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

Paul illustrates this in Romans 5:12, “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and good news is that even if we are all guilty beginning with that first transgression in the garden, Romans

worked out for the good of those who love the LORD, who have been called according to His purpose ( Romans 8:28 ).

her that she who was 'highly favored' by God (Luke 1:28) would be having a child out of wedlock in 8- before Jesus came; this had already been planned by God as He cursed the serpent in the Garden: the woman's And it would come exactly how God said it would: through the offspring of a woman. God sent His Son, born of a woman, not just to take away your sins, but to also still your fears. Today: Romans 12

during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. 31 an objective He repeated over and over: that the world know that He is the LORD (Exodus 7:5, 7:17, 8: 10-11, 8:22, 9:14-16, 9:29, 10:1-2).

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

8   Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” The tests He sends us are not for His benefit (James 1:2-3, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Romans 5:3-4).

Today: Romans 3

Exodus 25–31 For forty days Moses had been on the mountain with the LORD, receiving detailed instructions said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8   We find both in Christ (Hebrews 8).

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