WHY WE SHOULD STUDY THE BOOK OF ROMANS One reason to study the book of Romans is found in 2 Timothy 2:15, which reads, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” It is very important for us to study the Scriptures. Reading the Scriptures is not merely a nice thing to do. It is not something we do simply to ease our conscience. Matthew 4:4 tells us, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” The Bible is a very big and broad book. If we simply read it through, not only will it take a long time, but it would be difficult to gain all the knowledge you desire on a particular subject. In order to
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In this day and age, with the completed Bible as our proof, we know that to be a true statement. There were many who witnessed Christ’s death, burial, and could see with their own eyes that He was risen, yet sadly, there are still many who fall to the wayside. Judas Iscariot was at Christ’s side, He knew that Jesus was the Son of God, and somehow he allowed himself to be led away from the path of righteousness. As a result, he betrayed the one he knew beyond the shadow of a doubt to be the Messiah of prophecy. We cannot afford to think of ourselves as being so high and mighty that we look down our noses at those people. As the Scriptures prove, we are only men. We may think within ourselves that we have all the faith in the world and that nothing or no one can shake our resolve. But just like Peter, sometimes we don’t truly know how strong we are until we are forced to undergo a trial by fire. No matter how good and upright we may think we are, we need to be nourished by God’s word. Without the influence of God’s divine righteousness, our fallible mortal spiritual compasses are not nearly sufficient enough to keep us on course. Only the divine standards of God can keep us on …show more content…
We may find our actions wholly acceptable, but the important thing we need to make certain before we even speak is, “Does God find my actions acceptable?” Trying to use human reasoning to justify our actions is like holding on to a hot coal. The longer we try to hold on to it, the more harm we do ourselves. If we make any judgments, or take any course of action; it should be done according to the truth and not out of any mere attempts to justify ourselves in the sight of man. It is the goodness of God that leads to repentance. When we have realized the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, we are truly grateful of what He has offered us. We should in no way attempt to use fear, coercion, psychology, or any type of manipulation in exchange for the gospel to force compliance on others. This does not take away from the justified fear of God’s wrath we should have, but we should not try to use our personalities or positions as instruments of fear. We are to fear God and His wrath, not our brethren. We are to treat our brethren as brethren, not as subjects or as children, but we are to esteem them more than
In this day and age, with the completed Bible as our proof, we know that to be a true statement. There were many who witnessed Christ’s death, burial, and could see with their own eyes that He was risen, yet sadly, there are still many who fall to the wayside. Judas Iscariot was at Christ’s side, He knew that Jesus was the Son of God, and somehow he allowed himself to be led away from the path of righteousness. As a result, he betrayed the one he knew beyond the shadow of a doubt to be the Messiah of prophecy. We cannot afford to think of ourselves as being so high and mighty that we look down our noses at those people. As the Scriptures prove, we are only men. We may think within ourselves that we have all the faith in the world and that nothing or no one can shake our resolve. But just like Peter, sometimes we don’t truly know how strong we are until we are forced to undergo a trial by fire. No matter how good and upright we may think we are, we need to be nourished by God’s word. Without the influence of God’s divine righteousness, our fallible mortal spiritual compasses are not nearly sufficient enough to keep us on course. Only the divine standards of God can keep us on …show more content…
We may find our actions wholly acceptable, but the important thing we need to make certain before we even speak is, “Does God find my actions acceptable?” Trying to use human reasoning to justify our actions is like holding on to a hot coal. The longer we try to hold on to it, the more harm we do ourselves. If we make any judgments, or take any course of action; it should be done according to the truth and not out of any mere attempts to justify ourselves in the sight of man. It is the goodness of God that leads to repentance. When we have realized the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, we are truly grateful of what He has offered us. We should in no way attempt to use fear, coercion, psychology, or any type of manipulation in exchange for the gospel to force compliance on others. This does not take away from the justified fear of God’s wrath we should have, but we should not try to use our personalities or positions as instruments of fear. We are to fear God and His wrath, not our brethren. We are to treat our brethren as brethren, not as subjects or as children, but we are to esteem them more than