Study for the book Romans

In the Book of Romans are found definitive statements concerning the transition from the Law of Moses to the grace of God in Christ.

Complete trust in the atonement made by the Lord Jesus is emphasized, and also the righteous personality and behaviour that genuine trust and faith always produce.

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. (Romans 6:13) By entering the crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus we are removed from the legal authority of the Law of Moses and are given access to the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit so we may be set free from the guilt and compulsion of sin.

Paul’s teaching concerning the transition from Moses to Christ is not understood by numerous believers. The present distortion of Paul’s teaching has destroyed the testimony and moral strength of the churches of our day.

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (Romans 6:16)

The believer who continues to sin will die spiritually.

The wages earned by the sinning Christian is spiritual death!

The Book of Romans contains what probably are the strongest statements to be made by Paul—perhaps the strongest statements in all Scripture—concerning Divine foreknowledge, predestination, and calling.

A firm grasp on the concept of Divine calling is necessary if the saint is to understand the majesty of God, and to cease from his own works and enter the rest of God.

Divine foreknowledge and election do not, if understood properly, cause passivity or a deadening sense of inevitability in the saint.

However, the calling of Abraham and the nation of Israel cannot be grasped apart from the concept of Divine election, nor can the creation of the Body of Christ.

The olive tree, once the possession of the physical people and land of Israel, passed to a remnant of Jews and Gentiles.

In the last days the olive tree (Christ) will return to the physical land and people of Israel and they will be born again of the Spirit of God.

Study for the book Romans

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