Concerning Spiritual Gifts, Just as a body, though one, has many parts

 1 Corinthians 12:1-30

Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.

Why?

From the words we can identify came from the Holy Spirit or from men or Satan.

There are apostles, prophets, teachers, then miracles, next gifts of healing, helping, guidance, and tongues.

Let us be the first ones, apostles.

How?

To be a good Christian, let me be an apostle of Christ. This is the most difficult position and job.

An unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord

 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!

For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.

Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.

Why?

There were many bad behaviors during the Super in the Corinthian church. Paul wrote this letter to remind brothers and sisters.

During the Super needs to obey the word of the Lord; an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. We have to be careful with our manners during the time of Super.

How?

Remember the teachings in the Bible, and may the Holy Spirit remind me in my mind and my behavior, and my talk in my daily life

Correcting an Abuse of the Lord’s Supper

 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.

Why?

During the 1st century, God's supper might have more food to eat, so people would come to church to eat something, even if they were hungry. So Paul taught them they should eat at home when they were hungry. The Supper is a remembrance of Jesus' death for the forgiveness of our sins.

This is a ceremony to remember the payment of Jesus' death for us.

How?

Tomorrow is the last Sunday of this month, and the church has a supper to remember the death of Jesus on the cross for us. So we should follow the teaching of Paul to remember that Jesus died for us and saved us.

In the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

 1 Corinthians 11:1-16

But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 

A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 

Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

Why?

Both men and women are not independent of each other. Both come from God.

Paul hopes women should cover their heads to praying or going to church. Her hair is her glory.

Everything we should put the Lord as the first priority.

How?

Take care of what I am talking about and what my dressing is. For I belong to the Lord.

Knowledge puffs up while love builds up

 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

 But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.

Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves God is known by God.

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

Why?

When we belong to the Lord, we are free to eat anything. But this freedom could cause our brothers to fall into sin, so we won't eat that defiled meat.

Not only talk about what I am trusting but also do the right way to witness the good of the Lord, for God loves me.

How?

Humble myself and love others.

Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

 1 Corinthians  7:20-40

Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so.

Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— and his interests are divided.

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.

Why?

Paul teaches us how to be a holy people living in this world. and what the free person becomes after becoming brothers or sisters of Jesus Christ. We are free from sins, but we still have the responsibility in this world for our identity and relations. To serve the Lord, being married or single is good, but if be a single could be no more burden in this world can full time to serve the Lord.

How?

May the Holy Spirit remind me leads me walk on the right way and do the right thing and let the Holy Spirit don't worry about me.

God has called us to live in peace

 1 Corinthians 7:1-19

Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. I say this as a concession, not as a command. I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 

But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

Why?

There are many situations among Christian family, so Paul gave us a guide to obey the word of the Lord and be a good beliver of the Lord. Don't let Satan has tempt to us.

Even between a family beliver and unbeliver need to respect each other, to be a Christian need has more witness to family. Because of the Love to attract each other.

How?

Thanks the Lord give me such wonder family and keep my marriage until now.

I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial

 1 Corinthians 6:1-20

If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 

I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Why?

Disputing with another in church is wrong for both. Instead, we should love each other. Let the Lord or the church elder resolve this dispute among brothers.

Our body is holy and belongs to the Lord, so we can not be allowed to unite with a prostitute.

We can do anything, and we are free, but it doesn't mean we have the right to do anything.

Not everything is beneficial. warn us to be careful to do anything.

How?

We are free in Jesus Christ, but we have to take responsibility to do everything in our daily lives.

Must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler

 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife. 

So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.

God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”

Why?

Paul heard that there was sexual immorality in the Corinthian church. Paul warns them that they have to get rid of these people from the church. 

Sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler, are not allowed to come to church as brothers and sisters.

Holy Spirit and the Lord are Holy, so keep away from the sins.

How?

Don't allow any sins among us and in my mind. May the Lord give me strength and warning to keep away from sexual immorality.

Therefore, I urge you to imitate me

 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.

I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore, judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other. 

We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! 

We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.

 I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. Therefore, I urge you to imitate me.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

Why?

Paul urged them to learn from Paul and devoted himself as a servant of the Lord.

Paul felt his conscience was clear, but that does not make him innocent. So before the judgment of the Lord comes, no one can say he is innocent. All of us are sinners. Actually, Paul is a good example for us.

Paul devoted his whole life to the Lord and became an example of a Christian. Paul did not rely on anyone but worked hard for himself and helped others.

How?

May my life be an example to others around me. May others can see the witness in my daily life and talk.

For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

1 Corinthians 3:1-22

Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 

For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?

All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

Why?

Paul reminded us all of us are belong to the Lord, no one can say they made some effort and let people grow up, but only the Lord makes his children making it grow.

We are God's temple and God's Spirit dwells in our midst, how powerful and great for God's children

How?

Be humble and do what we can do and obey the teaching of the Lord through Jesus Christ, follow the steps of Jesus Christ. He is our example.

your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power

 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

We declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.

In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.

The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

Why?

Paul told us that what he preaches does not come from this world, but comes from the Holy Spirit. God's wisdom, a mystery, has been hidden and was destined for our glory from the beginning of time. None of the rulers of this age understood it.

The Spirit who is from God is not words taught us by human wisdom.

The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. So everyone could be chosen by the Lord is the work of the Holy Spirit.

How?

May my behavior and my personality, and my actions be a good witness in my working company and my surrounding friends.

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God, 1 Corinthians

 1 Corinthians 1:1-31

For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge— God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 

I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. 

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? 

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.

Why?

Do not make a division of someone in church. All of us belong to Christ.

Paul reminds people in Corinthians, Do not boast in anything, for all of us have accepted the love of Jesus Christ. All of us were sinners. Because we turn to the Lord, through Jesus Christ, we can be sons of the Lord. This is the mercy of the Lord that comes upon us.

We come from one, Jesus Christ, no matter what kind of nations or Jews, Gentiles.

How?

All of us, all Christians, have received Jesus Christ as our Lord, so we can call brothers, sisters among churches.

Watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned

 Romans 16

Our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae.I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.

 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

Why?

Paul knew his time is limited, so he mentioned many things when he left them. 

1. Welcome, Paul's coworker 2. Be alert to those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned from Paul and the Apostles. 3. Keep away from those who smooth-talk and use flattery to deceive the minds of naive people.

Be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

For the weakness of human beings, like listening to flattering talk.

How?

Bear in mind let the Holy Spirit remind us every day and every moment. Let the word of the Lord keep in my mind and pray to the Lord blesses my mind and my way.

Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.

 Romans 15:1-33

Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.

This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.

Why?

Paul devoted his life to Jesus Christ to preach the Gospel to Gentiles. Paul had planned to go to Rome and Spain to preach the Gospel and meet brothers and sisters there.

Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. In order to build others who do not know Jesus Christ, our love and to please our neighbors for their good, and not for our benefit, then build them up. This is our mission when we are living in this world.

All of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For we, Christians, are the messengers of the Gospel, ambassadors of Jesus Christ in this world.

Jesus did not earn for himself, but for the benefit of others to be saved.

How?

Love our neighbors and our colleagues, and our family with acitons.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit

 Romans 14:1-23

Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.

For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.

Why?

With love and faith, and peace to living in our daily life.

Whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, so we'd rather not eat, because their eating is not from faith, but from the Laws.

We have no right to judge others, for we are sinners too. No righteous man in this world, so we should be humble and love each other.

Let the love from the Lord not be limited by some regulations or patterns. We are free from customs or laws.

How?

Honor the Holy Name of the Lord with peace, joy, and righteousness.

The authorities that exist have been established by God

 Romans 13:1-14

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. 

Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another,

summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Why?

Respecting the authority for all of these is allowed by the Lord.

Love others covers everything we need to do.

Keep what we should do and be aware the time is limited, so do our best to honor our God.

How?

Let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Jesus Christ.

Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God

 Romans 12:1-21

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.  Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;

Love in action: Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Why?

Love is just some words, but do it in actions, humble myself and honor others, love others who need.

Offer my body as a living sacrifice, because I belong to the Lord.

Paul teaches us many ways to perform the love actions. This is true love, for the Love us before we love the Lord.

How?

Love others with love and my heart. Do the actions to love others! May the Lord gives me the way, the mind and strength to love others around me!

For God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable

 Romans 11:19-36

Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.  Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.

And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved.

For God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!

“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Why?

Do not be arrogant, but tremble for all of us and need to stand by faith.

When the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved, so God's people will be saved in God's time schedule.

The Lord can graft Gentiles to an olive tree, so more natural let the natural branches to be grafted into their own olive tree!

How?

Pray to the Lord, may I be able to walk on the way of God's schedule and God's plan, be humble and tremble every day.

If by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace

 Romans 11:1-18

So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Why?

Even Gentiles get the salvation because Israel rejects the salvation, but the salvation comes from the Israelites, Abraham. So the Gentiles could not boast, for they received the salvation. If the Israelites receive Jesus Christ as their savior, it will bea  better grace over the whole world.

How?

Be humble and continue seek the Holy life and more faith in Jesus Christ!

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved

 Romans 10:1-21

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim:

As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

But concerning Israel, he says, All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.

Why?

Just as Mesia said all day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people, this is the people of Israel and other peoples.

How?

The Lord chooses who will be saved, then he will be saved. This is the work of the Holy Spirit. What we should do is show a good witness among people and proclaim Jesus Christ 

The one who believes in him will never be put to shame

 Romans 9:16-33

 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

Therefore, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.

But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’”Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

It is just as Isaiah said previously: “Unless the Lord Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness, have not attained their goal. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble  and a rock that makes them fall,  and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” Isaiah 8:14; 28:16

Why?

There is a stone, a law, or a regulation, or a specific way. What the Lord asks us is by faith.

Honor the Lord from our heart, and it is not doing for show or ceremony only.

The stone could firm our hearts, but it has also become a stone that makes people stumble

How?

Live our my faith in my daily life and do my best to honor the Holy Name of the Lord.

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good

 Romans 7:1-15

The law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? 

But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.

For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.

We know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate, I do.

Why?

For we are living in a flesh body, and sin comes to attract us to be sin and die. So we need rely on the Holy Spirit to fight against the sins.

How?

Pray and read the word of the Lord, and let us keep a close relationship with the Lord.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose

 Romans 8:22-39

Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.  In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Why?

Our God loves us. Before we knew Him, God had chosen us among many people. 

No one and no events can separate us from the love of Christ!

Even when we are under hardship or trouble, the Lord is with us and the Holy Spirit helps us to know the way to solve.

How?

God is good, for we have a wonderful Lord; we are his children, so what do we need to worry about? But we need to care, don't fall the trap of evil.