daily reading 4.5 (Romans 3:5–8)

5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024


Our opening prayer for this week:

Christ be my leader by night as by day,
Safe through the darkness, for he is the way.
Gladly I follow, my future his care;
Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there.

Christ be my teacher in age as in youth,
Drifting or doubting, for he is the truth.
Grant me to trust him, though shifting as sand.
Doubt cannot daunt me— in Jesus I stand!

Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife;
Death cannot hold me for he is the life. Nor
darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain Can
touch my salvation— with Jesus I reign! Amen.


Romans 3:5–8

  • But if our unrighteousness highlights God's righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?
  • 6 Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?
  • 7 But if by my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?
  • 8 And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, "Let us do what is evil so that good may come "? Their condemnation is deserved!
Helpful notes on Romans 3:5–8 





For yourself pray:

  • That God shines the light of his word through your sinful excuses

For others pray:

  • That God gives wisdom to those who lead your community

A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:

  • Psalm 18 (YouTube, solo, "I love you, Lord, my strength")

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