sense, given that the reason the Belgic Confession was written 463 years ago was to explain to the Roman At the time, the Roman Church directed people to pray to God via intercessors, like Mary or one of the

the law, faultless. 7  But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8   Paul puts it this way in Romans 4:5 - To the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly

likeness of man, humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death on a cross (paraphrase of Phil. 2:6-8) ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Romans 14

with violence. 7   From their callous hearts comes iniquity; their evil imaginations have no limits. 8   portion forever. 27  Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. 28 Dig Deeper   In the final stanza (v18-28), Asaph confesses his embittered senseless ignorance, and it's

Today: Romans 3

When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple. 8  gospels— Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the fourteen letters of Paul— to the Romans

Immediately afterwards, Peter is sent to the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion. He'd been faithfully proclaiming the gospel, healing diseases and even calling a woman back from the laid out, there was a knock at his door with an invitation to the home of a Gentile of Gentiles: a Roman

to know God is still at work Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 28 Q&A 28 is one of these instances. burdens, “God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose” (Rom. 8: 28).

Paul puts it more bluntly in Romans 7 ... they're not just in conflict with one another, they're at war

with their mouth that 'Jesus is Lord' and believes in his heart that God raised him from the dead (Romans