Thursday, November 16, 2017

Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Foundry Publishing House of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Wednesday, 15 November 2017 "Radical Nearness" by Renee DeVault - Romans 10:1-11


Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Foundry Publishing House of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Wednesday, 15 November 2017 "Radical Nearness" by Renee DeVault - Romans 10:1-11
Romans 10:1 Brothers, my heart’s deepest desire and my prayer to God for Isra’el is for their salvation; 2 for I can testify to their zeal for God. But it is not based on correct understanding; 3 for, since they are unaware of God’s way of making people righteous and instead seek to set up their own, they have not submitted themselves to God’s way of making people righteous. 4 For the goal at which the Torah aims is the Messiah, who offers righteousness to everyone who trusts. 5 For Moshe writes about the righteousness grounded in the Torah that the person who does these things will attain life through them.[Romans 10:5 Leviticus 18:5] 6 Moreover, the righteousness grounded in trusting says:
“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend to heaven?’” —
that is, to bring the Messiah down — 7 or,
“‘Who will descend into Sh’ol?’” —
that is, to bring the Messiah up from the dead. 8 What, then, does it say?
“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.”[Romans 10:8 Deuteronomy 30:11–14] —
that is, the word about trust which we proclaim, namely, 9 that if you acknowledge publicly with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord and trust in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be delivered. 10 For with the heart one goes on trusting and thus continues toward righteousness, while with the mouth one keeps on making public acknowledgement and thus continues toward deliverance. 11 For the passage quoted says that everyone who rests his trust on him will not be humiliated.[Romans 10:11 Isaiah 28:16]
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What is truly required for a person to receive the freedom that comes from Christ? Paul refers to the Israelites who thought that strict adherence to the law of God would bring salvation. Their study of the Scriptures was vast, and every aspect of their lives was devoted to obedience of the law. What knowledge of God could these Israelites possibly be missing? In the age of Google and every known fact about the universe at our fingertips, what information could we possibly be lacking? Paul asserts that it is the experiential knowledge that God is near to us and that we need to submit to His righteousness.
Because Jesus became a human and dwelt among us, God is now as near to us as our own mouths and hearts are. Submitting to Jesus and proclaiming Him as Lord of our lives shows our acceptance of Christ’s sacrifice for our sins. It allows Him to enter every area of our minds and lives and bring restoration and healing. When we proclaim a change of leadership over our lives, we experience the radical nearness of our God and receive freedom from the sin that has previously reigned unopposed.---
Hymn for Today: "Glorious Freedom" by Haldor Lillenas
1. Once I was bound by sin’s galling fetters,
Chained like a slave, I struggled in vain;
But I received a glorious freedom,
When Jesus broke my fetters in twain.
Refrain: Glorious freedom, wonderful freedom,
No more in chains of sin I repine!
Jesus the glorious Emancipator,
Now and forever He shall be mine. 
2. Freedom from all the carnal affections,
Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions,
Freedom from all that saddened my life.
Refrain: Glorious freedom, wonderful freedom,
No more in chains of sin I repine!
Jesus the glorious Emancipator,
Now and forever He shall be mine. 
3. Freedom from pride and all sinful follies,
Freedom from love and glitter of gold;
Freedom from evil, temper, and anger,
Glorious freedom, rapture untold.
Refrain: Glorious freedom, wonderful freedom,
No more in chains of sin I repine!
Jesus the glorious Emancipator,
Now and forever He shall be mine. 
4. Freedom from fear with all of its torments,
Freedom from care with all of its pain;
Freedom in Christ, my blessed Redeemer,
He who has rent my fetters in twain.
Refrain: Glorious freedom, wonderful freedom,
No more in chains of sin I repine!
Jesus the glorious Emancipator,
Now and forever He shall be mine. 
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Thought for Today:
For sin will not have authority over you; because you are not under legalism but under grace.(Romans 6:14)
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Please pray:
For the child development programs that minister to children in  Mesoamerica. 
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