Romans 5:1-11 | Into the Courts of Heaven – Part II
Intro If a reader of this great letter stopped in the 4th chapter he would know of his need to be saved and he would know of the means of his salvation, but he wouldn’t know of the blessed benefits…
Romans 5:1-11 | Into the Courts of Heaven – Part I
Intro If a reader of this great letter stopped in the 4th chapter he would know of his need to be saved and he would know of the means of his salvation, but he wouldn’t know of the blessed benefits…
Romans 4:13-25 | An extraordinary God Waiting To Do The impossible For The Unworthy
Intro Paul has paraded before us Abraham and David as witnesses that God grants by unmerited favor, self-worth, and value apart from works. What makes Abraham all the more remarkable as an example of a man of faith is what…
Romans 4:1-12 | Worth Before Works
Intro The final 11 verses of chapter 3 must have blown the minds of the readers of Paul’s letter; “Self-worth, value, apart from doing or keeping anything?” Such teaching goes against all of human nature, against all religions and philosophies.…
Romans 3:21-31 | But Now
Intro After Paul’s assessment of the human condition, you can almost hear a sigh of relief. Paul has proved that all humans are sinners; now he explains how all sinners can be saved. In verse 21 God’s answer to man’s…
Romans 3:9-20 | We’re Bad; Good!
Intro You go in for a routine checkup and you think to yourself, “I’m in good shape, upright and mobile, know a lot of folks who can’t say that. Don’t drink, smoke, I exercise and watch my weight.” The Dr.…
Romans 3:1-8 | Feeling Alright; Not Feeling Too Good Myself – Part II
Intro In the movie “Fiddler on the Roof” Tevye asks God, “I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can’t You choose someone else?” Looking at the tragic history of the Jewish people it…
Romans 3:1-8 | Feeling Alright; Not Feeling Too Good Myself – Part I
Intro In the movie “Fiddler on the Roof” Tevye asks God, “I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can’t You choose someone else?” Looking at the tragic history of the Jewish people it…
Romans 2:17-29 | Like God, Like People?
Intro In verse 11 Paul wrote to the moralist that with God there is no respecter of persons, but the religious Jew would be thinking, “That is true with moral and immoral Gentiles but not when compared with religious Jews!”…
Romans 2:1-16 | Games People Play
Intro In chapter 1:18 Paul declared that the “wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men”. The moralist and the self-righteous would be quick to agree indicting the “obvious sinner”. In the 2nd chapter…