Romans… the book of gospel basics…

The Roman church was not founded by Paul…
he desperately wanted to visit…
but the time had not yet come…

Since he couldn’t visit… he wrote a letter…
and I believe we see in this letter…
what Paul taught… regarding the gospel…
at every church he ever founded…

Because he didn’t establish this church…
and couldn’t visit them personally…
he wrote a detailed letter of gospel basics…
speaking to both Jews and Gentiles… who made up this congregation…

It’s a book worth spending some time in…
Paul teaches on the power of the law… vs the power of the Spirit…
God’s work in sending Jesus to fulfill the law… made the way for righteousness…
something we were wholly unable to do…

Paul teaches about the faith required to be saved…
it’s not about the flesh… your birth lineage…
but about your faith… your spiritual lineage…
it’s about God’s grace… mercy…

In Christ we are set free from the law of sin and death…
to live by the law of the Spirit of life…
and Paul provides ample instruction for what that looks like…

But the fuel that is to fire us up is the Holy Spirit…
and the verse which caught my attention this week…
reading in the Amplified… is found in chapter 12…