About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

Romans 3:1-31 Is God the God of Both the Circumcised & the Uncircumcised?

 

Is God the God of Both the Circumcised & the Uncircumcised?

Romans 3:1-31     The Epistle [a.k.a. Letter] of Paul to the Romans [in Smaller Chunks]

Then, what advantage [does] the Jew [have?] Or what [benefit] is there [for] circumcision? Chiefly, much [in] every way, [a.k.a. Mainly, in every respect,] because the oracles, [a.k.a. divine messages, from] God were [given] to them. [For what if [someone] didn't believe? Shall their [disbelief] make the faith [in] God [ineffective?] [Let this not be so. Yes,] let God be true, [a.k.a. accurate,] & but every man a liar, [like] it is written [in the Scriptures.]

[Numbers 23:19 God isn't a man, that He should lie. Neither [is] the Son of Man, that He should repent. [Hasn't] He said [it,] & [won't] He do it? Or [has] He spoken [it,] & [won't] He make it good?]

[So,] that you might be justified in [what you say,] & might overcome when you are judged. [Revelation 3:5-6 He, [who overcomes,] shall be clothed in white [garments,] & I won't blot out his name [from] the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father, & before His Angels. He, [who has] an ear, let him hear what the Spirit [says] to the churches.]

But if our [sinfulness glorifies] the Righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God, Who [takes] vengeance, unrighteous? (I speak [like] a man,) [Let it not be so.] For how then shall God judge the world? 

For if the Truth of God [is magnified] more through my lie, [toward] His glory, why am I [still] judged [like] a sinner? And [why] not [instead] [do,] ([like] some slanderously reported, & some [others] [agree] that we say,) Let's do [what is] evil, [so] that good may come [from it?]

[Their condemnation] is just, [a.k.a. fair.] What then? Are we better than they [are?] No, in no [way.] For we have [previously] proved that both [the] Jews & Gentiles, are all under [the influence of] sin. As it is written [in the Scriptures,] There [are] none righteous, no, not one. 

There [are] none, [who understand,] & there [are] none [who] seek after God. They [have] all gone [astray,] & they [have] together become unprofitable, [a.k.a. unproductive.] There [are] none [who do] good. No, not one. Their throat is an open [tomb,] & with their [mouths] they have used deceit, & under their lips is the poison of asps, [a.k.a. poisonous snake.] 

[Their] mouth is full of cursing & bitterness, & their feet are [speedy] to shed blood. Their ways [are full of:] destruction & misery. And they haven't known the [paths] of peace. [Isaiah 59:7-8 Their feet run to evil, & they [hurry] to shed [the] blood [of the] innocent. Their thoughts are thoughts of [sinfulness.] Wasting, [a.k.a. ruin,] & destruction are in their paths. They [don't] know the [paths] of peace, & there is no [justice] in their [actions.] They have made crooked paths [for] [themselves. Whoever goes in there,] shall not know peace.] 

There is no fear, [a.k.a. respect] for God before their eyes. Now, we know that [whatever] the Law [says,] to [those] who are under the Law, it [says] to them, That every mouth may be [silenced,] & all the world may [confess their] [guilt] before God. Therefore, no flesh shall be justified in [God's] sight by the deeds of the Law. For the knowledge of sin [comes] [through] the Law. 

But [even] now, without the Law, the Righteousness of God is manifested, [a.k.a. made visible,] & being witnessed [through] the Law, by the prophets.  [John 6:46-47 For [if] you had believed Moses, you would have believed Me. For [Moses] wrote about] Me. But if you [don't] believe [Moses'] writings, how shall you believe My Words?] 

Even the Righteousness of God, which is [through] faith [in] Jesus Christ, [which came] to all [who] believe. [Romans 10:11-13 For the Scripture [says,] [Whoever believes in] Him, shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew & the Greek, [a.k.a. Gentiles.] For the same Lord over all, is rich to all [who] call upon Him. For [whoever] shall call upon the Name of the Lord, shall be saved.]

For there is no difference, [since,] all have sinned, & come short of the glory of God; being freely justified by [God's] grace, [by] the redemption that is [through] Jesus Christ. [Ephesians 2:8-9 For you are saved by grace & through faith, [but] not [from] yourselves. It is the gift of God: & not [by] works, [a.k.a. deeds,] lest any man should boast.] 

Whom God [has put forward,] through the [patience] of God, to be a propitiation, [a.k.a. an atonement,] through faith in [Christ's] blood [shed for us,] to declare His Righteousness, for the remission, [a.k.a. forgiveness,] of [previous] sins.

[Leviticus 17:10-11 And [whatever] man there [is from] the house of Israel, or the strangers [who stay] among you, [who eats] any [type] of blood, I will even set My face against that [person, who eats] blood, & will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood. And I have given [the blood] to you, upon the altar, to make an atonement for your souls. For it is the blood that [makes] an atonement for the soul.]

I say, At this time, declare [Jesus Christ's] Righteousness, [so] that He might be just, [a.k.a. impartial,] [through God, Who is] the justifier of [those who] believe in Jesus. 

Then, where is boasting? It is excluded, [a.k.a. eliminated.] By what Law? [Is it eliminated] by works, [a.k.a. deeds?] [No,] [it's eliminated] by the Law of faith [in Jesus Christ.] Therefore, we conclude, [a.k.a. agree,] that man is justified by faith & [not by] the deeds of the Law.

Is He only the God of the Jews? Isn't He also [the God] of the Gentiles? Yes, [He's] also [the God] of the Gentiles. [Since,] it is One God, [Who] shall justify the circumcision, [a.k.a. those who are circumcised according to the Law of Moses,] through faith [in Jesus Christ,] & [also] the [uncircumcised] through faith [in Christ.]

Then, do we make the Law void, [a.k.a. invalid,] through faith? [Let it not be so.] [Yes,] we establish the Law. [Matthew 5:17-18 [Don't] think that I [have] come to destroy the Law, or the prophets. I [haven't] come to destroy, but to [fulfill.] For [truly,] I say to you, [Until] the heaven & earth pass [away, not] one jot or one tittle, [a.k.a. little bit,] shall in no [ways,] pass from the Law, [until] all [is] fulfilled.]