Paul,
a servant of Christ Jesus, call to be an apostle
And
set apart for the Gospel [Good
News] of God--
The
Gospel He PROMISED beforehand through His Prophets
In
the Holy Scriptures regarding His Son,
Who
as to His human nature was a descendant of David,
And
Who through the Spirit of Holiness
Was
declared with Power to be the Son of God
By
His RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD: Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through
Him and for His Name's Sake,
We
received Grace and apostleship
To
call people from among all the Gentiles
To
OBEDIENCE that comes from Faith.
And
you also are among those
Who
are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
Grace
and peace to you from God our father
And
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
First,
I thank my God thorough Jesus Christ for all of you,
Because
your Faith is being reported all over the World.
God,
Whom I serve with my whole heart
In
preaching the Gospel of His Son,
Is
my witness how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times;
And
I pray that now at last by God's will
The
way may be opened fro me to come to you.
I
long to see you so
That
I may impart to you some Spiritual Gift
To
make you strong—
That
is, that you and I may be mutually ENCOURAGED
By
each other's Faith.
I
do not want you to be unaware, brothers,
That
I planned many times to come to yourselves
(But
have been prevented from doing so until now)
In
order that I might have a Harvest among you,
Just
as I have had among the other Gentiles.
I
am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks,
Both
to the wise and the foolish.
That
is why I am so eager to preach the Gospel
Also to you who are at
Rome.
I
AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL,
Because
it is the Power of God
For
the Salvation of EVERYONE who BELIEVES:
First
for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
For
in the Gospel
A
RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD is revealed,
A
RIGHTEOUSNESS that is by Faith from first to last,
Just
as it is written:
'THE
RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH.' [Hab. 2:4]
(Romans
1:1-17)
The
Kingdom of God is Righteousness,
Peace
and Joy in the Holy Spirit.
(Romans
14:17)
This
Righteousness comes from being Born Again—
Born
of the Spirit of God.
It
is Christ in us the Hope of Glory [Galatians 1:27];
It
is Christ living in and through us.
It is
walking in the Light as He, Christ is the Light.
Listen
to the apostle John:
This
is the message
We have heard from Him and declare to you:
God
is LIGHT; in Him there is no DARKNESS at all.
If
we claim to have fellowship with Him
Yet
walk in the DARKNESS,
We
LIE and do not live by the TRUTH.
But
if we walk in the LIGHT as He is in the LIGHT,
We
have fellowship with one another,
And
the blood of Jesus, His Son, Purifies us from all Sin.
If
we claim to be without Sin,
We
DECEIVE ourselves and the TRUTH is not in us.
If
we confess our Sins,
He
is faithful and just and will forgive us our Sins
And
Purify us from all UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
If
we claim we have not Sinned,
We
make Him out to be a LIAR
And
His Word has no place in our lives.
(1
John 1:1-10)
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