Day 37 - Romans 9:27 - 9:33

27 And concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out,“Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore,    only a remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth    quickly and with finality.”
29 And Isaiah said the same thing in another place:“If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies    had not spared a few of our children,we would have been wiped out like Sodom,    destroyed like Gomorrah.”
30 What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to follow God’s standards, they were made right with God. And it was by faith that this took place. 31 But the people of Israel, who tried so hard to get right with God by keeping the law, never succeeded. 32 Why not? Because they were trying to get right with God by keeping the law instead of by trusting in him. They stumbled over the great rock in their path. 33 God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said,“I am placing a stone in Jerusalem that makes people stumble,    a rock that makes them fall.But anyone who trusts in him    will never be disgraced.”

Tori's Comments:

Verse 32 is awesome. It really shows the difference between living by the law verses living by the Spirit. The stone in the path in my life is definitely fear of people's opinions of me.

Anyone have anything different that hinders you from trusting God?

Terrie's Comments:

I think many people in the church have a set of rules that they live by in their heads.  A set of "God's laws" or what they think God expects.  We need to learn to live by the leading of the Holy Spirit so those laws are not a stumbling block in our lives... I am guilty of this... anyone else with me?  Love the Lord your God with all of your Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength and Love your Neighbor as yourself... I want to become more unconditionally loving and live a life filled with compassion for others no matter what other people think of me.  Those of you that know me can keep me accountable to this!

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