Do you feel that things in this world are not as they ought to be? Does that frustrate you? Why is that? And where do we look for Hope and assurance of a better future?
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Because Jesus gives abounding Grace, we are then united to him in his death, burial, and resurrection by faith. This is astounding and confusing!
As Paul begins to draw out the implications of being Justified by Faith, he first focuses on the fact that we are now at Peace with God
After Paul’s Gospel introduction, he sends us into a full-scale diagnosis of the human condition… and it is difficult to hear. Mankind is deeply distorted and sinful, and God will not sit idly by while his creation is subjected to ruin. Rather, he enters in with wrath against sin…
As Romans begins, Paul seeks to help us be rooted and grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, seeing that Faith in Christ alone can make us right before God.
When we confess that we believe in the Holy Spirit, what are we saying that we truly believe about the Spirit? What is the Spirits work and ministry, and how does that help us understand the gospel?
Christ has promised to return as Judge. That is a scary prospect… but is filled with Gospel Hope!
