Romans 8-11 Analysis

Throughout passages in Paul 's letter to the Romans, there are many themes that we have seen before in his other letters to the Corinthians, Galatians, and Thessalonians. Paul 's passage in Romans 8:1-17 is a summary of all of his main thoughts that he wants every Christian to live his or her life according to. Paul uses references of the "Spirit" and the "Flesh" to communicate his ideas.

Acts 8:26-40 teaches us a variety of things about mission as well as evangelism’s role within it. It reminds us whose mission it is, that radical inclusion is anticipated, that evangelism is an important aspect of but is not in itself mission, and that the Holy Spirit plays a fundamental and essential role in mission and effective evangelism.

In The Sermon on the Mount and Romans twelve, Jesus and Paul teach that we must love our enemies. As a kid I just brushed off the idea as a normal thing. I realize now what a crazy idea Paul and Jesus are teaching. No one goes out and turns the other cheek or feeds someone they hate; unless they are trying to be like Jesus or are following another religion that teaches these ideas. I personally struggle with turning the other cheek immensely. I retaliate verbally and i’m usually not very nice. I don’t love my enemies and don’t see how Paul and Jesus were able to love their enemies. I understand how Jesus did it but Paul is not God in the flesh. I know he saw a light on the way to Damascus and heard a voice from heaven but being able to love

The devil tries to trivialize our day to day life and make our choices seem unimportant. This can be seen in how flippantly The Patient treats his mother. The Patient makes the decision to become irritated with his mother instead of trying to witness to her. This seemingly small choice might’ve changed the course of his mothers life, but The Patient gives into the desire to avoid his mother at all costs (Lewis 6). The devil makes humanity over complicate easy decisions. He makes people put their needs over the needs of others, so that when easy choices present themselves, like witnessing to a close family member, people refuse to because it’s an inconvenience to them (O’Flaherty

John 13:7 “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”

In other words, no matter how positive you are evil will still come your way regardless of how hard you keep away from the devil. Having faith in yourself to not fall for the devil’s evil way is hard because in today’s world evil is all around. You have to be willing to be strong in any situation you are in not to follow his ways. On the other hand, it still makes a significant statement today because the devil will do anything to have you thinking destructive thoughts in ways that you would never to think of. Furthermore, you have to be willing to get those evil thoughts out of your mind.

On the edge of a wooden platform, I shook. Below me in the lake, floated a red, blue, and yellow inflatable water contraption known as The Blob. The objective of the activity was to jump off a ridiculously high platform, onto the questionable device, and apparently have fun while doing so. But, as my toes skimmed the edge, the weight of gravity demolished any thrill I felt within. What if it popped when I jumped? What if I bounced backwards and hit my head? What if I missed the blob? I backed away slowly, refusing to risk my life. The reward was definitely not worth the possible outcomes. Then my summer camp counselor said something I will never forget. “The reason for your fear is the Devil. The Devil is inside of you and he is what creates your fear. Give up. Give up the Devil”. Now, hold up. Why would any person in their right mind think this is okay to say to a 10 year old child? I had never committed a crime. I had never told more than a little white lie. I had never wished ill upon anyone. Yet, the Devil was inside of me.

Praying and believing in a higher power will solve life circumstances, which leave no room for the devil to form roots.

Many of us fine ourselves in a state of being "battle weary."  I know I have.  It begins with a good thing and a God thing to refute our enemies. Because of fear, lack of knowledge and misapplication of spiritual warfare strategies, we take on the war ourselves with an over zealous and presumptuous approach towards demonic spirits.  What has happened is learned about all these spiritual warfare strategies, but we engaged in it without being prepared in our hearts.  We claimed our righteousness of God in Christ. We hurled the blood of Jesus in the devils face without first applying the blood of Jesus to our own hearts and lives through confession and repentance.

devil points to the painful truth of the past and the reality of people in

Romans chapter twelve verses one and two provide key spiritual advice that is still useful today. At the time, Paul, the author of Romans, was writing to the people of Rome and urged them to turn away from their desires of the world to God’s desires for them. Today, Paul’s advice is still important because there is constant temptation that will lead people away from God. God’s plan for his people is not going to be exactly what they want, but it will lead them to heaven which is the ultimate goal. Paul’s spiritual guidance of turning our focus from the world to God’s plan was helpful in converting early Christians and is helpful when dealing with current issues.

The book of Romans is the sixth epistle in which Paul wrote. This letter was written during the years 57-58 A.D. and it was written from Corinth. After its completion, Romans was most likely delivered by Phebe who belonged to the church in Cenchrea, near Corinth, while Paul himself traveled to Jerusalem to deliver the donations for the poor in Palestine. In his writings, Paul expresses his excitement to meet the believers whose church was founded by either converts of Pentecost or what I believe to more likely converts from the apostle's evangelism. Most likely the church in Rome was not one single church, but more likely several house churches scattered across the city. These churches contained some Jewish converts, but were dominated by gentile

Another assignment that really stuck out to me this week was our discussion. The assignment asked us to talk about the manifestations of the enemy in our lives. It is hard having that level of honesty, even when it is with strangers as is the case with this class. Romans 8:1 tells us “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (English Standard Version). That should be the end of my shame, but I still struggle with sharing with others sins that I have struggled with in the past, even if they no longer rule my life. This morning I was reading my devotion which is a devotional that focuses on the Pauline letters. One of the things that I read this morning was Romans 7. Paul writes in Romans 7:18-19 “For I know

The meaning of the statement, “Christ is the end of the law” in Romans 10:4 has been debated for centuries due to its decisive nature concerning the relationship of Christ and the law. The focus of the dialogue is in what sense Christ is the telos of the law, a word that can be translated into English as either, ‘end or termination point,’ or as ‘goal or purpose.’ Is Paul saying Christ abolished the law as a means of righteousness or simply that Christ fulfilled or completed the law through the gospel? New Testament scholar Dr. Robert Badenas gauges the basic positions into three categories corresponding to the three main shades of

Be swallow showed that the believer can be swallowed by the devil (1 Peter 5:8). Victory