Alive to God: Studies in Spirituality

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What shall we say then? ( FK)Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15 For he says to Moses, ( FL)“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, [ r] but on God, who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ( FM)“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. Toe sê die Here aan Moses: Ook hierdie versoek wat jy uitgespreek het, daaraan sal Ek voldoen; want jy het genade gevind in My oë, en Ek ken jou by die naam.’ AJ)For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 ( AK)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ( AL)of which you are now ashamed? ( AM)For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you ( AN)have been set free from sin and ( AO)have become slaves of God, ( AP)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and ( AQ)its end, eternal life. 23 ( AR)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Released from the Law Il Signore disse a Mosè: «Farò anche questo che tu chiedi, perché tu hai trovato grazia agli occhi miei, e ti conosco personalmente».

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. In the same way, you too must continuously consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but living for God through the Messiah Jesus. Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For ( CL)we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but ( CM)the Spirit Himself makes intercession [ p]for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now ( CN)He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints ( CO)according to the will of God.Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live [together] with Him, 9 because we know [the self-evident truth] that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin [ending its power and paying the sinner’s debt] once and for all; and the life that He lives, He lives to [glorify] God [in unbroken fellowship with Him]. 11 Even so, consider yourselves to be dead to sin [and your relationship to it broken], but alive to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus. So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. Free from Indwelling Sin For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Prière: Seigneur, merci de ce que Tu m’aimes et Tu prends soin de moi. Merci de ce que je peux connaître Ta faveur et Ta bénédiction sur ma vie. Je Te prie en toute humilité d’opérer des miracles dans ma vie et dans ma situation. Amen. Do not let sin control the way you live; [ a] do not give in to sinful desires. 13 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. 6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. 7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. 8 And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. 9 We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him. 10 When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. 11 So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. For ( GT)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that ( GU)the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6 But ( GV)the righteousness based on faith says, ( GW)“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the ( GX)abyss?’” (that is, ( GY)to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? ( GZ)“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if ( HA)you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and ( HB)believe in your heart ( HC)that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, ( HD)“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 ( HE)For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; ( HF)for the same Lord is Lord of all, ( HG)bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For ( HH)“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” What then? Shall we sin ( W)because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that ( X)to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart ( Y)that form of doctrine to which you were [ e]delivered. 18 And ( Z)having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness [ f]for holiness.

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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ( DB)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for ( DC)the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation ( DD)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but ( DE)because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that ( DF)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that ( DG)the whole creation ( DH)has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ( DI)the firstfruits of the Spirit, ( DJ)groan inwardly as ( DK)we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ( DL)the redemption of our bodies. 24 For ( DM)in this hope we were saved. Now ( DN)hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we ( DO)wait for it with patience. Preghiera: Signore, grazie perché mi ami e Ti prendi cura di me. Grazie che posso conoscere la Tua benevolenza e la Tua benedizione sulla mia vita. Ti porto umilmente le mie richieste e Ti chiedo di fare miracoli, nella mia vita e nella mia situazione. Amen. Preghiera: Signore, quanto è meraviglioso sapere che vieni ed entri nella mia vita per aiutarmi e per sollevare i fardelli che porto. Scelgo di fidarmi di Te per i problemi e le preoccupazioni della mia vita. Amen.