Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000405
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00:16 7Hi, and welcome back to His Words Are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you for coming apart to read 00:22 God's word with me today. Before we start, Let's pray together. 00:25 Dear God, thank you so much for loving us 00:29 and for putting in our hearts a desire to know you more 00:33 and today as we read, especially of your love for us, 00:37 come close and make it real so that we not only hear the words 00:42 but we know them for sure in our hearts and we build on them 00:46 like a solid rock and become better servants to you 00:51 and to each other. We love you so much. 00:54 Again, I'm reading today from the book of Romans, 00:57 in the King James version. We're starting in chapter eight, 01:01 with verse 35, one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible. 01:05 I think. - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ, 01:08 shall tribulation, or distress, 01:10 or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril 01:15 or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed 01:20 all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the 01:23 slaughter. Nay in all these things we are more than 01:28 conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, 01:32 that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, 01:36 nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, 01:42 nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able 01:47 to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus 01:51 our Lord. - continuing in Romans chapter nine. 01:55 And I am reading from the King James version. - 01:57 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing 02:04 witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness 02:08 and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that 02:13 myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen 02:17 according to the flesh: Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth 02:20 the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, 02:23 and the giving of the law, and the service of God, 02:25 and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom 02:30 as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, 02:33 God blessed for ever. Amen. Not as though the word of God 02:38 hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, 02:42 which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of 02:46 Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed 02:51 be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, 02:55 these are not the children of God: but the children of the 02:58 promise are counted for the seed. 03:01 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, 03:06 and Sarah shall have a son. And not only this; 03:09 but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, 03:12 even by our father Isaac; - For the children being not yet born, 03:16 neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God 03:21 according to election might stand, not of works, 03:24 but of him that calleth. - It was said unto her, 03:28 The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, 03:33 Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 03:36 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? 03:41 God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy 03:45 on whom I will have mercy. and I will have compassion on whom 03:51 I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, 03:56 nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 04:01 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same 04:05 purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power 04:09 in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the 04:12 earth. Therefore hath he mercy whom he will have mercy, 04:17 and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, 04:23 Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 04:27 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? 04:32 Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, 04:37 Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power 04:42 over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, 04:46 and another unto dishonor? What if God, willing to shew 04:52 his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much 04:57 longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 05:01 And that he might make known the riches of his glory 05:05 on the vessels of mercy, whom he had afore prepared unto glory 05:09 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, 05:14 but also of the Gentiles? As he saith also in Osee, 05:19 I will call them my people, which were not my people; 05:23 and her beloved, which was not beloved. 05:25 which was not my beloved. And it shall come to pass, 05:29 that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my 05:32 people; there shall they be called the children 05:36 of the living God. Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, 05:41 Though the number of the children of Israel be as the 05:44 sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 05:48 for he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: 05:52 because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 05:56 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabboth 06:01 had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like 06:06 unto Gomorrah. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, 06:11 which followed not after righteousness, have attained 06:14 to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 06:16 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, 06:21 hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? 06:26 Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were 06:31 by the works of the law. For they stumbled 06:35 at that stumbling stone; As it is written, Behold I lay in Zion 06:40 a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever 06:44 believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 06:47 We're reading from the King James Version, 06:49 in the Book of Romans, chapter 10. 06:52 Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that 06:59 they might be saved. For I bear them record 07:01 that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 07:05 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about 07:11 to establish their own righteousness, 07:13 have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 07:17 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness 07:21 to everyone that believeth. For Moses describeth 07:25 the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which 07:29 doeth those things shall live by them. 07:31 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, 07:36 Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? 07:40 - that is to bring Christ down from above: - 07:43 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? 07:47 - that is to bring up Christ again from the dead. - 07:50 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, 07:55 and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 08:00 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, 08:04 and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him 08:08 from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart 08:12 man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession 08:16 is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, 08:20 Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 08:23 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: 08:26 for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call 08:31 upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord 08:34 shall be saved. How then shall they call on him 08:39 in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in 08:43 him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear 08:46 without a preacher? And how shall they preach 08:49 except they be sent? as it is written, 08:53 How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel 08:56 of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 08:59 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, 09:04 Lord, who hath believed our report? 09:06 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 09:13 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound 09:19 went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of 09:21 the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, 09:28 I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, 09:31 and by a foolish nation I will anger you. 09:34 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them 09:40 that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them 09:43 that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, 09:48 All day long I have stretched forth my hands 09:51 unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. 09:56 Continuing on in the book of Romans, chapter 11. 09:59 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. 10:05 For I also am and Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, 10:09 of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people 10:12 which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of 10:16 Elias? how he maketh intercession to God 10:19 against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets 10:22 and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, 10:25 and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God 10:28 unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, 10:34 who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 10:37 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant 10:41 according to the election of grace. And if by grace, 10:46 then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace 10:50 but if it be of works, then is it no more grace: 10:54 otherwise work is no more work. What then? 10:57 Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; 11:01 but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 11:06 - According as it is written, God hath given them 11:09 the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears 11:15 that they should not hear; - unto this day. 11:18 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, 11:22 and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them: 11:24 Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, 11:27 and bow down their back alway. I say then, Have they stumbled 11:33 that they should fall? God forbid: 11:35 But rather through their fall salvation is come 11:39 unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 11:43 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, 11:47 and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; 11:49 how much more their fullness? For I speak to you Gentiles, 11:54 inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, 11:57 I magnify mine office: If by any means I may provoke to emulation 12:03 them which are my flesh, and and might save some of them. 12:07 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, 12:11 what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 12:15 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: 12:18 the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, 12:22 so are the branches. And if some of the branches 12:25 be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted 12:30 in among them, and with them partakest of the root 12:34 and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. 12:38 But if thou boast, thou barest not the root, but the root thee. 12:44 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, 12:47 that I might be grafted in. Well; because of unbelief 12:53 they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. 12:56 Be not high-minded, but fear: for if God spared not 13:02 the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 13:08 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: 13:13 on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, 13:19 if thou continue in his goodness: 13:23 otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. And they also, 13:29 if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: 13:34 for God is able to graft them in again 13:38 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild 13:42 by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature 13:45 into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, 13:48 which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own 13:53 olive tree? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be 13:57 ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own 14:00 conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, 14:05 until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. 14:07 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, 14:13 There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, 14:16 and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 14:20 Thank you for coming apart with me today to read these words of 14:25 life. Until we're together again may the God of all hope 14:29 keep you in peace and faith, believing our Lord Jesus Christ. |
Revised 2014-12-17