Romans 5:1-11 demonstrates that, far from being a lesser justification, fake justification, justification by faith is far superior to any status we might ever have earned for ourselves. Justification is not just the satisfaction of our legal responsibilities, it is also … We boast in God…
To demonstrate the deep roots of this gospel of justification by faith, Paul takes us to the very beginning of God’s work to bless – to Abraham, “the father of us all” (Rom 4:16). He takes the received wisdom of the Jewish believers and goes about:
Romans 3:21 is the turning point, the thing that changes everything, where Paul introduces us to …
In Romans 3:1-20 Paul is bringing the first section of his letter to a close, asking a series of rhetorical questions to drive home the point that we have fundamentally missed the point of the Law. no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law…
In Romans 2:17-29 Paul makes a personal challenge to those resting on their inherited advantages and reminds them that,
In Romans 2 Paul turns from the condition of all humanity, to the specific dangers that those who have been forgiven are prone to.
In Romans 1:18-32 we find the first elements of Paul’s argument for salvation by faith alone. But he begins in a very shocking and disturbing way, he begins with wrath. Before the gospel can be about demonstrating God’s love it must first be about God’s wrath – what to do with the furious, devastating, and…
Paul has many important, and weighty, things to say to the believers in Rome, but before he says any of them he has something that he needs to say first
Before delving into the glorious detail of Paul’s letters to the Romans it’s important to take our bearings and consider: