| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 7 secs | 0 Comments
I find Paul’s letters to the Corinthians so helpful for three reasons… The early church was not perfect – it shows us that the early church had struggles like we do, The early church was nevertheless fruitful – growing exponentially, It is therefore all about Jesus and what He does in and through us. Paul […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 9 secs | 0 Comments
We are so free in Christ! The legalists were bound up in earning God’s favour by obeying the Old Testament Law – especially around Sabbath, food laws and circumcision. Those things were, as Gordon Fee points out, boundary markers to be in the Old Covenant People of God. Under the New covenant, the marker for […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 2 secs | 0 Comments
As I write this, our government has restricted our freedoms for a second time in a year to try to stop the exponential rise in Covid-19 infections in the community. Some of it feels pretty draconian with heavy fines and the possibility of troops being deployed (which sounds worse than what the plan is – […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 2 secs | 0 Comments
In the verses preceding this chapter Paul describes the character of God. He has been talking about how God has dealt, and will deal, with Israel. Some of the things he says are quite difficult to understand and interpret, but he ends with these words: Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 36 secs | 0 Comments
As we saw yesterday- there’s a lot of different “laws” flying around here! The Law – the law of Moses, 10 commandments and all the other bits of ceremonial and moral legislation in the first 5 books of the Bible. All good, showing us God is holy and Sin is bad. The Law of sin […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 21 secs | 0 Comments
Paul has spoken negatively about the Old Testament Law of Moses, which reaches its crescendo in these verses. Arousing sin v5 Keeping those under it from knowing Christ v4 Or experiencing the new life of the Spirit v6 Being released from the law is as big a deal as being released from the power of […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 26 secs | 0 Comments
What a great chapter this is, possibly one of the greatest chapters in the Bible. There is enough material in here to do a sermon series, so don’t expect this devotional to cover anything in depth. I will just outline a few of the thoughts of this chapter. I would encourage you to read the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 18 secs | 0 Comments
Paul’s letter would have made religious people uncomfortable. Abraham was seen to be the founder of the Israelite race and pattern of all to come. So is what Paul saying a total contradiction of the Old Testament? The two big guns are brought out to prove the point righteousness comes by faith not obey the […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 36 secs | 0 Comments
Romans 3 In this chapter we are brought face to face with our unrighteousness, our sin and our inability to commend ourselves to God on our own terms. Firstly, Paul very aptly tackles a couple of arguments he predicts, maybe ones that he has had to deal with on a regular basis when he has […]