Evaluating Your Spiritual Giftedness – Romans 12:3
Paul encourages us to evaluate our spiritual giftedness. Not for our own benefit. But for how has God equipped you to serve the body.
Romans
Studies from the epistle of Paul to the church at Rome
Be Transformed, Not Conformed – Romans 12:2
It is easy to conform to the culture you live in. But we are called to be transformed. To be different that the world. And to know God’s perfect will.
Who Can Condemn Those Christ Died For? – Romans 8:33-34
Who can condemn the ones for whom Christ died? Especially since the one who died for us is at the hand of the Father interceding for us.
The Wordless Groaning of the Holy Spirit – Romans 8:26-27
The Holy Spirit groans on my behalf, interceding with the Father on my behalf. My words are inadequate. But the Holy Spirit’s are not.
Waiting for Our Adoption As Children – Romans 8:23-25
As the whole creation groans in anticipation of the unveiling of God’s children, so the children themselves groan as we wait for our adoption.
The Whole Creation Is Groaning – Romans 8:19-22
At Christ’s return, when he comes for his chosen ones, the whole creation itself will be transformed and renewed. The groanings of the creation now are compared to childbirth. It will come to an end when God’s children are fully revealed. Until then, it suffers in anticipation.
There is No One Righteous, Not Even One – Romans 3:10-12
No one is good enough to be righteous in God’s sight. All of us have gone our own way. But we can experience his righteousness through Christ.
Pride: A Pathway to Foolishness – Romans 1:22-23
I believe that human pride is one of the causes that lead people to turn away from God; reveling in their own wisdom and understanding; and in the process becoming fools. Education and learning are wonderful things. Modern science is a great tool to help us to understand the creation around us. But when we put education or science on the throne, instead of God, we have done what Paul is expressing in Romans 1:22-23; claiming to be wise, but becoming fools.
Being Without Excuse – Romans 1:18-20
The creation itself bears witness to God’s power and majesty. And so men are without excuse when they deny the one true God.
The Gospel: the Power of God – Romans 1:16-17
The gospel is the good news about Jesus. About his atoning death and resurrection. But it is more than that. It is the power of God for the salvation of all who will believe its message, who entrust Jesus with their lives.
