The apostle Paul was once a proud, male Jew and a Pharisee who strictly observed the Law of Moses. Male Jews were granted an honoured privilege as far as access into the Temple in Jerusalem under the old covenant was concerned – but it is evident that such privilege and responsibility unfortunately led to self-righteous […]
Romans Chapter fifteen
VERSES 1-4 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please his neighbour for his good, to build him up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on […]
Romans Chapter fourteen
VERSES 1-4 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. 2 One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not […]
Romans Chapter twelve
VERSE 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands, so that the LORD will turn from his fierce anger; he will show you mercy, […]
Romans Chapter eleven
VERSES 1-6 I ask then: Did God reject his people? Why does Paul, at this point in his letter, pose the question: Did God reject his people? Paul went to great lengths to explain in the previous chapters that all people, whether Jew or gentile, were slaves to sin – and that the Law did […]
Romans Chapter ten
VERSES 1-4 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, […]
Romans Chapter nine
VERSES 1-4 I speak the truth in Christ–I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit– 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, 4 the people […]
Romans Chapter eight
VERSES 1-4 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by […]
Romans – a midway synopsis (after chapter 8)
At this stage of our study of Romans from chapter 1 to 8, I have decided to give a synopsis to illustrate its unified message which is consistent from chapter 1 through to chapter 16, (before we continue with the next chapters 9 to 11. My reason for this unified synopsis is because there are […]