Christ’s Obedience Brings Righteousness (5:18-21) Paul returns to the thought that he began in verse 12 about the source of humanity’s sinful nature...
Category - The Book of Romans
The Nature of Christ’s Gift (5:15-17) Paul is bridging the gap between verses 14 and 15 when he goes on to explain that the effect of Adam’s sin was so...
Guilty in Adam (5:12) Paul’s language here sounds like a doctor’s description of the spread of a disease. Adam was the first to have the problem and as he...
We Have Life! (5:9-11) Paul shares with us another benefit of being in relationship with Christ. We are declared righteous by the blood of Jesus. This is an...
Our Great Weakness (5:6) After giving us a brief lesson about perspective we move into a short discussion about the condition of the lost soul. He describes...
Peace With God (5:1) Paul begins chapter 5 with a word about the effect that all of chapter 4 implies to us now that we have become children of God. It is...
Salvation is a Simple thing, but it is not Easy(4:22-25) Paul concludes his defense of genuine faith by telling us why Abraham is a part of the story. Abraham...
The Content of Genuine Faith (4:17-21) What we find in the next few verses is what Abraham believed, what was the content of his faith, that was counted to him...
Who Do You Trust? (Romans 4:13-16) The reason that Abraham received the inheritance of being the father of many nations and the reason that his children also...
The Seal of Righteousness (Romans 4:9-11a) What was the purpose for all of that has transpired thus far in Abraham’s life? Why did God go through all of...


