Key Verse: "(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified." - Romans 2:13 KJV
Paul now moves from the problem of judging others to a deeper problem: religious appearance without inward obedience. The Jewish people had been entrusted with the law of God. They had God's commandments. They had the Scriptures. They knew what God required.
Key Verse: "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things." - Romans 2:1 KJV
Romans 1 gave us a sobering description of humanity's rebellion against God. But as Paul begins Romans 2, he turns his attention toward another kind of sinner—the person who looks at the sins of others and assumes that he is therefore righteous. Paul says: “Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest.”
Key Verse: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;" - Romans 1:18 KJV
After declaring the wonderful news that the gospel is “the power of God unto salvation,” Paul now explains why salvation is necessary. The answer is sin. Romans 1 presents a sobering picture of humanity's rejection of God. Paul says that God's wrath is revealed against “all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.”
Key Verse: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." - Romans 1:16 KJV
The book of Romans begins with a powerful declaration about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul introduces himself as “a servant of Jesus Christ” and immediately identifies the message he has been called to proclaim: “the gospel of God.” The word gospel means good news.
Key Verse: "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." - Acts 1:8 KJV
The book of Acts may have ended, but the mission Jesus gave His followers did not. The apostles had witnessed the resurrection of Christ. They had received the Holy Ghost. They had preached in Jerusalem, endured persecution, crossed cultural boundaries, and carried the gospel farther and farther into the world. And now the responsibility of being Christ's witnesses continues with every generation of believers.
Key Verse: "Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him." - Acts 28:31KJV
At last, Paul arrived in Rome. It had been a long and difficult journey. He had been beaten, imprisoned, falsely accused, threatened, shipwrecked, and bitten by a poisonous snake. Yet through every circumstance, God had preserved him and brought him exactly where He had promised he would go. But Paul did not arrive in Rome as a free man. He arrived as a prisoner.
Key Verse: "And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita." - Acts 28:1 KJV
Paul and everyone aboard the ship have survived the terrible storm and shipwreck, just as God promised. They discover that they have reached the island of Melita, commonly identified with Malta. The people of the island show remarkable kindness to the shipwreck survivors. They build a fire to warm them from the rain and cold. Paul, rather than simply standing by, gathers sticks for the fire. Then something unexpected happens.
Bible Reading: Romans 2:13-29 KJV Key Verse: " (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law sha...
