Gary Gleans

                                                                                                 Romans 5:1-5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,   and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.   There are many blessing...

                                                                                  Romans 4:13-25 For   the promise to Abraham and his offspring   that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For   the law brings wrath, but   where there is no law   there is no transgression.   That is why it depends on faith,   in order that the promise may rest on grace and   be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham,   who is the father of us all,   as it is written,   ...

                                                                                       Romans 4:9-12 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also ...

                                                                             Romans 4:1-8 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham,   our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but   not before God. For what does the Scripture say?   “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”   Now   to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but   believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:  “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, ...

                                                                             Romans 3:21-31 But now   the righteousness of God   has been manifested apart from the law, although   the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—   the righteousness of God   through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.   For there is no distinction: for   all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified   by his grace as a gift,   through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God   put forward as   a propitiation   by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in   his divine forbearance he had passed over   former sins. It was to show his ri...

                                                                                  Romans 3:9-20 What then? Are we Jews any better off?  No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both   Jews and   Greeks, are   under sin,   as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;   no one understands;   no one seeks for God.   All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;   no one does good,   not even one.”   “Their throat is   an open grave;   they use their tongues to deceive.”   “The venom of asps is under their lips.”   “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood;   in their paths are ruin and misery...

                                                                                  Romans 3:1-8 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”  But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge the world? B...

                                                                             Romans 2:25-29 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.  So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?  Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.  For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.  But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His pr...

                                                                             Romans 2:17-24 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God   and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law;   and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,   an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—   you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?   You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law...

                                                                        Romans 2:12-16 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.  For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus...

                                                                                  Romans 2:6-11 He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,   but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.  For God shows no partiality.   Works demonstrate the realities of our lives and have eternal implications.  There...

                                                                             Romans 2:1-5 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wra...

                                                                                       Romans 1:24-32 Therefore   God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to   the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for   a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator,   who is blessed forever! Amen.   For this reason   God gave them up to   dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another,   men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves ...

                                                                        Romans 1:18-23 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of...