences. Yet, we need to unite so that people can hear the truth about the saving power of Jesus. Even if you disagree with the way they are living their life you need to open the door so that they can find Christ. I honestly believe that it is our job to go out and tell all people about the power of Christ. Like the scriptures say who are we in deciding who can get to Heaven. That is something that only God can do. People that accept the Risen one have the blessing of eternal life that we all need.
Prayer:
Dear Jesus we thank you for going to the cross to die for us. We thank you for forgetting our short comings and allowing us all the healing powers that come from Jesus. We ask that you be with us. Help us put our differences aside so that we can serve you truly. Help us walk closer to you. In your name we pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you accepted God in your life? Are you willing to accept people for who they are not what you expect them to be? Are you proud enough to show people that you are a Christian? Are you willing to witness to others?
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