Today marks a special day for me as I have finished blogging about the book of Romans. This past year has been an incredible joy as I have studied and written about these wonderful truths and have been brought into deeper understanding of grace through faith in Jesus. As subscribers to this blog, I pray that you also have experienced a quickening in your spirit that has changed your perspective on God's grace and mercy toward you in the person of Jesus Christ. I trust this revelation has changed your life.

Exploring Hebrews, the Bridge between the Old and the New
I am excited to announce that the next blog topic will be an in-depth look at the book of Hebrews. Most Christians I talk to, do not understand the differences between the Old and New Covenants and live somewhere between them, mixing and matching. However the differences between the two are much more than the one page in your Bible that separates them. The differences are vast. Understanding our covenant as New Testament believers is imperative to the health of your relationship with God.

The book of Hebrews is the bridge between the two covenants, explaining and showing us how Jesus fulfilled the types and shadows of the Old Covenant so that we can live under the new. I pray that you will continue this journey with me as we learn about our faithful high priest who lives to make intercession for us. We will also learn about total forgiveness, boldness in approaching God, faith and dwelling in a constant state of Sabbath rest as his chosen people. I know as you join me in this journey your heart, like mine, will be forever changed.

Starting in June
As such, I will be taking a small break to study the Word and prepare my heart to share with you. I will not be publishing for a few weeks so that I may get ready to write this new blog. Please join me in June for 'Exploring Hebrews, the Bridge between the Old and the New'

Thank you
Thank you so much for all of your emails, comments on blogs and your personal testimonials. The Lord has used each of you to inspire and encouragement me to continue writing each day. Words cannot express how grateful I am to you, my subscribers, who have joined with me in planting the Word in our hearts. May God richly bless you as you seek him, knowing that He promises to reveal himself to those who look. What an amazing promise to hold onto!

God Bless,
Juli Camarin

"Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him- to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen" (Romans 16:25-27)

This book is about grace, how Christ has made us right with God. Believing in Him and accepting this wonderful gift is the only thing it takes on our part. This is the amazing truth that Christ came to this earth to share. The gospel is God's message of love, mercy and grace in the person of Jesus Christ. It is the good news that was hidden in the ages past and unknown until Jesus came to earth, as a man, to show us the love of the Father.

Through this word and through the person of Jesus Christ, we can know and understand God in an intimate way. Paul started this letter by declaring that the gospel was the "power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes" ( Romans 1:16 ). So it is only fitting that as he closes this final chapter, he is reminding us that this proclamation of Christ was manifest so that "all nations might believe and obey him". The gospel truly is the power of God that can unwrite, all the wrong, ever done in this life. All we need to do is believe in Jesus and this unlocks the power of God for our eternal salvation.

I can imagine how the Apostle Paul felt as he finished up this amazing letter to the church in Rome. Knowing what it contained must have given him incredible pleasure. These wonderful truths had been recorded and plans were made to send it to the ends of the earth. He must have felt relief and joy knowing that the course of people's lives would be changed by reading these words and understanding the revelation of grace that he held onto. I wonder if he had a glimpse of the magnitude of impact this letter would have on the many people who have since read it. Did he know how many lives beyond his time and influence would be touched as he closed this letter with a wonderful exhortation to the only wise God and the glory of Jesus.

I can relate in a very small way to what Paul must have felt, as I have spent the past year of my life studying this incredible book. I have recounted the revelation which the Lord has given me in this blog.  I've received comments, emails and personal testimonies from my readers and have been blessed and encouraged by each one, knowing that these words, written by Paul, continue to bring freedom to everyone who reads and understands them.

As I close this chapter and finish this wonderful blog on the book of Romans I am forever changed by the grace I have been given through Jesus. I am so thankful that the Lord has chosen me to write this commentary. And now I commend you to this gospel of grace, that you may be rooted and established in it. May God's grace and mercy carry you through this life and equip you for the next. To God be the glory both now and forever, amen!