righteousness

Protection via righteousness that doesn’t come from how good we are

Yesterday’s few verses in Proverbs included this, which I want to share: Righteousness guards the one whose way is blameless – Proverbs 13:6 I read that, which is similar to a few other Proverbs I’ve read recently, and this time I asked the Spirit how this was so. How it worked. He immediately reminded me …

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Romans – Before and after circumcision…

[Bible study on Romans – post 6] The Bible talks a lot about circumcision. In Romans 4, the term circumcision stood for the covenant that God made with Abraham, because that was the sign of the covenant. (Genesis 17) To the Jews, that covenant was everything. It was the foundation of who they were, and it was what set …

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Romans – Trying, Failing, & Fighting…

[Bible study on Romans – post 5] “I shouldn’t be doing this.”“I should be doing ______.”“Why did I do that?”“I’d better start ______.”“When am I going to stop ______?”There’s no getting away from thoughts like these, is there? The fact is, every single one of us lives with a set of rules. We don’t necessarily follow …

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