Romans: A 21-Day Musical DevotionalSample

Catch-Up Day

Today is a catch-up day! If you are behind, take this opportunity to finish reading previous passages before we move on to chapter 9.

Also, spend some time reading through the two paragraphs below, which give a concise overview of chapters 9-16. Again, the bracketed numbers correspond to days in this three-week devotional.

[15] My heart breaks for Israel, my kinsmen, for they have rejected their Messiah. [16] “Does this, then, mean that if God is not saving Israel, though He promised them salvation, that He will not fulfill His promises to save the Church?” By no means. First you must understand that there is a difference between ethnic Israel (Abraham’s children of the flesh) and true Israel (Abraham’s children of the promise). God will save all of true Israel, that is, His elect. [17] “Is God unjust if he saves some and not all?” By no means. God, who is sovereign, may save whomever He chooses, [18] and He chooses to save people from all over the world – all who call upon His name, which includes a remnant of ethnic Israel. [19] This act of salvation is incomprehensibly amazing! Great is the Lord and worthy is He of all glory and praise! 

[20] Therefore, in light of these truths about God and salvation, lay down your life as a living sacrifice to Him, obeying Him in all things by loving Him and loving others. [21] So long and farewell to you, the church at Rome. May our Lord bless you.