UNFOLDING THE WORD With Dr. Gary Kuhne

God makes 3 intense appeals/commands to His redeemed children in light of His wonderful mercies revealed in Chapters 1-11. These three choices define how to please God with our lives as redeemed people. The first of these is the importance of choosing to present our bodies as living sacrifices, to determine to let Christ be Lord in our lives! The second choice is to determine to no longer be conformed to the world culture surrounding us, to adopt its ways. The third choice is to be transformed through a renewed mind, found only through God’s word and the work of the Holy Spirit within us.

Chapter 12 marks a major shift in Romans. God moves us from examining the wonderful plan of salvation, the Gospel and His plan for the Jewish people. He now turns to living within this world as redeemed believers. He makes 3 intense appeals/commands to His redeemed children that explain how to please God with our lives as redeemed people. The first of these is the importance of choosing to present our bodies as living sacrifices, to determine to let Christ be Lord in our lives!

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

We must understand that mankind can never arrive at truth about life’s most important questions and issues. God has determined that we must have a “revelation dependency”, able to understand truth and life’s answers only through what God has revealed, never through our best thinking! No person knows the mind of God, been God’s counselor, or put God in their debt. Each of us are dependent on the wonderful plan of salvation (Romans 1:16) to solve our sin and separation problem. So definitely we all must agree “to Him be glory forever, AMEN”.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Verses 33-36 mark a transition in Romans. Paul, looking back over chapters 1-11 (like a mountain vista) is struck by the depths of God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge! We could never find such truth apart from God revealing it to us in His Word. God has determined that mankind would never find the truth about life and eternity apart from turning to His Revelation!

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Romans 11:16-24 provide for us a “Biblical Botany Lesson”. These verses introduce us to the “first-fruits” concept and the “roots and branches” image. In both cases God is helping us to better understand the fact that God is not yet finished with the Jewish people. More than this, God’s people, the “olive tree”, now includes both believing Jews “natural branches”, and gentile believers “wild branches”, built upon the root of the Lord Jesus Christ! All of these things underscore that God has an unfolding plan to save the lost that touches both Jews and Gentiles, and this plan has always been rooted in repentance and faith, not personal merit.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is I Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Romans 11:16-24 provide for us a “Biblical Botany Lesson”. These verses introduce us to the “first-fruits” concept and the “roots and branches” image. In both cases God is helping us to better understand the fact that God is not yet finished with the Jewish people. More than this, God’s people, the “olive tree”, now includes both believing Jews “natural branches”, and gentile believers “wild branches”, built upon the root of the Lord Jesus Christ!