Today I begin a new journey, or at least, a different path to the same place. Over the last several months I walked through the Gospels with the goal of pulling out the things Jesus commanded us to do as He walked the earth in the years of His incarnation. The overall object of this journey is to find out what it is God commands us to do. For Jesus said in John 14:15, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” I want to love Jesus. To do that, I must know what he asks of me.
The writers of scripture wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. When they speak in the Bible, it is God speaking. Today we begin in the Book of Romans.
Paul doesn’t waste much time in giving us the first commandment of this letter to the Romans.
Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
The righteous shall live by faith.
This is not an option. Hebrews 11:6 tells us that “without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists…”
Faith means believing without seeing. It means trusting in God and in His plan, without necessarily understanding it. It means when things happen that we do not like, or that bring suffering and pain, we do not fall apart. We don’t get mad at God. We don’t give up. No, we walk in faith, trusting that the Word of God is true. Believing that Romans 8:28 is true; And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good.
The righteous shall live by faith. May we live this out each and every day.
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