Romans 1

Ok so here it goes! Daily blog number one!

I guess I'll start with an introduction as to why I'm doing this again.  I did a daily blog back in January/ February of last year and I quit because I would read my Bible and then blog right before I went to bed.  More often than not, I would fall asleep while blogging, so I quit.  But I went back and read them the other night and I realized that it stretched me spiritually more than I had realized.

Another reason why I started blogging again is "that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.” (Romans 1:12). I think it's important to share what we learn in The Word.  Like Paul said, that we would be MUTUALLY encouraged. Not only do I want to share what I've gotten, but I also want to learn from what other people have say. (Which is why I chose Blogspot. Tumblr and WordPress don't have a comment feature.) Anytime we learn from each other, we not only become wiser, but we also build unity between others of like faith.

And of course the third and most important reason is to bring glory to God. I don't want to blog to uplift myself or make myself out to be a religious jerk.  I just want to share what God has revealed to me as I go through this portion of the Bible.

Ok, so now I'll explain why I'm going through Romans.  The first obvious reason is that I just finished reading through Acts again yesterday. But a bigger reason is that Romans is considered a very basic yet fundamental book of the Bible.  I want to get a glimpse of fundamental Christianity, before it became a part of American culture.  That's what I loved about Acts, seeing the church in a very raw form.  A church that was neither contemporary nor traditional.  A church that wasn't a building but a belief.  Romans is the same with doctrine, it's basic Christianity untainted by politics and culture.

Well...now that I'm done with my introduction, we can move on to Romans 1.

What I did before was meditate on a particular verse or group of verses.

“Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.” Romans 1:32

Paul was talking about how humanity has become more sinful.  He was also saying that the people knew God's laws yet they continued to be a part of the world.  Paul's says later in Romans that we are to be separate from the world.  From the beginning Paul explains that knowing Christ is different from following him.  Knowing about Jesus isn't enough.  Our salvation requires us to strive to be more like Him on a daily basis.

I guess sometimes I feel like I'm ok just knowing Jesus but in reality its about striving to be more like Him.  I guess I need to learn to not be content with just learning more stuff.

Anyways, I wish I had more but that's it.


Thanks for reading
-JD Wayt.