This bears repeating—“Therefore”...in light of all these things...“since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ has done for us.”This is a...  Read More

Abraham’s life story is amazing. Genesis 12–25 gives the account of his life, which is packed with tremendous testimonies of the faith he walked in with God. He believed what God told him, and God hon...  Read More

I am not sure about you, but going through Romans piece by piece like this has really helped me see Paul’s argument much more clearly. This is the beauty of Scripture and the revelation brought by the...  Read More

What an interesting question Paul introduces: “Was he (Abraham) counted as righteous only after he was circumcised, or was it before he was circumcised?”That adds another wrinkle to a law-and-works th...  Read More

Abraham Believed God“Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”I can’t tell you how many times I have read these words yet not fully understood their connection or i...  Read More

Many have a tough time with this part of the argument. It is almost too good to be true, so instead, we keep trying to earn our way to heaven. Yet if we could have been good enough, Jesus would not ha...  Read More

“But now…” This is where Paul turns the argument from the problem to the answer. We had to understand the problem in order to receive the answer. We needed to understand our lost state before God befo...  Read More

Paul’s argument is coming to a head here, where he is showing that neither Jew nor Gentile can keep all the requirements of the Law, for we all fall short of its glorious standard. Yet he lets us in o...  Read More

Thank God for the Jewish people! Without them, we would not have the written record of their journey through history and the revelation of God through them. I have heard it said that one of the reason...  Read More

Circumcision was considered a sign and seal of the Old Covenant. It identified the Israelites as God’s set-apart people. However, being circumcised, even as an act of obedience, did not save them. In ...  Read More

This goes back to what was said in yesterday’s post—it is sin to know what to do and choose not to do it. Put more simply, we are accountable for what we know, and with greater knowledge comes greater...  Read More

In the opening chapters of Romans, Paul is clearly making the case for our lost state before God without Jesus. Both Jew and Gentile share the same fate apart from Christ. Even though the Gentiles did...  Read More