Notes taken from, “Romans, Exposition of Chapter 1, The Gospel of God, page 155, by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

ROMANS 1:6-7

A. DESCRIPTION OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE

B. PAUL EXPRESSES HIS DESIRES AND WISHES WITH RESPECT TO THEM

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A. DESRIPTION

1. He describes them in general – “the called of Jesus Christ”

2. He describes them in particular

a. the “beloved of God”

b. they are “called”

–  general call

– particular call (effectual call)

c. they are “saints” – You cannot be a Christian without being a saint.

The Cross

“But you

First Peter 2:9

Intr.:

are

1.  a chosen people,

2.  a royal priesthood,

3.  a holy nation,

4.  a people belonging to God,

End:

that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

MIRROR

“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.” – James 1:23,24

In the January 11, 2014 issue of the magazine called THE PEOPLE’S FRIEND I am reading about the “Sunshine People”. Stupendous things are said about the “Sunshine people,” but I am wondering if their whole story is told.

This is said about them:

SUNSHINE

They “come into our lives like a gleam of sunshine.”

Coming in touch with them refreshes us, cheers us up, and makes us feel rested. And we cannot explain why. They are willing to hear about our worries and anxieties. (That is amazing.) They are making our cares their own. That makes our burden light and what a comfort that is. And there is no explanation for it.

I am not sure of course, but I think the whole story of the “Sunshine People” is, that they are in touch with the Sun of Righteousness, the Lord Jesus Christ. Malachi 4:2

Read also Psalm 84:11 where it says, “For the Lord God is a sun and a shield.”

June 20

WORLD REFUGEE DAY

The Collins Concise Dictionary says that a refugee is “a person who has fled from some danger or problem.”

That makes me actually a refugee!

We fled from the East to the West of Germany before I was six, but I don’t remember very much about it!

June 14

WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY

“Save Lives Give Blood”