A fresh
look at an old book – Romans
Chapters
1 to 6
The
people then and now are bound by the culture they live in. So many see no need
or hope of change.
This is
why the Gospel is so special. It can
lift people out of the culture of idol worship. It can set people free
from the deception of humanistic enlightenment. The good news breaks the chains
of religion and reconnects them to the
one true and living God.
How does
God bring back people to Himself? By religion
– no. by education – no. by
commerce – no. by force – no.
Reconciliation
to God is by a person – the Lord Jesus Christ.
God
could clearly see from history and the heart of humans that reformation and
religion doesn't work. So He sent into
the world His own Son. Through faith in
Him, Jesus Christ the Lord, God achieves so much for us.
1 Forgiveness of sins (so many sins listed,
that offend the holiness of God).
2 Justification before God (declared right
with God because Jesus Christ died for those sins).
3 Accepted by God ( The love of God triumphing
over our unworthiness).
4 Granted the gift of eternal life ( The
grace of God putting the believer into the family of God).
That
brief summary of Romans chapters 1-6, shows what a wonderful Lord God that we
have.
Maybe we
should all pause and ponder – are we reconciled to God? Do we have eternal life?
John the
Apostle put it so clearly:
"He
that has the SON has life, he that has not the SON does not have life." 1
John 5
JRM
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