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Rom.1:18-3:20

The Threefold Case Against Humanity: No Defense and No Difference Scripture Reference: Rom.1:18-3:20 If you were to walk into a modern courtroom, you would expect to see a clear distinction between the career criminal and the upstanding citizen. We tend to view the world through these categories: the "bad" people who break the rules and the "good" people who try to keep them. In the opening chapters of Romans, the Apostle Paul acts as a divine prosecutor, calling three distinct groups to the stand to prove that, in the eyes of a Holy God, these categories offer no protection. The first group called to the stand is the Gentile world. Paul’s indictment here is based on the rejection of what we might call "General Revelation." He doesn't blame the Gentile for not knowing the Ten Commandments; he blames them for ignoring the sky. When a man looks at the vast complexity of the stars or the intricate design of a leaf and concludes there is no God, or decides...
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Rom.1:1-17

Unlocking the Power of the Gospel Scripture Reference: Rom.1:1-17 Imagine standing in the center of the Roman Forum during the first century. Everything around you screams human achievement—massive stone pillars, intricate carvings, and the sheer weight of imperial authority. To the Roman mind, power was measured by how many legions you commanded or how much land you had conquered. It was a world of "doing" and "earning." Into this environment, a man who had never visited their city sends a letter that completely flips their understanding of power on its head. Paul begins his letter to the Romans not with a list of his own credentials or a set of new rules to follow, but by pointing directly to a person: Jesus Christ. He describes himself as a servant, a word his readers would have recognized as someone completely devoted to the will of another. Yet, he carries a message of such weight that he calls it "the power of God." When we think of power, we often t...
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