Romans 5:12-8:17 Commentary by Rachel R Reese
After a thorough, and encouraging, reminder and explanation of the good news about Christ in Romans 5:1-11, Paul is now moving into explaining important features of our relationship with God.
Lectio Divina – Divine Reading – Prayerfully Reading the Bible
“Divine Reading” refers to a specific practice. The next time you feel God leading you to read the Bible, but you do not know how to start, try Lectio Divina.
Sh’ma Yisrael (Shema Israel)
Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Elisha, Angels, Blindness, and Mercy in II Kings 6
The person or situations confronting us, the ones we want to strike out at, are being used as tools by our true antagonist. Those people are under attack by the same adversaries.
No More Curse – Revelation 22 – The End
There will be no more curse, that is nothing left in us that is destined for destruction. We begin to see God’s kingdom breaking through into our world now, but then our joy will be made full.
I Shall Not Want – Psalm 23:1
The archetypal Shepherd is used through the Bible as the one who cares for the sheep, people. This is said of God and His kings. In Jesus of Nazareth we have the King of Kings and the Good Shepherd in the anointed Christ.