ANGLICAN DAILY FOUNTAIN DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 (SALVATION THROUGH OBEDIENCE)
TOPIC: SALVATION THROUGH OBEDIENCE
Read: Romans 11:25-26(NKJV)
25. For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
26. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
STUDY
Paul today, concludes the argument against those who feel that God has not fulfilled his promises in reference to Israel. He wants to correct those Gentiles who may have become somewhat spiritually arrogant because of the casting off of the Israel. It was true that the majority of national Israel did not obey and believe in Jesus; they fell because of unbelief in Jesus. Paul warns that God still requires obedience from all who come to Him through faith.
If God will not spare those whose right it was to salvation, how much more will He judge those who were adopted? Are you obedient to Christ Jesus, child of God? More so, in your obedience to word of God, would you be able to go to the hinterlands to win souls for Christ? The light has been sent, are you ready to take the light and move on?
PRAYER: O God, help me to be obedient to your word and be ready at all times. Amen.
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