VerseryRhymes:Revelation

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From VerseryRhymes: Romans 2

He will repay each one

According to what he has done on earth

Eternal life to those who do good

But wrath to those of moral dearth

For, you see God shows no favorites

Those who do wrong will be judged as they should

And those who live as God desires

Will be blessed for being good

From: VerseryRhymes - Romans 6

You have been set free from sin

By the only one who saves

Therefore you are new creatures

And to righteousness you have become slaves

I am using an example from daily life

Because of your human limitations

Just as you were slaves to impurity

And to wicked inclinations

Now offer yourselves as slaves

To a righteous and holy way

When you were slaves to sin

Righteousness could not hold sway

What benefit did you reap at that time

From the things of which you are now ashamed?

Those things result in death!

But now God’s freedom you have claimed.

The benefit you reap leads to holiness

And eternal life is your reward

For the wages of sin is death

But God’s gift is eternal life in Jesus, our Lord

Romans 5

Since we have been justified through faith

Because of Jesus, we know God’s peace firsthand

And through him we have gained access by faith

Into this grace in which we now stand

In the hope of God’s glory we boast

In our sufferings we glory too

Because we know that suffering produces grit

Grit produces character and hope results from it

Hope does not put us to shame

Because God’s love is poured into our hearts

This is done through the Holy Spirit

Whom, to us, God imparts

You see, at just the right time

When we were powerless still

Christ died for the ungodly

And we know that very rarely will

Anyone die for the righteous

Though for a good person one may dare

But God demonstrated his love for us

Christ died while we were in sin’s despair

Since now we are justified by his blood

How much more will we be saved

From God’s wrath through Christ

While, in sin, we were enslaved

If, while we were God’s enemies

We were reconciled by Jesus’ death

How much more, having been reconciled

Shall we be saved while he drew breath

Not only is this so

But we boast in God, you see

Because through our Lord Jesus Christ

With God we are in harmony

Just as sin entered the world

Through one man, and death through sin

In this way death came to all people

Sin was in the world before the law was given

But sin is not charged to your account

Where the law is not made manifest

Death reigned from the time of Adam

To the time of Moses, nevertheless

Even over those who did not sin

By breaking a command

As did Adam

Who is a pattern of God’s plan

But the gift if not like the trespass

For if many died by one man’s sin

How much more did God’s grace and the gift

Come by Jesus Christ, to all who invite Him in

Nor can God’s gift be compared

With the result of man’s sin

The judgment of one sin brought condemnation

But the justification of God helps us to begin again

If by the trespass of one man

Death reigned throughout the human race

But how much more we receive through Jesus Christ

Who showed us God’s abundant provision of grace

So just as with one man’s sin

We are all condemned, you see

So also by the one righteous act of another

From the condemnation of sin, we are free

We were all made sinners

By the disobedience of one man

So also through the obedience of the Son

IN righteousness we stand

The law was brought in

So that trespass might increase

But where sin increased

God’s grace did not cease

Just as sin reigned in death

So also grace might hold sway

Through righteousness to bring eternal life

Through the Lord Jesus, God’s chosen way

Romans 6

I just finished Romans 6. I have made out a writing schedule for the year. If I stick to it I will have the New Testament finished by November,

Romans 6

Should we continue to sin

So that grace may increase?

Of course not?

We are those who, to sin, have deceased

How can we live in sin any longer?

We were baptized into Jesus’ death

Therefore we were buried with him

From sin, we no longer draw breath

And just as Christ was raised

Through the Father’s glory

We also live a new life

That is our gospel story

If we have been united with him

In a death just like his own

We will certainly be united with him

In a resurrection like he has shown

Our old self was crucified with him

So that the body ruled by sin

Might be done away with

And it will never master us again

Because anyone who has died

From sin has been set free

Now if we died with Christ

With him we shall live eternally

We know that since Christ was raised

From the dead, he cannot die again

Death no longer has mastery over him

He lives for God, for he died to sin

In the same was, count yourselves dead

Yet in Jesus, to God we are alive

Therefore do not let sin control you

Do not let evil desires survive

Do not offer any part of yourself

As an instrument of wickedness

But offer yourselves to God

As an instrument of righteousness

For sin shall no longer be your master

Because you are under grace

You are no longer under the law

Therefore do not give sin any place

What then? Since we are no longer under the law

Shall we continue to sin? No, I say!

When you offer yourselves to someone

You are slaves of the one you obey

You are either slaves to sin

Which leads to death and destruction

Or you are God’s obedient slaves

And you follow his right instruction

But thanks be to God that

Though you used to be slaves to sin

You have become obedient in your heart

And to his teaching you have devotion

You have been set free from sin

By the only one who saves

Therefore you are new creatures

And to righteousness you have become slaves

I am using an example from daily life

Because of your human limitations

Just as you were slaves to impurity

And to wicked inclinations

Now offer yourselves as slaves

To a righteous and holy way

When you were slaves to sin

Righteousness could not hold sway

What benefit did you reap at that time

From the things of which you are now ashamed?

Those things result in death!

But now God’s freedom you’ve claimed.

The benefit you reap leads to holiness

And eternal life is your reward

For the wages of sin is death

But God’s gift is eternal life in Jesus, our Lord

I have learned to be content
And to handle everything that comes my way
By relying on the strength
That my Lord gives me everyday

VerseryRhymes: Philippians 4
Dr. Reece B. Sherman