TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10:17
Memorize this verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
17. S T F C B H A H B T W O G
Notes on this verse:
“The Word of God”: that is, the word of Christ. The reference is to the oral communication of the gospel. (The word translated “report” in verse 16 is translated “hearing” here). Notice that it is not faith in what is heard, but faith that comes about by what is heard. This is what Paul meant (in Rom. 1:16), when he said the gospel “is the power of God unto salvation.”
Saving faith is not man doing his part in response to God’s having done His part. Saving faith can come about only through the gospel. Salvation is God’s work alone. This also shows that there is no other way to be saved but by the explicit gospel of Christ.
Luke 11:28 “But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it.”
It is the Word of God that is powerful, that convicts us of our sin and sets us on the road to salvation. Look at the next Scripture and see just how powerful this Word is.
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
TODAY'S BIBLE READING
Old Testament
Genesis 21-23 — 8.0 minutes
Psalms 8 — 2.0 minutes
New Testament
Matthew 4:12-17 — 1.5 minutes
Acts 5:1-16 — 4.0 minutes
Total Average Read Time — 15.5 minutes
