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¹ What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound.

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 1)

Oh God as human beings we are never to abuse of Your love and mercy by sinning with the intention that You love us so much that You forgive from our sins Amen. 


² By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 2)


Oh God my Father this is a daily struggle. I am fully convinced that You have delivered me from my previous life of sin, however my carnal body still gives me impulses that incline me to sin. I pray that You deliver me from this inner evil Amen.


³ Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 3)


Brothers and sisters this is a very encouraging verse for it confirms as Jesus had said many times that if we die in Him He will also resurrect us in Himself Amen.


⁴ Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father; so we too might walk in the newness of life.



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 4)


Oh God my Father this is my greatest consolation that even on dying I am not abandoned but will rise again to be with You Amen.


⁵ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 5)


Amen oh Jesus my Father, this is my greatest hope and belief which keeps me going in life, that of being reunited with You upon leaving this world Amen.


⁶ We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 6)


Oh God my Father as You know today I let my old self take over and I became angry and rebellious. For this I would like to obtain Your forgiveness my God and Father. I pray that You teach me to be humble and more self-controlled Amen.


⁷ For whoever has died is freed from sin. ⁸ But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verses 7 to 8)


Amen oh God, my Father this is why I am not afraid of death and dying because it is a transition from one place to one which is much better. A place where we will be free from sin and blessed by Your Holy Spirit Amen.


⁹ We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 9)


Oh God my Father You have full control over life and death. Death is at Your service. I pray that I will not be found in grievous sin at the time of my death but in grace Amen.

¹⁰ The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. ¹¹ So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 10 to 11)

Oh God, my Father, only You can understand how seriously I take my life, and how I pray for Your protection against the forces of evil, however, I am not yet free from evil. This mind and body in which You dwell has the sin of its own destruction which is sin which as a human I am not free off. My spirit wishes to do only good, however, my mind and body still condition me from living this life of grace in all its completeness Amen. It is only with Your help that I can reach this aim Amen.

¹² Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verse 12)

Oh God my Father I pray for more sensitivity and awareness over my self, so that when I catch myself about to commit sin, I will immediately take action and stop Amen.

¹³ No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. ¹⁴ For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under the law but under grace.

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 6 verses 13 to 14)

Oh God my Father I thank You for having cleansed my dirty members from the stronghold of sin. I thank You for giving me the grace and liberty to make good choices that are inspired by Your presence Amen.

The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 of 16

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¹Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verses 1 to 2)

Oh God, my Father, I am proud of my faith in You and more of Your faith in me. My hope is You and in You. Amen. You are the beginning and end of my life. Amen. In You alone, I place my trust!


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.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verses 3 to 5)



Oh God, my Father, our sufferings are a joke when compared to Your sufferings. I thank You for changing our suffering into joy in the Holy Spirit. I pray that I think, breath, and live the Holy Spirit every second of my life Amen.


⁶ For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 6)


Oh God my Father, Your timing is different than my timing, however, I still have faith in Yours, even if I cannot see your clock. I believe that when You deem as being the right time, I will have my daughter back or be able to see her, and even the issues rework will be settled Amen.


⁷ Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 7)


Oh, God my Father as You know many people are dying because of their faith in You and blessed are such people who are imitating You both in their bodies and in their spirit Amen.


⁸ But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 8)


Oh brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ this is the greatest love. You died for our redemption even though as sinners we did not deserve to be redeemed. Amen.


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.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 9)


Oh God, my Father only You can answer this question, however, I have no doubt in how much You love me even though I am a sinner worthy of Your wrath Amen.


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.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verses 10 to 11)


Oh God, my Father I thank You for Your passion, for destroying the border created by original sin in order to obtain my redemption. I also would like to thank You for Your relationship with me. I thank You for accepting me as I really and truly am and for loving me Amen.


¹² Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned-¹³ sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verses 12 to 13)


Oh God my Father even though the sin was in the world before the law, Your Holy Spirit existed even before the world was created. I pray that when reasoning we start from You and end with You Amen.


¹⁴ Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 14)


Amen my brothers and sisters, however when God my Father sent His only Son in order to redeem us death lost its dominion over humanity because Jesus paid the price in order to remove that hold and claim over us Amen.


¹⁵ But the free gift is not like the trespass.For if the many died through the one man's trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 15)


Oh brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, today we have a serious decision to make, whether whom we are to follow if it is the carnal world of Adam or the world of eternal life in Jesus Christ Amen.


¹⁶ And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man's sin. For the judgement following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 16)


Oh God, my Father indeed You are the free gift that claimed our salvation even though as humans we do not deserve it, however, the act of Adam brought sin on the world of which you had to shed your blood in order to redeem us Amen.


¹⁷ If because of the one man's trespass, death exercised dominion through that one much more surely will those receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man Jesus Christ.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 17)


Oh God, my Father, You chose to redeem flesh with flesh and sin and slavery with grace and freedom. You perfected the human form by becoming human Yourself so that as a human You could experience our joys and even our sorrows Amen. I thank You for doing so my God and Father Amen.


¹⁸ Therefore just as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 18)


Oh God, my Father, I thank You for becoming human because when You did so, You made holy the human form and only then we could be united in both body and soul. Amen, I thank You because this move made it more possible for us to understand each other. We could never argue, that You cannot understand us because You were never human Amen. In this way, You can fully understand us Amen.


¹⁹ For just as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verse 19)



As in the case of humanity oh God my Father many were they who left a negative stain on humanity such as Hitler and others who committed crimes and atrocities against humanities. Likewise, we can either focus on the evil or wrongdoing of these people or focus on the good done by many others even during our times Amen.



²⁰ But law came in, with the result that the trespass multiplied; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, ²¹ so that, just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 5 verses 20 to 21)


Oh God, my Father, I thank You for Your commandments and all the teachings found in the Bible, for they guide me in my daily life. Thank You for making me aware of what is good from what is sinful and bad, so that Your grace may abound over my sinful self Amen.


Oh God, my Father, I would like to end this meditation on the fifth chapter of St. Paul's letter to the Roman's with the following prayer:-


Oh brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, today we have an important decision to make which consists of a commitment to either follow Jesus and His Word as in the Bible or to follow the ways of the world as portrayed by the media and other sinful and worldly sources. The decision is and will always be ours Amen.

Thank You Jesus.

The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4

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¹ What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? ² For it Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verses 1 to 2)


Oh God my beloved Father, what is of the flesh is of the flesh, however what is of the Spirit is of the Spirit, and this is the way that I am to follow Amen.


³ For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verse 3) 


Blessed be oh God my Father who keeps You as our point of reference. St. Paul did not refer to Philosophers or the law that he was grounded in but in scripture. Therefore in order to discern the will of God in this or that situation there is no better than to refer to the Word of God and ask what would Jesus would have done in such a situation, how would God have felt as in the Old Testament, when I decide to follow other gods instead of him. Amen.


⁴ Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. ⁵ But to one who without work trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verses 4 to 5) 


Oh God my Father when one works one receives the wages that one has worked for because it is merited to that person. On the other hand when one works for Your kingdom, the persons wages are also given not in this world but when we appear in Your presence. In this world we may receive part of the wages in blessings and the experience of Your presence in us, however when we appear before You we are paid in full Amen. 


⁶ So also David speaks of the blessedness of those to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works: ⁷ "Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven,  and whose sins are covered; ⁸ blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not recon sin."



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verses 6 to 8)


Blessed are we my God and Father, for You have taken on Yourself a cruel passion in order to atone for our sins so that our sins will no longer be reckoned Amen. Thank You for paying such a painful price for me Amen.


 ⁹ Is this blessedness, then, pronounced only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We say, "Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness." 


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verse 9) 



Oh God my Father, the gift of faith has been given to the whole world by means of your death and resurrection. This is a gift beyond all the gifts that can ever be offered by the world Amen.



¹⁰ How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after; but before he was circumcised.



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verse 10)


Oh God my beloved Father as humans we ask many questions and get not as much answers, or maybe we end up choosing the answers that we like most that satisfy our wills, however instead of asking questions it is best to give the issues to You and in God time, You will give us the answers to our questions Amen.



¹¹ He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them, ¹² and likewise the ancestor of the uncircumcised who are not only circumcised but who also follow the example of the faith that our ancestor Abraham had before he was circumcised.



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verses 11 to 12)



Oh God my Father, I thank You for being proactive and not reactive. You cater for our needs even those of a spiritual nature even before we have experienced them Amen. Thank You for aiming to keep in righteousness and truth Amen.


¹³ For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verse 13)


Oh brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, let us always be aware of our inheritance that is not the world with all its glory that will one day come to and end, but one which has no end and no limitations Amen. Therefore let us invest in that which is never ending Amen.


¹⁴ If it is the adherents of the law who are to be heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. ¹⁵ For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verse 14)


Oh God my Father we cannot live without Your laws because they give us direction and a way of life. Unlike the laws of the world, Your laws are just and are applicable for all people from all walks of life without any form of discrimination Amen.

 
¹⁵ For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation. 


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verse 15)


Oh God my Father, to those who oppose discipline, the law is a stumbling block and breeds wrath, however when we violate such laws and experience the consequences such as death by a driving accident, then many people agree that violating this law is indeed a dangerous thing to do and that it is very unlawful. I pray that we learn to respect the laws of both the material world and that of our heavenly home Amen.


¹⁶ For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, ¹⁷ as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations")


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verses 16 to 17)



I thank You, Lord my God for the gift of faith, for the Church that You use in order to guide me in the ways of life by means of the Bible, morals and other means. I pray that I remain obedient to Your ways Amen.



¹⁸ Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what was said, "So numerous shall your descendants be."



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verse 18)



Oh God my Father, when I have ever placed my trust in You and in Your Word the Bible, I have never been disappointed, for You always keep Your word and it is us who lack in both trust and faith. I pray that we learn to trust more in You than in ourselves and the ways of the world. Amen.




¹⁹ He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. ²⁰ No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, ²¹ being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verses 19 to 21)



As You know my God and Father, my present state of being is rather stressful and hectic. I am like a goldfish surrounded by sharks without an escape route, however with the hope that a situation will change the appetites and attitude of the sharks which would enable it to find an escape route. Oh God my Father, I am trusting in You to provide that escape route since the chances of collaborating with the sharks is becoming very limited. However, I place my trust in You alone my God and Father Amen.


²² Therefore his faith "was reckoned to him as righteousness." ²³ Now the words, "it was reckoned to him," were written not for his sake alone, ²⁴ but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, ²⁵ who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 4 verses 22 to 25) 


Oh God my Father we did not merit to have our faith given to us. It is the price of Your passionate love for us, for we were all sinners Amen. Therefore the gift of faith is an act of love and not of righteousness Amen, for we did nothing to deserve it Amen. 


Oh God my beloved Father and Redeemer I would like to end this meditation on the fourth chapter of the letter of St. Paul to the Romans with the following prayer.


If You had to ask me my God and Father if I deserve to be loved by You I would say no, because Your love for me is not because I reckon that I deserve it, but only because You reckon that I deserve it. The only thing that I merit or deserve as a human is not heaven but the torments of hell. However Your love is greater than all my sins, so much that You paid the price of my redemption and that of the world Amen.

Thank You Jesus. 

 

The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3

 

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¹ Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

 

 (The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verse 1)

 

 Oh God my beloved Father, the same can be said for us Roman Catholics, what is the value of baptism if we do not live according to what we believe. It is like having a barn of gold without the awareness of what one can do with such a treasure. Oh God, my Father I pray that You strengthen me so much that I will be strong enough to live the anointment of my baptism and proclaim Your name without shame or fear Amen.

 

² Much, in every way. For in the first place the jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.  ³ What if somewhere unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? ⁴ By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, "So that you may be justified in your words and prevail in your judging."

 

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verses 2 to 4)

 

Oh God, my Father nothing that we can ever do or say can ever contradict the truth of Your Word. Many have written books to disprove this and that, however, You remain the truth and nothing but the truth Amen.

 

⁵ But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) ⁶ By no means! For then how could God judge the world? But if through my falsehood God's truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?

 

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verses 5 to 6)

 

Oh God my Father, arguments are built on arguments, hypotheses never stop being created, justified and contradicted, however, my faith in You remains forever. When I look at You it is as if looking at a mirror or a scanner in the sense that Your goodness and justice makes me aware of my lack of goodness and injustice. However  Your permit me to receive such insights not for me to become in despair or discouraged but to become more aware of those areas that You can help me to improve in and be a better human and Christian Amen. Thank You, Jesus. 


⁸ And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say). "Let us do evil so that good may come"? Their condemnation is deserved!

(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verse 8)

 

Oh God my Father, followers of Jehovah witnesses are often accused of selecting phrases from the Bible and interpret them in their own way in order to persuade people to join them. However, it is also the case that I have heard a completely different version of You my God and Father preached by priests in different Roman Catholic Churches which have left me spiritually maimed for periods of times. I conclude oh God my Father, that not all who preach about You, have made a real and true direct experience of You, therefore they are preaching about someone whom they do not know Amen.


⁹ What then? Are we any better off? No, not at all; for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin, ¹⁰ as it is Written: "There is no one who is righteous, not even one; ¹¹ there is no one who has understanding, there is no one who seeks God.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verses 9 to 11)


Oh God my Father I am totally aware of my sinful nature and that naturally no good can come out of me or humanity, but it is by means of the prompting of the Holy Spirit that good acts or goodness may result for at heart I am a sinner living among sinners God have mercy Amen on me Your sinner. 


¹² All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, there is not even one."


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verse 12)



Oh God, my Father, in one way or another we are all sinners and at some point in time or another we have all given You our backs in protest, moreover, as sinners, we are indeed worthless because it is only in You that we discover our value and identity as Your sons and daughters. Oh God, my Father it is also true that when left to our own devices, we tend to become selfish and wicked especially if we are given the power to overcome others. I pray oh God my Father, that You help me conquer my natural self and its desires and inclinations Amen.


¹³ "Their throats are opened graves; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of vipers is under their lips."


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verse 13)


Oh God, my Father, I pray for Your protection, for I am surrounded by a brood of vipers who are dying to get their fangs into me and pour their venom into my bloodstream. I need You more than ever my God and Father Amen. 


¹⁴ "Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness." ¹⁵"Their feet are swift to shed blood; ¹⁶ ruin and misery are in their paths, ¹⁷ and the way of peace they have not known." ¹⁸ "There is no fear of God before their eyes."



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verses 14 to 18)



Oh God my beloved Father may Your name be blessed forever and ever, may positive thoughts of helping others run through the pathways of our brain and may we become positive people both in actions and in the words that we proclaim Amen.



¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verse 19)




Oh God my beloved Father, Your Word as in the Bible has the power to contradict all the arguments that the world can present, for it is the truth and its source is in You who is the Absolute Truth. I pray that we meditate on the Bible and let it talk to our soul and let the Word of God judge and humble us instead of our judging and criticizing it Amen.


²⁰ For "no human being will be justified in his sight" by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verse 20)



Oh God my blessed and beloved Father, when I meditate on Your Word as in the Bible, You help me realize that I am still far away from being holy and justified in my ways. You help me realize that I am still a sinful person, however, I am consoled by the fact that I know that You still love me Amen.


²¹ But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, ²² the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction, ²³ since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; ²⁴ they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed; ²⁶ it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies the one who has faith in Jesus.



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verses 21 to 26)



Oh God, my beloved Father You have fulfilled what had been written in the law of the Old Testament. Since we have all sinned in our lives we had all been condemned by that law, however, by the law of love and righteousness, a new opportunity to live in You has been given to us. You have paid the price for our sins, and in doing so You have given me the opportunity to live again in You and not according to the flesh Amen.


²⁷ Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith.



(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verse 27)


Oh God my beloved Father, obedience to You and Your ways is also obedience to the Social law which is based on social order and not chaos. Social law is based on good relationships and obedience to the norms of the state which breeds stability. Amen.


²⁸ For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verse 28)



Oh God my beloved Father I hold that a person is justified only if You justify that person and that justice according to the principles and values of this world is not always justice Amen.



²⁹ Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles also, ³⁰ since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through the same faith. ³¹ Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.


(The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans Chapter 3 verses 29 to 31)


Oh God my beloved Father, I hold that You are the God of all or that of none at all, for I believe that as one world we are one family even though we have different or similar belief systems, that manifest the different perspectives of You my God and Father. I believe that when our time comes You will judge us each according to who and what we believe in, irrelevant in whom and what we believe in Amen.


Oh God my Father and Saviour, I would like to end this third chapter of St. Paul's Letter to the Romans with the following prayer.


May I oh God my Father, hold as being true, all that You have declared as being true, hold as being unacceptable, all that You have considered as being unacceptable, love all that You commanded us to love and avoid and consider as evil, all that You considered as being evil Amen