Living and Dying unto the Lord Romans 14:8

Paul the apostle told the believers in Rome, “none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself” and in chapter fourteen and verse eight of Romans, Paul told the believers in Rome, “whether we live or die” we do so “unto the Lord” where we read:

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord:

whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

The verse begins, “For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord:” Paul began with the words, “for whether” which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, verily and therefore if” “we live” or “Paul, his companions and his believing readers breathe, enjoy real life, are active, blessed and are full of vigor” “unto the Lord” which means “toward he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master and the title for God the Messiah”; “and whether we die” which means “and if Paul, his companions and his believing readers perish and be dead”, “we die” or “Paul, his companions and his believing readers perish and are as dead” “unto the Lord” which refers to “toward he has power of deciding; master and the title for God the Messiah”. Paul shared how “believers” whether “living or dying” did so as “unto the Lord”.

The verse goes on to say, “... whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.” Paul added the word, “whether” which means “if” “we live” or “Paul, his companions and his believing readers breathe, enjoy real life, are active, blessed and full of vigor” “therefore” which means “then, accordingly, consequently and these things being so”, “or die” which means “perish and are as dead” “we are the Lord's” which refers to “Paul, his companions and his believing readers belong to he that has power of deciding; master and the title for God the Messiah”. Paul considered “life” and “death” to be bearable because he, his companions and his believing readers belong to “the Lord”.

When we think through these words of Paul, we see how “life” and “death” are as unto the Lord for the “believer” in Jesus Christ. Regardless of whether a person is “living” or “dying”, they do so before the Lord when they have received Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord”. Jesus Christ came to save people from their sins and to give to them “everlasting life”, and when a person accepts Jesus as their “Savior”, whether they are “living” or “dying” they do so unto “the Lord”.

Next time Paul tells the believers in Rome, “to this end Christ both died, and rose”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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