Romans 18-23: Signs Found In The Sinful World

Therefore God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do what ought not to be done (Romans 1:26-32). Paul states in Romans 6:23 for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.

Sin is the foundation of good and evil in today’s society. Without out this factor there would be no judging in society but peacefulness everywhere. We live in a society where sin is the tool that runs our culture. When many of us consider "What is sin?" we think of violations of the Ten Commandments. Some other people consider murder, adultery, theft, etc as sins too. In the Tokens of Trust by Rowan Williams he illustrates the language of the “orginal sin” “ is a tangle that goes back to our very roots of humanity”. According to the Marriam-Webster dictionary sin is defined as an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

So then it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?" (Romans 7:15-24) The solution to this problem is stated by Paul in these terms: "For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit." (Romans 8:3-4) "Though the New Testament doctrine of original sin is most clearly expressed by Paul, it is also implicit in the teachings of Jesus: for example in such words as: "And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone." (Mark 10:18) and "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for

We’ve heard it said before that we are products of our environment or culture. The culture of Rome in biblical times was much like the culture of a large city today. They had not only accepted the wicked lifestyles that were being practiced, but they were also approving the practice of such things (Rom 1:32). We can see a lot of the same things going on in our time and our world that was going on in Rome when Paul wrote this epistle. We are quickly heading down a path towards the same destruction

Because of the "Fall" of mankind and man’s blatant outward expression of disobedience sin thus entered onto the scene. Where once man had peace with God and walked with God and knew God in a way that no man has known since, when Adam openly disobeyed God that shared communion was shattered and along with it, any hope of redemption outside of God’s ultimate plan. What then does Romans teach about sin? Ultimately, Paul teaches that

This passage stood out for me because Paul is using a metaphor to indicates that he is proud to be apart of God’s large building plan, and he could not speak to them in deep spiritual truths because they were carnal. Paul recognized their carnal mindset due to their division in the church. (Bailey, 2011, p. 130) Paul was addressing ‘anyone who builds” on that foundation, and focuses on two lists of building materials. Gold, silver and precious stones will withstand fire while wood, hay and straw will not. Paul insists that all things will be tested. He knew he had laid the foundation by spreading the gospel in the world.

Paul is writing the book of Romans as an occasional letter to the believers in Rome, whom he has never personally met, but desires to connect with very soon. It appears to be a pastoral letter written in an apocalyptic style, because he is dealing with a church that needs direction. He is writing boldly to them to encourage unity as God’s people. Romans 15:15 attests to the strength of his message when he states, “I have written very boldly to you on some points”. Paul is in essence building a framework of beliefs for believers to view the world around them (Caner & Hindson. 2008. Pg.498). Romans though not a systematic theological message, chapters 1-8 are strong truths for a foundational biblical worldview.

The Romans teach about the existence and attributes of God by demonstrating that one attribute cannot exist without the other.

Chapter four was a difficult read mostly because it describes in great detail our natural sin nature and our tendencies to naturally disconnect from God’s intention for our lives. The authors start out the chapter discussing what sin is, or as the authors put it “we are a mixture of good and evil” (Grenz and Smith, 60). As humans, we miss the mark of what God intends for all Christians, which is to live in community and make the conscience choice to be Christ-like in all of our dealings and encounters with humankind. Instead, born in sin, we can quickly find ourselves making moral choices that causes us to sin. This comes from an innermost desire for something or someone that we give control over to and inevitably become

​Paul is talking about sin in its truest form. Sin like weeds, takes advantage of good things or things that were intended for good, and perverts them. Within the context of this verse Paul is saying that sin takes the law which is good, righteous, and holy, and uses’ it for its own gain. The words repeated in these verses’ are sin (6), law (6), commandment (5), death/killed (4), alive (3), known (2), holy (2), covet (3). A few of these words are repeated to emphasize the analogies that Paul makes and other general points. Other words that are repeated are the simplest form of the concept that he is trying to convey in English. The repetition of these words doesn’t necessarily reveal anything new, but it shows that

He lets them know that there is no one that is without sin and stands guilty before God. Apart from being in a personal relationship with the Lord, the average person has always felt that they were a good person, or a morally good person that performs good deeds. Paul points out throughout the book that it is the saving faith in Christ Jesus’ virgin birth, death, burial and resurrection that saves our soul and not anything that we can or could do. With that faith, we are to live in the assurance that we are accepted by God and endowed with the power of the Holy Ghost to do, not just good but, godly works of righteousness, all by the motivation of love for Him. All the while, we are to understand that it is not the works that make us righteous but rather, our faith in Jesus. He points out that thinking we are saved by works is living under the Law, which is contrary to why God gave them the Law.

However, when the man sin evil and death come into the world. Romans 6:23 teaches that death comes through sin, the wages of sin is death. Romans 3:23 teaches that we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Now, After the fall of man, we have rape, killings, hunger, alcoholism and all types of difficulties. All this is no the will of God. That’s why Jesus

In religious terms, he writes about how the original sin meant humanity is forever wounded. This means we can distinguish right from wrong, but we will inevitably falter. The mercy of God is such that he sacrificed his Son, Jesus, to redeem humanity for its sins. And precisely because there is sin, God revealed himself as

In Romans chapters 1 – 8, Paul explains his worldview regarding the natural world. In Romans 5:12-14, Paul writes that just as sin entered God’s created world through one man, righteousness came into the world through one man, Jesus Christ. Although God created man in His own image, sin separated man from God. God saw sin as a rebellion against Him, and the result of sin was death from Adam through Moses (Romans 5:12-14 NIV). Paul reminded the Romans to glorify God instead of rebelling against Him because God had revealed Himself in the whole of creation. As Paul states, “Since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” (Romans 1:20 NIV). However, even though God has revealed Himself as the true God, there still exist

Paul is explaining something so important here. Whoever walks with the Spirit will fall less in sin. They will feel conviction and they will want to do what’s right, but if they are walking with the flesh, or sin, then they won’t really care.