Download Audio Instructions to both weak and strong Romans chapter 14, verses 1-12 Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who […]
Download Audio Romans chapter 13, verses 1 and 2 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do […]
Download Audio PART SEVEN Righteousness Practiced (chapter 12, verse 1 through chapter 15, verse 13) Beginning with chapter 12, Paul picks up a somewhat different emphasis in his letter to the Romans. There are some who tend to divide all of Paul’s letters into two parts, a “doctrinal” section followed by a “practical” section. These […]
Download Audio Warning to the Gentiles Romans chapter 11, verses 17-21 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider […]
Download Audio Romans chapter 10, verses 11-13 As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord […]
Download Audio Romans chapter 9, verse 19 One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?” Commentary It’s an impertinent question. It deserves—and gets—a sharp rebuke from the apostle. Curtly he says, in effect, “Mind your mouth, mister!” Romans chapter 9, verses 20 and 21 […]
Download Audio PART SIX God’s Righteousness in Dealing with “Israel” (chapter 9, verse 1 through chapter 11, verse 36) Paul closed chapter 8 with the firm assurance that nothing can separate the believer in Christ from God’s love. Christians may rest secure knowing that they are the objects of God’s loving care, chosen by him […]
Download Audio Romans chapter 8, verses 18-21 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the […]
Download Audio Romans chapter 7, verses 18-20 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not […]
Download Audio Freedom from the domination of the law In the section just completed, Paul urged the Romans, on the strength of their baptismal connection with Christ (chapter 6, verses 3-23), to consider themselves dead to sin and free from its slavery. In chapter 7 he will speak of a similar type of liberation—this time, […]