Paul now appeals to our Spiritual Fathers – Abraham and David – to illustrate that we are justified by faith and faith alone.
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What Paul writes here has been described as “the most important paragraph ever written” … and off the weight of the first few chapters of Romans we can see why! Hope, Redemption, Atonement, Righteousness! All freely offered to us through Faith!
Our situation is desperate — and in this section Paul lays bare just how lost we are. This is the height our need, the darkness just before the dawn…
Continuing on with Paul’s argument against external “religion,” we see that God’s focus is on the state of our hearts.
As we turn to Romans 2, Paul turns his attention to another audience: the “religious” person.
As we conclude our series on the Apostles’ Creed, we finish the story with the end of the Gospel story – the resurrection of our bodies, and life everlasting. What will eternity even be like, and how are we to live now in light of our future glory?
Called “the heartbeat of our hope,” forgiveness of sins IS the good news of the gospel. Even though it’s for our benefit, it’s very God-centered, because it’s rooted in God’s compassion, it’s based on God’s justice, and it’s given by God’s grace.
Now that we’ve finished looking at the Triune God, it makes sense that the first way our faith plays itself out is through the Church. What is the holy, universal church, and what is our role in the communion of saints?
The cross and true death of Christ are at the center of our faith. In this dark place is where we find Hope!
This week we look at the miraculous circumstances around the birth of Jesus and what they mean for our faith
