Romans 13 Essay

Sin makes us, " hide from God out of fear and flee his call. " ( CCC 29 ). Sin is a very scary thing that hurts our relationship with God. We feel rejected from God and lose the desire to be with him. When I sin, I feel as if God isn't with me. I get distracted by material goods which causes me to forget about God. Many people including my self believe that when you sin God doesn't love you anymore. We lose the desire for God because We feel as if God doesn't love us. We become so scared that we run away from him. It's like we lose our connection to him. What we all forget is that we have the most merciful God. He is so merciful that he gave his son so that we could live. No matter what, God will forgive us. We should never hide from God and flee his call, we should always stay with his plan cause he knows

Because of Adams fall, death and sin is a part of life. However, because God loved us He sent His son Jesus in our place and Jesus died for our sins. Romans 5 vv. 1-2 says, “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have obtained access” (Rom. 5:2 NRSV). When Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us, God discharged our sins and declared us righteous. According to Douglas Moo, “By

• Romans 6:23- For the wages of sin are death but the gift of God is enteral life in Christ Jesus our Savior

According to Christian worldview, one gain eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ (John 14:6). He who believes in Him will not perish, but receive an everlasting life. The sin that we owe cannot be paid by us because we are imperfect. We can do all the good deeds, good moral, pray everyday, go to church every Sunday, none of those will pay our sins that was created in the past. God loves us so much that He sent his only son to live among us that was crucified, died, and was buried for the salvation of our sins. Jesus Christ is our savior. Through Him our past, present, and future sins are

In a very real sense, sins place us on an island of separation, and holds us captive to death itself. “For all have sinned;all fall short of God's glorious standard”--Romans 3:23.

In Romans 1-3, we are given a description of the state of our natural world. When the Earth was created by God we were given both the gift of Gods glory and the ability to share its abundance. When Adam sinned against God, our natural world died spiritually and was in a state of sin. The atmosphere of the natural world in the time of Paul was full of every sin that could be imagined. Paul speaks of homosexuality and how Rome aimed to conquer other countries, take their Gods and worship them above our one true God. Paul addressed this in his writings and aimed to communicate these sins to the church of Rome. In our modern natural world, we have continued down a path of similar sins. We have used media and social networks to create a pattern

Without Christ we are condemned to be punished by the wrath of God. (Vs. 3)

Not only have we been cleansed of our sins and the guilt thereof, we have also "died to sin" and "to the Law" with Christ; Romans 6-7; Galatians 2:19-20; Galatians 6:14-15. We cannot live any longer in sin and we cannot live any longer under the Law, which is the strength of sin; 1 Corinthians 15:56. We are to "Walk in the Spirit" and "according to the Spirit" and it is by the Spirit that we "put to death the deeds of the body"—which (contrary to the dialectic reasoning)obviously includes the feelings and desires in back of the deeds; Romans 8; Galatians 5:16-26; Colossians 1:3-29; Colossians 2; 3:1-17; James

This is an exegesis paper over the passage of Romans 7:7-25. The purpose of this exegesis paper is to help the reader know the context of the book of Romans and where the passage of Romans 7:7-25 fits into the rest of the book. In addition I will be covering the author, date, purpose, audience, historical, geographical, and cultural background to help the reader gasp the entirety of the context.

By the grace and mercy of God, He has made away of escape through Jesus Christ being made a curse for us when He was placed on the cross to take away our sin. God’s grace therefore abounds exceedingly in abundance without ever coming to an end, for it is His free gift given unto us by no worthiness on our behalf, only by what Christ Jesus did for us, Amen.

Hi, James! I really enjoyed your post. I especially liked your thought provoking Bible verse, Romans 13:1. As you stated the Bible calls for us to be subject to governing authorities as they are established by God; however, this is also applicable to governing authorities. One way that governing authorities can honor God is through accurate representation of their positions. As stated in John 17:17, “sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth” (New Revised Standard Version). When an officer completes their reports of an investigated incident they can honor God by ensuring their reports reflect the truth of what was witnessed and done. As stated by Cox and Milnor (2014), it is important for officers to be able to state in their reports what

Genesis 1-3 offered the very first outline of societal norms and therein introduced interpretations of norms related to family, gender, and sex. In our now-progressive society, the constraints of indubitable religion are removed and the differing interpretations of gender, sex, and family within religion are freely debated. Since the text of creation is divine and human logic cannot fully interpret or understand God’s word, there are copious, varying interpretations of the text. An essential starting point for interpreting the Bible is the understanding that misinterpretations are bound to happen. The difference in time and context alone is causation, let alone the factors of translation and transcription. Susan T. Foh and Carol Meyers, both graduates of Wellesley College, have very differing strategies regarding how to interpret divine texts. Meyers, a professor at Duke, directed attention towards the context in which the text was written. Since our societies are constantly in flux, the context from when the text was written is often different from the context in which predominant and accepted interpretations were fabricated. Foh’s strategy of interpreting and understanding the text is to utilize latter parts of the text, which were written with more recent contexts, in order to understand the text. Both of these methodologies set up the text to be re-interpreted, however, Foh’s methodology is more complete because it allows the text to speak for itself rather than bring in

This exposition is designed first to set out the Apostle Paul's teaching on the relationship between Christians and civil authorities, and then to examine its contemporary application for Christians using the clearest New Testament text, Romans 13:1-7. This passage contains general commands for both Christians and non-Christians. Paul reasons that obedience is required as civil authorities have been ordained by God (13:1b-2) and because civil rulers are responsible to maintain civic order (13:3-4). Two motivations for obedience are the avoidance of wrath and the maintenance of a good conscience (13:5). Finally, the obligations of obedience are discussed

Bible (Christian and Catholic) “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Bible, Romans 6.23) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the

“So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, them shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?’ The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory throughout Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 15:54-58)