Romans 18: 26-30

7 Paul expresses the joy Philemon has given him due to his love for others and how he has “refreshed the hearts” of the Lord’s people, most likely meaning keeping their heads up in faith.

Not only is our human existence and spiritual life dependent upon God but also our own decisions. God has blessed us with beautiful land, relationships, and His never-ending love for us. In romans it gives us a great diversity of how we should view the Christian life, including, the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and culture. This book goes into such great depth in the first eight chapters that I had to read it and completely break it down a hundred times. In just the first eight chapters is goes from Gods faithfulness in justifying, blessing, and adoring us by our faith through his grace.

Paul’s letter to the Romans can be broken down into four major sections. Within each of these sections there is a single compelling issue. Within the context of these respective issues, several interpretive questions can be answered through the interpretative process. These answers help us to understand how to apply the spiritual principals to our lives, as well as, help us compel other individuals to apply these spiritual principles within their lives.

He stood between "us" and God; and both the reproaches and the divine displeasure due to them, "met" on his sacred person, and produced the sorrows of the atonement - his bitter agony in the garden and on the cross. Jesus thus showed his love of God in being willing to bear the reproaches aimed at him; and his love to "men" in being willing to endure the sufferings necessary to atone for these very sins.“Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”.Now may the God: Paul puts these words into the form of a prayer this demonstrates that he recognizes that this is a work that the Holy Spirit must do inside us. The God of patience: Our God is a God of patience. We are often in so much of a hurry, and God often seems to work too slowly for us. Often the purposes of God seem to be delayed but they always are fulfilled. God's delays are not His denials, and He has a loving purpose in every delay.That you may: The goal is to glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus

Paul was disquieted about their lack of expectancy as it pertained to the gospel and the hope that was. Imaginably they were bemused by the situation that life present. Maybe their toil with hope was because of their misconception that God was not rich or charitable towards them, they had trouble believing God to be so rich to them. Because of their vulnerabilities, that really were issues of faith, they robbed themselves of experiencing the fullness of God's power. The power to:

Even though this is good news, Paul knew that not everyone viewed this as good. Of those that choose to reject the saving message of salvation in Christ Jesus consistently, he tells them that God turns that person over to the fulfillment of the shameful inclinations of their own mind. This is shown in chapter 1, beginning at verse 18. Because of the rejection of God, the human situation only gets more and more depraved. We descend to fulfilling our carnal, base cravings, and that is get involved in everything that

     The meaning of the passage to Paul is to strengthen his brothers in the faith. Paul wrote this to show them that things will not always be perfect and that some times they will face trials but with Jesus all things are possible. Paul also encourages himself through the encouragement of the church of Colosse. I think that when Paul writes to the church’s and tell them what he thinks, encourages them , prays for them, or even just telling them what he face for the gospel, that it gives him a sense of accomplishment or even a sense of why he is doing what he is doing.

It can be said that the whole book of Philippians is in fact a guide to living in contentment, with Christ. He specifically points out, on multiple accounts, his own personal sufferings, of which would cause many to turn away or denounce God. But Paul points out that it is because of his joy in Christ Jesus that he presses on toward the ‘goal’; though he does not have it yet, he is still striving for it, and he encourages the church [and reader] to do the same. Paul’s writings revolve around the statement “For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.” He distinctly points out that he knows what it is to have plenty and to be in wanting, yet he is still joyful about his life and the work he is doing.

Colossians 3:18-25 gives a description of the ideal Christian home that pleases God. Verses 19 and 21 tells the fathers to be loving and non-abusive towards their wives and children. Verse 18 tells wives to submit themselves towards their husbands. Verse 21 tells children to be obedient towards their parents. Verse 22 tells bondservants to obey their masters in sincerity of the heart and fear of the lord. Verses 23-25 continues on about how the bondservants should serve full heartily and in return, the lord will give them their reward of inheritance. However, the verse 25 warns that any wrongdoing will be paid for.

The narrative of the resurrection starts in the garden as we see on John 18:1, this is the second major event that took place in the garden, also in (Gen 3). Mary was excited about what she had experience at the tomb, you could hear it in her voice and she was speaking to the other disciple. She stated that she personally witness seeing the risen Lord, and telling them of things that the Lord spoke to her. The reason Mary remained at the tomb was out of respect and love for the Lord. Because the Lord has been risen, this gives all Christians believing the clear path to the Father through the Son.

Romans 6:1-7 is a part of the Epistles. Romans is an Epistle written by Paul, mainly for the purpose of instructing the body of Christ on how to live. The Epistles are meant to instruct the Church on the theme of living in community together as believers. Paul also illustrates what it looks like to live as the body of Christ. The Epistles also provide encouragement and examples on how to live a life for Christ. Making choices according to the obedience of Jesus Christ is also an important aspect for believers to practice.

“Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. Then the word of the LORD came to me saying” Jeremiah 18:3-5 (NAB). It is that thing inside of all of us, it’s the distrust the anger and the habitual habits that have formed us. All of us are less than perfect, and we know it. Probably most of us have things in our personality we've tried to change but have been unsuccessful. We may ignore it, mellowed slightly or made some adjustment, but in other areas we just don't seem to win. Like troubled individuals waiting for a response to our change. While Jeremiah looks upon the potter's work God darts into his mind with

The Epistles were not composed for the purpose of being freely applied to ones life in any way that the person wishes. There is a specific meaning or lesson involved within each passage.

For this Bible study, my passage comes from Matthew 8:5-13. It is the story of the Roman Centurion with the servant who was very sick. This is the Centurion whom Jesus said had the greatest faith in all of Israel.

I chose to write my paper on Philippians 3:12-21. Before writing this paper I was not entirely familiar with the reasons for Paul’s letters to the church of Philippi. It was an interesting study once I understood the background and reasoning for Paul’s writings. Paul writes a thank you letter to the Christians at Philippi for their contributions and support in his hour of need, and he uses the occasion to send along some instructions on Christian unity. Paul is also giving them an update on his circumstances. Most of Paul’s letter to the church of Philippi dealt with areas such as joy, rejoice, praise, thankfulness, and attitude.