Romans 1:18—3:20 WHEN GOD GIVES UP As we learned last week, God still induces wrath on the world today. We learned last week also that he will allow his people to use their free will and experience the consequences of their decisions. Verse 18 can be viewed as the opening of a courtroom setting where…
Romans 1:18-23 Gave it all away For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible…
Romans 1:8-15 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s…
This week in our Romans study we bump up against a cultural statement that we just don’t always fully understand. The following section is expanded from Matthew Henry’s commentary and some material from Wikipedia on Hellenistic Greeks. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians,[a] both to the wise and to the foolish…
Romans Chapter 1, verses 1-7 These first seven verses form the longest introduction of any of Paul’s letters. He was trying to introduce himself and his theology to a church who did not know him personally and may have even heard negative information about him. From this opening section we can see something that makes…
Romans Introduction The church in Rome was a testimony to God’s power, it had flourished despite the obstacles posed by the surrounding pagan culture. Yet these believers were not perfect; in fact, they had some serious problems. Though they were well established in their faith, their convictions and unity as a group were threatened by…
We have heard the term maybe before, and like many, we just nod our head and pretend that we know what the word means. Let us not be confused or be deceivers of our own walk. Here are some of the facts and a sample. Septuagint – What is It? Septuagint (sometimes abbreviated LXX) is…
It was along this shore around 52 or 53 AD that a lady named female deacon of the church, named Phoebe, took a manuscript from the Apostle Paul and headed out to see with the intentions of delivering the valuable letter to the Roman Empire. (See Romans 16:1-2) It was from this same harbor that Paul…
We know of the act on the cross where Jesus declared. “It is finished”. Then we read about all the acts of the apostles and we learn about all the things we are supposed to do and how we are to make disciples, be fishers of men. Do this, do that and we just seem…
Jesus did not come and die on the cross and intend for us to accept eternal salvation with Him and then sit and hide on the porch, working to not sin any more. He came and died that we would be forgiven and grant us the authority of heaven by being adopted. He forgave us…