Book of Romans

    The links below are to an expository discovery study of the Epistle to the Romans. The text is show and questions are listed to help you think about the text and what it is saying.

    Paul had been ministering several years when he wrote the letter to the Christians in Rome. He did not know what they had been taught about Christianity. For this reason he sets forth in his letter to the Romans an orderly teaching about Christianity from beginning to end. Since he knew that Rome did not have a Jewish culture or religious belief, he bases his teaching on universal truths, such as he had used in his ministry with the gentile world.

    Paul teaches us the full extend of salvation, going beyond justification to sanctification and glorification to show how God deals with all the effects of sin in our lives and the world. The last part of the epistle deals with practical implementation of the truths he teaches in the first part of the book.

    We do not study Romans as a mere academic, intellectual or religious exercise. Paul says that the gospel that he teaches in Romans is the "power of God for the salvation" (Romans 1:16). For this reason we study Romans a living book that gives us power to possess salvation. A real comprehension of the book will takes us many time in prayer before God asking that he change our lives, attitudes and dedication before Him.

    The study will consist of a series of questions about each passage which will certainly lead to many questions, comments and often to delve into other areas of the Bible.

Stephen Searfoss