Category Archives: Romans

Today’s chapter concludes with one of my favorite verses:

“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification” (Romans 4:25).

Jesus died because of my sin. And in His death, He “took care of” my sin. That means He washed me clean of all my sin.

His death has taken care of all my past sin. And it will take care of all my future sin, if I ask Him to do that.

That is so restful to me.

But one thing that isn’t restful to me is to continue failing and sinning.

Yeah, I know — He also continues to forgive and cleanse me.

But it would be nice to not continue failing and sinning!

Well, according to that verse, that’s what He rose again for!

Yes, indeed. He rose again to make me more and more just.

He is perfecting me!

Romans 3 is a heavy chapter. But what really caught my attention this morning is a side note stuck in parentheses: “as we be slanderously reported” (8).

A report about Paul claimed he taught “Let us do evil, that good may come.”

Paul dismissed it as slander and moved on.

I am challenged by that. I suppose that stood out to me because of some reports about me. One of them claims . . . . Oh, never mind. If you hear (or read) an evil report about me, please ask me about it.

By the way, I think it is “neat” that God allowed him to include in the Scriptures a personal defense like this. That says something positive about God and His thoughtful grace to His children.