Tag: Romans

Romans 10 The Jews were so busy trying to establish their own righteousness that they failed to learn about and comprehend the righteousness of God. An understanding of God’s righteousness is key to understanding how we can become righteous.

Romans 9 “They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.” Paul is telling the people of Israel that the promises come to those and through those who choose to keep the covenants made by and with God.…

Romans 7 – 8 This is again like the chapters yesterday—either Paul is attempting to explain an idea that he has not been able to fully articulate our else there are some cultural understandings behind his wording that I don’t comprehend. It gets much clearer starting in verse 14 of chapter 8 where he begins…

Romans 5 – 6 I can understand how people reading these words of Paul might mistakenly think that because faith in Christ can bring salvation (where our own works alone never could no matter how good those works are) that good works are merely icing on the came of faith. The truth is that any…

Romans 4 I don’t find Paul’s explanation of the preeminence of faith over works to be very clear. I understand his position and I agree but I don’t feel that he said it well here. Faith in Christ is what opens the door of salvation to us but our faith will be manifest in our…

Romans 3 After arguing that physical circumcision is unnecessary compared to living a life consistent with the covenant of circumcision Paul now explains that those who we circumcised at birth still enjoy many spiritual advantages over those who weren’t because they were raised with the gospel in their lives rather than having to wander through…

Romans 2 Paul illustrates the difference between promises made and covenants lived using the law of circumcision because that was a law that the Jews had been taught as a symbol of a condenser with God but the leaders of the church had determined that the gentiles only had to live according to the covenant…

Romans 1 I like the description of a apostle as being “separated unto the gospel of God.” That is the reason that we use church funds to provide for the apostles when needed. (I don’t know if they give whatever they have to the church and then the church pays for their needs or whether…