Thursday, February 20, 2014

Romans


This week, we studied Romans with Chad Hampsch. What an amazing teacher! The insight I gained was eye opening. Let me tell you a little bit about it…
Romans is all about he righteousness of God revealed; in the person of Jesus Christ. Paul is writing after his 3rd missionary journey, somewhere around 57 AD. Written after Christ has died, approximately 2 years later.   Paul does not appear to be correcting false theology; instead, He is sharing the fullness of the gospel.  Chapters1-7 mentions the Holy Spirit twice, while chapter 8 mentions the Holy Spirit 20 times! Chapter 8: AMAZING!

It appears that Paul's primary goal is to take a financial gift back to Jerusalem. The gift is from a group of Jewish believers, being given to a group of Gentile believers. Paul’s mission is to take the gospel to where it has not been preached (10/40 window).

We were able to go verse by verse, digging in to what Paul said and meant.

Simply said, I can't wait for him to teach again.

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