As Paul begins his epistle to the Romans, he tells these Christians he has never met that he has always been eager to visit Rome and spread the Gospel there. The reason, he says, is that he is unashamed of the Gospel (Rom 1:16) because the Gospel is how God saves those who believe (have faith).
In the Gospel God has revealed a way to be right with him--- and that way is faith, from beginning to end (Rom 1:17). "The one who is justified by faith will live." Paul goes on to unpack these simple statements in the next several chapters: the wrath of God that has been revealed and how God can be just and the Justifier because of the Person and Work of Jesus Christ.
The world seems to think that everybody's "way to God" will somehow converge in the end and work out. But the Bible clearly says that God has revealed the way to be right with him: faith in Jesus Christ. Those who do not put their trust in God will suffer the wrath that God has also revealed. They will stand, speechless, accountable to God for rejecting his Gospel.
In the Gospel God has revealed a way to be right with him--- and that way is faith, from beginning to end (Rom 1:17). "The one who is justified by faith will live." Paul goes on to unpack these simple statements in the next several chapters: the wrath of God that has been revealed and how God can be just and the Justifier because of the Person and Work of Jesus Christ.
The world seems to think that everybody's "way to God" will somehow converge in the end and work out. But the Bible clearly says that God has revealed the way to be right with him: faith in Jesus Christ. Those who do not put their trust in God will suffer the wrath that God has also revealed. They will stand, speechless, accountable to God for rejecting his Gospel.
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