Paul had not himself founded the church at Rome. It was a mixed community in which there was a danger that Jewish and non-Jewish converts might look down on each other and Paul, before visiting the church, sent this considered examination of how Judaism and Christianity were related to one another, using the ideas which he had developed in the Galatians crisis and further refining them. In both these letters we can see Paul correcting the unbalance of the Greek outlook which relied too exclusively on human reasons just as in earlier letters he had corrected the unbalance of the Jewish outlook which relied too heavily on the Law.
ROMANS - (1) Address - Thanksgiving and prayer - Salvation By Faith - Justification - The theme stated - God's anger against the pagans - The Jews are not exempt from God's anger - The Law will not save them - Circumcision will not save them - God's promises will not save them - All are guilty - Chapter 1 to 3 - (2) Faith and the Justice of God - The revelation of God's justice - What faith does - Chapter 3 - (3) The Example of Abraham - Abraham justified by faith - Justified before circumcision - Not justified by obedience to the Law - Abraham's faith, a model of Christian faith - Chapter 4 - (4) Salvation - Faith guarantees salvation - Chapter 5 - (5) Deliverance from sin and Death and Law - Adam and Jesus Christ - Baptism - Holiness, not sin, to be the master - The Christian is freed from the slavery of sin - The reward of sin and the reward of holiness - The Christian is not bound by the Law - The function of the Law - The inner struggle - Chapter 5 to 7 -
(6) The Christian's Spiritual Life - The life of the spirit - Children of God - Glory as our destiny - God has called us to share his glory - A hymn to God's love - Chapter 8 - (7) The Place of Israel - The privileges of Israel - God has kept his promise - God is not unjust - All has been foretold in the Old Testament - Israel fails to see that it is God who makes us holy - The testimony of Moses - Israel has no excuse - The remnant of Israel - The Jews to be restored in the future - The Jews are still the chosen people - The conversion of the Jews - A hymn to God's mercy and wisdom - Chapter 9 to 12 - (8) Exhortation - Spiritual worship - Humility and charity - Charity to everyone, including enemies - Submission to civil authority - Love and law - Children of the light - Charity towards the scrupulous - An appeal for unity - Chapter 13 to 15 - (9) Epilogue - Paul's ministry - Paul's plans - Greetings and good wishes - A warning and first postscript - Last greetings and second postscript - Doxology - Chapter 15 to 16 -
In summary : An explanation of the Christian faith, charity and humility for both the Jews and Gentiles, addressed to the church at Rome.
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I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-25 -
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