Something Beautiful Out of Nothing

 Meditations on Romans

August 2, 2021

Something Beautiful Out of Nothing

This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.

Romans 4:17b

Read: Romans 4:13-17

This passage begins with one of the most succinct and powerful statements in all of Paul’s writings. God’s promises to you are based not on your obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith. Everything that God promises, from living in God’s favor today to living with God eternally, is secure in our right relationship that comes through our faith. This means that because Christ is my life, God, my Father, declares that I belong to Him. God declares His love and acceptance for me is a gift and is not based on my behavior. I am not in a right relationship with God because of what I did, or I am doing, or what I have refrained from doing. Rather, it is because of what He has done in uniting me to Christ in death, burial, resurrection, and enthronement. Hallelujah!

If you don’t believe me, believe God: 

Philippians 3:9, 2 Corinthians 5:21,

1 Corinthians 1:30-31, Romans 5:17, Romans 10:3-4, and Galatians 2:20-21.

My Takeaway: Praise God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.  Because of His redemption, we are deeply loved by God (I John 4: 9-10); we are fully pleasing to God (Romans 5: 1); we are totally acceptable & accepted by God (Col. 1:21-22); and we are a new creation – complete in Christ. (Col. 2:10)

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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