Verses: Romans 9 : 30 - 33
My thoughts about the verses:
I believe that the stone that was placed as a stumbling block with God is a reference of the stone tablets the Laws were written on. See the Jewish community felt if they could live fully in the law that they could make their way to Heaven without the sacrifice of Jesus. They believed that obeying the laws were what led to their salvation. Yet, if only one part of the law was broken then they did not live up to the expectation that God had for them. That one stumble meant that they had failed to live within the law and needed Christ.
Yet, the gentiles did not have this same stumbling block. They were not connected to the law so they did not think they could get to Heaven by obeying the law given to Moses. They had to rely on their faith to get them to Heaven. They had to believe what they were being taught that the Messiah had come to free them from the bad that they had committed in their life. Their heart was convicted because of their inadequacy to live up to the expectations of God.
Think back to Moses if Moses could not enter into the promise land. He was able to view it but he was not able to enter because he had even fallen short of the law. You would think if there was anyone that could live up to the law it would be the person that had been on the mount when the law was written. Yet, even Moses had fallen short.
Now what does that mean for us today. We have to understand that we are not able to make our way to Heaven on our own deeds. We must rely solely on God to get to Heaven. There is no way that you can do well enough to get yourself to Heaven. You must rely solely on the saving grace of God. You have to truly believe by faith that Jesus died for you. There is nothing that you can do to make it to Heaven by yourself. That the faith in God is what you need to do to truly have all of you sins forgiven. We have to trust in the writing of those that came before us. Faith believes in things not seen. Yet, I want to let you know that if you have faith in Jesus you will feel that gift deep down inside.
Prayer:
Dear God we thank you for the laws that you gave us. We thank you for giving us a way to get to Heaven and to have a closer relationship with you. We know that there is nothing that we can do to make our own way to Heaven. We understand that the only place to make
Questions:
Have you accepted Jesus in your heart? Are you willing to turn over your sins to God? Do you accept that you cannot do anything by yourself to make yourself right with God? What can you do today to help someone accept Christ in their heart? Are you a stumbling stone in someone’s path?
My thoughts about the verses:
I believe that the stone that was placed as a stumbling block with God is a reference of the stone tablets the Laws were written on. See the Jewish community felt if they could live fully in the law that they could make their way to Heaven without the sacrifice of Jesus. They believed that obeying the laws were what led to their salvation. Yet, if only one part of the law was broken then they did not live up to the expectation that God had for them. That one stumble meant that they had failed to live within the law and needed Christ.
Yet, the gentiles did not have this same stumbling block. They were not connected to the law so they did not think they could get to Heaven by obeying the law given to Moses. They had to rely on their faith to get them to Heaven. They had to believe what they were being taught that the Messiah had come to free them from the bad that they had committed in their life. Their heart was convicted because of their inadequacy to live up to the expectations of God.
Think back to Moses if Moses could not enter into the promise land. He was able to view it but he was not able to enter because he had even fallen short of the law. You would think if there was anyone that could live up to the law it would be the person that had been on the mount when the law was written. Yet, even Moses had fallen short.
Now what does that mean for us today. We have to understand that we are not able to make our way to Heaven on our own deeds. We must rely solely on God to get to Heaven. There is no way that you can do well enough to get yourself to Heaven. You must rely solely on the saving grace of God. You have to truly believe by faith that Jesus died for you. There is nothing that you can do to make it to Heaven by yourself. That the faith in God is what you need to do to truly have all of you sins forgiven. We have to trust in the writing of those that came before us. Faith believes in things not seen. Yet, I want to let you know that if you have faith in Jesus you will feel that gift deep down inside.
Prayer:
Dear God we thank you for the laws that you gave us. We thank you for giving us a way to get to Heaven and to have a closer relationship with you. We know that there is nothing that we can do to make our own way to Heaven. We understand that the only place to make
Questions:
Have you accepted Jesus in your heart? Are you willing to turn over your sins to God? Do you accept that you cannot do anything by yourself to make yourself right with God? What can you do today to help someone accept Christ in their heart? Are you a stumbling stone in someone’s path?
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