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Book Of Romans Research Paper

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The book of Romans teaches us a considerable amount about various topics of the Christian life. How we should view the natural world, human identity, relationships, and culture are some of the main ones. This essay will discuss the foundations found in Romans which are essential in the formation of a biblical worldview. The letter Paul wrote to the believers in Rome indicates God’s creation is a demonstration of His existence and power (Romans 1:20-21). Romans takes us from our total inability to walk in good works, to God’s faithfulness in justifying, sanctifying, and glorifying us by our faith through his grace. …show more content…

In essence we are totally indigent within ourselves. As humans we have things wrong with us that we cannot fix on our own, we need Jesus to justify, sanctify, and to glorify us. Paul proclaims that knowledge of the law brings wrath, the Gentiles conversely didn’t have the law. The Jews by Paul’s teaching are under a stronger condemnation because they had the law all along (Romans 4:15). Essentially, the Jews are held to a higher standard than the gentiles. No matter if we are Jew or Gentile, we are all condemned by God the same but held to different standards. Romans 3:20, “Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.” God and sin cannot be together. Rome in Paul’s day and our world today are truthfully no different. We are all sinners and the only way we can be justified is by His grace through the redemption of Jesus (Romans …show more content…

It all began with Adam and Eve, if they had never sinned then this world would know no sin. Since they sinned we naturally to this day have a culture full of sin. Culture appears to be the reflection of human’s relationships. As people reject God, the cultural guidelines begin to decay. Social rules were broken when people started to live in a world of corruption. “…their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another…” (Romans 1:26-27). It is natural for a human to “fit in” with the world rather than stand out for Christ. When one person convinces another of something, then it begins a snowball effect and everyone wants to be a part of it, creating a sin-filled

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