Walk Thru The Bible
Romans

Monday -    Romans  1 The Wrath of God Against Sin.
            Romans  2 The Jews and the Law
            Romans  3 There is None Righteous

Tuesday -   Romans  4 Justified by Faith freely
            Romans  5 Christ Died to Set Us Free
            Romans  6 So Yield Yourselves to God

Wednesday - Romans  7 The Inner Struggle With Sin
            Romans  8 Life through the Holy Spirit
            Romans  9 God's sovereign choice

Thursday -  Romans  10 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
            Romans  11 Remnant of Israel
            Romans  12 Living Sacrifices and Gifts of God

Friday -    Romans  13 Submit to Authorities
            Romans  14 The Weak and the Strong
            Romans  15 Paul the Minister to Gentiles
            Romans  16 Paul's Personal Greetings to Rome

Saturday -  No reading necessary

Sunday is make-up day. If you missed any reading or if you only read
three chapters per day make up for lost time by reading for an hour on
the Lord's Day.

Children's Bible Reading

It is not easy for a child to read through the Bible nor to sit and
listen to long passages being read. We recommend that if you have
children in your home that you read daily one story from Ken Taylor's
"The Book."  Ken Taylor is the translator of the Living Bible.  He did
that while commuting by train to and from work so that his children
would understand the Scriptures.

The children will be catching up to us.  As we read through the book
of Romans and Galatians they will be still in the stories of the
Exodus.

Monday -       36. Food from Heaven and Water (Exodus 15-16)
Tuesday -      37. A Meeting on the Mountain (Exodus 17,19)
Wednesday -    38. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20-24)
Thursday -     39. A Special House for God (Exodus 25-28)
Friday -       40. Aaron Makes a Golden Calf (Exodus 29-32)
Saturday -     41. The Idol Is Smashed (Exodus 32-34)
Sunday -       42. The Workmen Finish God's House (Exodus 35-40)

History:

During the time of Jesus there was a group of religious fanatics that
loved to emphasize the ceremonial law of Moses. They were called
"Pharisees."  They used the law as an outward badge of holiness. They
brandished their good works, wore specially designed robes, ate only
certain kinds of foods, and tried to get everyone (even Gentiles -
non-Jews) to become servants of the law.  Jesus perceived that inside
they were full of filthiness and hypocrisy.  When you read the book of
Matthew in the New Testament, pay particular attention to Jesus words
and condemnation of the Pharisees "Levitical Laws."

In Paul's ministry was a missionary to  mostly Gentiles, non-Jews.  He
taught clearly in Romans and Galatians that God has set us free from
the law, that the law could never make anyone perfect, and that the
law was temporary, like a babysitter (he called it a schoolmaster) to
bring us to Christ. Paul taught that the law was for the purpose of
exposing our sin and inability to please God on our own efforts.  It
was to drive us in desperation to Christ.

Truths

Today there are Christian groups who want us to go back under the laws
of Moses, by worshipping on the Sabbath, Saturday, and being careful
to eat only certain kinds of foods, and observe the laws of Moses as
if they were still in effect for New Testament believers.  Be careful!
The law is good, but we are sinful.  Paul says in Galatians that if
anyone teach any other Gospel than the Gospel of Grace that he
preached that person should be acursed.  We are not under the law, but
under grace.

It is to these people that would bring Christians back under the law
of Moses by saying and teaching that Jesus saves, but then we must do
our part to keep saved by observing laws, rituals, and ceremonies.

It was over this issue that Martin Luther and the Reformers of the
15th and 16th Centuries rebelled against the Roman Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church had taken to teaching the laws of the church saved
and without the church's blessing and help you could not be saved.

Look for the many "conditional promises" that God gaves to his people.
You might want to mark them with a yellow highlighter to make them
forever stand out.  We will read the entire book this week. It is a
particularly good time to "LISTEN" as it is read.


Promises

This week while you read through Romans and Galatians have a pen handy
to mark your Bibles.  Mark especially those promises of God that give
you liberty from the enslavement to laws.  Jesus came that you might
have life and that more abundantly.