We want to welcome you into the fellowship of Christian believers known as First United Methodist Church in Iraan, Texas. We are a community of persons who are seeking a deeper relationship with God, through the example of Jesus Christ, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. May you experience God's grace while you are a part of the ministry here at First United Methodist Church.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Scripture Lesson for July 10th

(St. Paul preaching on the ruins, Giovanni Paolo Pannini, 1744)



This week's scripture reading is Romans 8:1-11:

"Complex as it is, its essential message of this passage remains clear: The Spirit gives life. Paul gave explicit detail of how this came about: God sent His Son Jesus Christ into the world as an ordinary human being. Jesus' God-given mission was to deal with human sin and the alienation from God which sin causes. He did this by living our human life and meeting every requirement of the law.


The Spirit of God which was in Jesus now dwells in us so that we may too may life as He lived in fellowship with God. The power of God that raised Jesus from the dead now gives us spiritual life. Mortal though we still are, the Spirit will ultimately deliver us from spiritual death." - David Sherman on Midrash
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