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Send us Fan Mail The first 11 chapters of Romans has been an outstanding presentation of great theology. Paul has laid out before us the great doctrine of salvation. Where would we be without God's great doctrine of salvation. He concludes this great doctrine with a doxology. A hymn of praise that he simply could not contain. But Paul does not stop there, nor should we. Paul immediately moves...

Send us Fan Mail Paul comes to the end of his great treatise on the doctrine of salvation. God has taken this brilliant, well educated, skilled man and anointed him to put in writing for the entire world God's great gift of salvation. A gift available to all mankind through the amazing sacrifice of His only begotten Son Jesus.  The theology presented by Paul is overwhelming and outstanding. P...

Send us Fan Mail As we began our last study in chapter 11, Paul made it quite clear that God had not permanently cast away His chosen people, Israel. Paul now continues in chapter 11 establishing that Israel has not stumbled and fallen beyond recovery. Paul's answer is firm. Israel has absolutely not fallen beyond recovery. God has elected Israel. In spite of their current rejection of Jesus...

Send us Fan Mail As we begin chapter 11, Paul makes his final transition concerning God's faithfulness to Israel. He does so by asking rhetorically, "has God cast away His people." The manner in which Paul asked this question was to elicit a negative reply. To ensure there is no misunderstanding concerning the fact that God has not cast away Israel, Paul answers with his familiar af...

Send us Fan Mail In our last study, Paul transitioned from Israel's past election to their present rejection of their Messiah. He transitioned from the sovereignty of God displayed in His Divine election to the human responsibility of responding to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul declared that the gospel is near, accessible and simple. He declared that if you confess with your mouth the Lord...

Send us Fan Mail We continue to look at three critical chapters in the middle of Romans, chapters 9-11. In these chapters Paul will clearly establish that God's promises to Israel are indeed valid and will be fulfilled exactly. Paul makes the case by showing us Israel's past election, their present rejection and their future restoration. In the past few studies, we have looked at their p...

Send us Fan Mail This week we continue our critical our study in chapters 9-11, a continuation on the doctrine of salvation. Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, has brilliantly declared to us the gospel of Jesus Christ, the power of God unto salvation. Yet a question looms. What about Israel? According to the scriptures, God has made tremendous and undeniable promises to Israel. Promises that are u...

Send us Fan Mail As we begin the next three chapters, it may appear as though we are making an abrupt turn. Yet we are not. The next three chapters are a critical continuation on the doctrine of salvation. So critical, that a failure to fully grasp chapters 9-11 actually lessens the greatness of what we have learned up to this point. Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, has brilliantly declared to u...

Send us Fan Mail Paul is writing to those that have been justified, are in the process of being sanctified and will with absolute certainty be glorified. In our last study we looked at how God is working all things together for good for those who love Him. The idea of working all things together is for our eternal good. It is a working together that is preparing us for eternity. In this study we w...

Send us Fan Mail Paul makes it clear that when we are living in the victory of Christ, persecution, tribulation and suffering will come to us at unexpected times, in unexpected ways and from those we so often expect the least. Living in the victory of Christ does not always appear to be a life of victory. In light of this, Paul first wants us to know that the sufferings of this present time are no...

Send us Fan Mail Paul encouragingly reminds us that we are not in the flesh but we, who have been justified freely by His grace through redemption that is in Christ Jesus, are in the Spirit. The instant we gave our lives to Christ, we were indwelt and sealed with the Holy Spirit. We are now debtors to the Spirit and thus are to live according to the Spirit putting to death the deeds of the flesh....

Send us Fan Mail In this passage , Paul speaks personally and with deep emotion. He is expressing to us his personal struggle with trying to live the sanctified life according to the law, in his own power. As Paul speaks to us in this passage, he does so in the present tense first person singular. What Paul says here is personal and transparent. It is the required lesson that every born again Chri...

Send us Fan Mail Romans chapter 8 opens with some of the most beautiful words in all of scripture. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.  Paul who only moments before cried out, "O wretched man that I am, who will deliver me?" Paul had exerted every ounce of energy that he had to live a godly life in Christ Jesus. Yet he, like all of us, failed with imp...

Send us Fan Mail Paul has firmly established the amazing fact that we have been justified freely, without cause, by God's grace alone and now have complete redemption in Christ Jesus. In the previous chapter he began the transition into the sanctified life of the believer. Knowing that we have been marvelously justified in Christ must impact the way we live for Christ. The sanctified life sho...

Send us Fan Mail Paul began his discussion on sanctification by making it crystal clear that in order to live the victorious Christian life that we have all been called to, we must be dead to sin. Paul made it perfectly clear that habitual sin in the life of a person that has been justified is out of the question. Being under grace does not give us license to sin habitually.  Now he will establish...

Send us Fan Mail Paul has firmly established our justification by faith alone in Christ alone. The amazing fact that we have been justified freely, without cause, by God's grace alone and now have complete redemption in Christ Jesus.  Paul now transitions into the sanctified life of the believer. Knowing that we have been marvelously justified in Christ, how does it impact the way we live for...

Send us Fan Mail Paul continues on with the blessings we have as a result of our justification by faith alone in Christ alone. We shall be saved by wrath through Him. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are not appointed to wrath. Much more, because we have been reconciled, we will be saved by His life. This gives us great cause to rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Paul now wraps up his c...

Send us Fan Mail In our last study, Paul began to present to his readers, justification by faith in Christ. In these first few verses Paul defined justification by faith. He presented to his readers the heart of the gospel. We are justified freely by His grace through redemption that is in Christ Jesus. The gospel of Jesus Christ leaves no room for boasting. Man is not justified by the law or work...

Send us Fan Mail Paul continues to build his case of justification by faith alone in Christ alone. He now shows, according to the scriptures, that justification is by faith apart from the law. God's original promise given to Abraham and his seed, was not given through the law but through the righteousness of faith. Paul presents to his readers then and to us today that the same righteousness...

Send us Fan Mail Paul has brilliantly presented his case, according to the scriptures, that justification is by faith alone in Christ alone. He now lays out before us the wonderful results of justification by faith alone in Christ alone. Our justification by faith provides us with incredible blessings from God that we can enjoy here and now. We have peace with God. We have access to God anytime an...

Send us Fan Mail Paul now concludes his indictment against all of humanity. From the depraved pagan to the moralist to the religious Jew, the final verdict is in. The whole world is guilty before God.  Mankind is completely helpless and hopeless to his wretched, sinful condition. On one hand this is the worst place a person can be, yet on the other hand it is the only place where a person can trul...

Send us Fan Mail Paul transitions with two simple but powerful words, "but now." "But now" would have no meaning apart the pitch-black darkness of looming sin that blocks out any possibility of hope. It is at this darkest of moments as a guilty world stands before the awful wrath and judgement of God that Paul now makes his transition. Paul will now reveal God's righteousn...

Send us Fan Mail Paul's introductory statement now complete; he wastes no time as he presents to his readers the thesis statement of the entire letter. Here before us, in these two verses, are all the great ideas that will be spoken of in great detail throughout this amazing letter. Contact Paul at Luke962theway@gmail.com Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Su...

Send us Fan Mail From Romans 1:18 through 3:20, Paul will bring all of humanity into the court room of God showing unquestionably that the whole world is guilty before a Holy God. He will show that God's condemnation rest upon all of humanity because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. In this study we will look at the wrath of God revealed. We will how the universe and all...

Send us Fan Mail Paul has concluded his scathing condemnation of the grotesque, obviously immoral group of sinners. He now begins to build his case against the basically descent, moral, cultured, refined, educated, ethical and in some cases, the religious of society. This group of moralizers consider the sins of the previously mentioned group to be far worse than their own. However, these moralize...