Category: romans
Adam vs. Christ & Baptism in Romans
In Romans 5:12-21, Paul explains how sin entered the world through Adam, and was overcome by Jesus. Paul begins by explaining that sin entered the world through Adam. In Genesis chapter 3, Eve falls into the temptation of the serpent, however, Adam is to blame because he allowed Eve to do it. This one sin… Continue reading Adam vs. Christ & Baptism in Romans
Justified through Faith
In Romans 4, Paul uses the story of Abraham to support his belief on justification through faith. Paul believes that salvation is only attained by faith, and not through works. He emphasizes the importance of faith in the story of Abraham, and how it relates to the promise that was given to Abraham. As Paul… Continue reading Justified through Faith
Adam and Christ in Romans
In Romans chapter 5, Paul compares the affects the actions of Adam and Christ had on humanity and life and death. Adam was tempted by Satan and fell a slave to sin, bringing sin into the world; with it came death. God henceforth declared that the result of sin for all humanity is death. However,… Continue reading Adam and Christ in Romans
Abraham’s Promise
In Paul’s letter to the Romans, his emphasis the gospel of salvation and universal accountability. Romans are a letter of instrument, focusing on moral instruction, as well as exhortation. Paul’s motive for the letter to the Romans is overall an understanding/ plea that he needs support from them to be able to spread the word… Continue reading Abraham’s Promise
Discussion Question 1
In Paul’s letter to the Romans it is a summary of how all both Jews and Gentiles are both considered descendants from Abraham. Both Jews and Gentiles can attain salvation through being faithful and believing in Christ, which would then grant them the freedom from being enslaved to sin and the Jewish laws. Paul’s reading… Continue reading Discussion Question 1
Blog Post 5/21 Question 2
In Romans, Paul writes about both Adam and Jesus and uses their actions to compare their consequences of humanity. Adam, disobedient of the Lord, sent sin into the world through his temptation. Adam and Christ are compared because Adam brought death into the world, but Christ defeated death through his crucifixion and resurrection. Both were… Continue reading Blog Post 5/21 Question 2
Adam, Christ, and Baptism in Romans
In Romans 5:12-21, Paul describes Adam and Christ side by side. The first point Paul makes is that when Adam sinned, sin, and therefore death, was brought into the world and spread to everyone (5:12). Because there was no law to break, sin was technically not counted as sin (5:13). Adam was a symbol, a… Continue reading Adam, Christ, and Baptism in Romans
How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me
In Paul’s view sin, following the idea that sin is a cosmic agent, entered the world, because Adam as the first man sinned, sin in this immediate context being an action performed by some one that offends against God, and since Adam was the whole of humanity, those guilty of sin (Judicial model) therefore consisted… Continue reading How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me