Romans – Half 4 – David Pawson
“Half 4. Sanctification: Chapter 6 – Chapter 8
A seven half sequence on the Letter to the Romans. Why would Paul write his longest letter to a church he had not based and even visited? This expositor believes the reply lies in its historical past, culminating in a serious disaster which may have cut up the entire church into two denominations. Initially Jewish (Acts 2:10–11), it quickly attracted Gentiles, who had been left on their very own when Claudius evicted all Jews (Acts 18:2). Of their absence a educating emerged which we now know as ‘Substitute Theology’, believing that God has rejected the Jews and turned as a substitute to the Christian Church as his chosen individuals on earth, a view which, alas, is now widespread.
Paul’s rigorously argued reply exhibits how a lot believing Jews and Gentiles have in frequent, each in sin and salvation, in flesh and Spirit. This strategy treats ‘Chapters 9–11’, (divisions by no means in his letter) as an integral a part of his enchantment, reaching its climax in a threefold problem to the vanity of the Gentile believers in Rome (11:18, 20, 25) in not warmly welcoming again into the fellowship the Jews who had been allowed to return beneath Nero. This ‘key’ unlocks the entire epistle, from the solemn warning that believers can lose their salvation (11:20–22) to the cautious instruction on methods to stay with ‘disputable issues’ equivalent to weight loss plan and days (14:1 – 15:13); and ends with so many instructions to greet one another with ‘a holy kiss’ (16:16). Nonetheless, as with most of Paul’s sensible counsel, all that is firmly rooted in sound ‘gospel’ theology.’ from the video introduction
