Romans 1 to 3
The more I read, the more I get from it. Each time I take a deep dive, it’s like coming across pearls of great value. After the exercise over a few weeks, I am laying them down on the mat on a table for you to glean. Since I feel generous today, you can take the one you like!
Some life questions answered in this blog post include these.
What kind of a man does God praise?
What is the Gospel?
Is it necessary to study the Bible, retain the knowledge?
How does one end up having a depraved mind?
What leads to repentance?
What kind of a person will God give eternal life?
How does one become righteous? What’s the purpose of law?
What kind of a man does God praise?
Can circumcision be considered to be only outward and physical?
Romans 2:28, 29
NIV: A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.
What is the Gospel?
Romans 1:16 to 17
NIV: For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. In the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
Is it necessary to study the Bible, retain the knowledge?
How does one end up having a depraved mind?
Romans 1:28 to 32
Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
What leads to repentance?
Romans 2:4
NIV: Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
What kind of a person will God give eternal life?
Romans 2:7
NIV: To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
How does one become righteous? What’s the purpose of law?
Romans 3:20 to 23
Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
