...But God

Romans 8: 1-2

Creators and Guests

Host
Chad McBeam
Business Leader, Foster Advocate and Fighter of Human Trafficking, Chad enjoys hosting this podcast channel as a way to spread and highlight the great examples of those who live out their faith daily. He can also be seen on occasion on your TV or Film Screen or be heard narrating one of your books as his love of acting has stuck with him since his childhood.
Writer
Aaron Marcarelli
After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.  He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university.  However, God had other plans.  Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years.     Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.
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Designer
Linda Cowen
Linda Cowen of San Antonio Christian School is our gracious and talented art designer for the But God, weekday morning devotional series.

What is ...But God?

A weekday morning devotional series written by Aaron Marcarelli and hosted by Chad McBeam

“Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.”
Romans 8:1-2 NASB2020

We are not condemned, we are set free through the power of God. We are set free, not because we are innocent, not because of anything we’ve done to earn our freedom. We are set free because Jesus paid our debt, he paid it in full for all eternity.
Last episode’s scripture a little earlier in Romans said
“However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.”
Romans 4:5 NIV
My mom, the great theologian said this regarding our propitiation of sin: “Is there any more remarkable statement than this one? Our goodness is not based on what we do, but in believing that Jesus' death & resurrection has made us good. No other belief system on earth is so radical as this one. Any other religion bases our goodness on how well we follow the rules.”
Christ was, and is a Revolutionary. As He explained to Nicodemus in John 3:17-18
“For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”
Therefore, have faith in His forgiveness, accept the free gift of grace, and follow Him. For Christ has died and Christ has risen, and Christ will come again. That is the “adventus” (the coming) we are preparing for now!

Lord Jesus, we thank you again for your amazing and perfect love that wiped away all our sin. Thank you for paying our debt of sin. Thank you that we now have eternal life with you. Thank you for being a revolutionary. Help us to share our faith with others so that they too can see the glory of your amazing and wonderful forgiveness. We pray all these things in Jesus Most Precious Name Amen…

Shalom Blessings and Press In and Press On!