STP for October 1, 1013 “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. 8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. 9 Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. 11 But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”—Romans 5:1-11 NRSV “But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” Jesus isn’t mentioned in our scripture for Sunday from 1 Corinthians 13 but we know that Paul’s understanding of love is fundamentally formed by the love of God shown in the death of Jesus Christ. Jesus’ sacrifice was the ultimate act of love for all of mankind. We are to be willing to show the same kind of love to those we come in contact. Love is what makes the world go around. Precious Lord, thank you for loving us so much that you sacrificed your Son that we might live…Amen. Contemporary Service, 6:00pm Thursday; Traditional Service, 10:50am Sunday…
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:00:01 +0000
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