April 2026

READ: Rom. 12:1–3: … which is your reasonable service … Paul follows his words of praise concerning God’s mercy with an exhortation. True worship of God in response to His mercy necessarily includes dedication to Him. Paul calls such a response “reasonable” or “logical.” It is the fitting answer to God’s immeasurable gifts of grace. […]

READ: Rom. 11:30–36: … For God has shut up all in disobedience that He might have mercy on all. Oh, the depth of the riches … For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen. This section of Scripture concludes with a doxology—a jubilant praise of

READ: Rom. 11:23–29: … God is able to graft them in again … a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved … The “mystery” of which Paul speaks in verse 25 is something that had been hidden but has now

READ: Rom. 11:13–22: … if the root is holy, so are the branches. … do not boast against the branches. The firstfruits of the dough were the first portion of the grain harvested from the land, which had to be brought as a heave offering to the LORD and thus be sanctified (Num. 15:18–21). Thereby

READ: Rom. 11:7–12: … Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. … Through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Throughout the Old Testament we see that God’s election has worked as a separation among the children of

READ: Rom. 11:1–6: … God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. … I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men.” … a remnant according to the election of grace. Paul continually responds to possible thoughts that his writing may evoke, and he does so now in verse 1: from the preceding verses

READ: Rom. 10:11–21: … How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?” … So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. … I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation. God’s Word does not disappoint when it is received. He

READ: Rom. 10:1–10: … For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” … The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. … For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Paul does not wish, by his

READ: Rom. 9:30–33: … not by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law … Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame. Paul wishes to draw a conclusion from the preceding verses: “What shall we say

READ: Rom. 9:24–29 … I will call them My people, who were not My people … And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God. … The remnant will be saved. Paul now