THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 5:1-11 THE RESULTS OF JUSTIFICATION Verse 1 “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…” Being justified by faith alone, God imputes to us a righteousness that grants us a right-standing with Him. Paul, having declared our having been justified by [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 4:13-25 THE TWO SEEDS OF ABRAHAM AND THEIR DISTINCT INHERITANCES In Chapter 4, Paul has been using quotes from Genesis Chapters 15 & 17 to teach on Abraham’s Covenants and on his faith. He continues in verse 13… (VERSE 13)“For the promise, that he should be the heir [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 4:1-13 GOD BEGINS TO RE-ESTABLISH THE LOST PART OF HIS KINGDOM... AND THAT, THROUGH ABRAHAM First, as we have noted before, the initial purpose of Paul’s Letter to all the beloved of God, called (to be) saints at Rome, is that he intends to settle disputes among the [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 3:20-31 THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL OF GOD These verses (Romans 3:20-31) are often incorrectly referred to as the heart of the Gospel of God. They speak to God’s gift of Justification with eternal life through Jesus the Christ. Correctly understood, these verses are foundational to the Gospel [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 2:1 - 3:20 THE DISCOVERY OF SIN AND GOD'S WRATH God told Jeremiah to go down to the potter's house. (Read Jeremiah 18:2-12). There he observed a potter who was forming a lump of clay into a beautiful vessel. But the clay would not cooperate with the Potter, [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 1:18-31 THE GOOD NEWS - THE WRATH OF GOD IS REVEALED Let us keep in mind that in the first 3 chapters, Paul was shaping the Roman Believers’ understanding that both Gentiles and Jews are on the same ground with God in the New Testament. It was generally [...]
THE BOOK OF ROMANS CHAPTER 1:1-17 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD Paul’s Introduction Interestingly we have just completed our study of the Book of Hebrews, a Book addressed to Jewish Christians, and now we have begun a study on the Book of Romans, a Book addressed primarily to Gentile Christians (verse 13). The salutation [...]
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS THE BOOK OF ROMANS Paul had not yet been to Rome. He wrote the Letter from Corinth, Greece. A woman from Corinth named Phoebe hand delivered it to the Church in Rome. Why did Paul write this Letter? (Besides the obvious reason of the prompting of the [...]
CONTRASTING THE GOSPEL OF GRACE WITH THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM THE BOOK OF ROMANS (An introduction/preface to our forthcoming study on the Book of Romans) THE NEW TESTAMENT, referred to as the Gospel (good news) answers to the Old Testament. It is made up of 27 separate accounts of Jesus the Christ’s [...]
HEBREWS 12:25-29 The Holy Spirit calls the Hebrew Christians to come completely out of Judaism. Out from Temple participation, out from its services, its feasts, its earthly blessings, even out from its City (Revelation 11:8). The out calling for modern day Christians can be also found in these passages and Book, but not so obvious. [...]
