Posted on Feb 8, 2018 in Romans: A Walk From Condemnation To Grace |
Read Romans 2:1-16
Whenever we find ourselves feeling justifiably angry about someone’s sin, we should be careful. We need to speak out against sin, but we must do so in a spirit of humility. Often the sins we notice most clearly in others are the ones that have taken root in us. If we look closely at ourselves, we may find that we are committing the same sins in more socially acceptable forms. For example, a person who gossips may be very critical of others who gossip about him or her.
Posted on Feb 7, 2018 in Romans: A Walk From Condemnation To Grace |
Read Romans 1:18-32
Why is God angry at sinful people? Because they have substituted the truth about Him with a fantasy of their own imagination. They have stifled the truth God naturally reveals to all people in order to believe anything that supports their own self-centered life-styles. God cannot tolerate sin because His nature is morally perfect. He cannot ignore or condone willful rebellion. God wants to remove the sin and restore the sinner: and He is able to, as long as the sinner does not stubbornly reject the truth. But God shows His anger against those who persist in sinning. Make sure you are not pursuing a fantasy rather than the true God. Don’t surpass the truth about Him merely to protect your own life-style.
Posted on Feb 6, 2018 in Romans: A Walk From Condemnation To Grace |
Read Romans 1:8-17
Paul uses the phrase “I thank God through Jesus Christ” to emphasize the point that Christ is the one and only mediator between us and God. Through Christ, God sends His love and forgiveness to us; through Christ, we send our thanks to God (1 Timothy 2).
Posted on Feb 5, 2018 in Romans: A Walk From Condemnation To Grace |
Read Romans 1:1-7
Paul wrote this letter to the church in Rome. Neither he nor the other church leaders, James and Peter, had yet been to Rome. Most likely, the Roman church had been established by believers who had been at Jerusalem for Pentecost (Acts 2) and by travelers who had heard the Gospel in other places and had brought it back to Rome. Paul wrote the letter to the Romans during his ministry in Corinth to encourage the believers and to express his desire to visit them someday. The Roman church had no New Testament because the Gospels were not yet being circulated in their final written form. Thus, this letter may well have been the first piece of Christian literature the Roman believers had seen. Written to both Jewish and Gentile Christians, the letter to the Romans is a systematic presentation of the Christian faith.
