The Doctrine Of Christ

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.

In Paul’s epistle to the Romans he gives us the foundation of Christian life in regards to how we should not only see the world, but also how we should act in a world that rejects the gospel of Christ. In Romans 1-8 Paul teaches us how we are not able to come to a saving grace through our works, but that it must come from Christ alone, and not only to the Jews, but to the Gentiles also. Paul tells us however, that this will not be easy, but we that we need to remember who is ultimately in control of everything around us.

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

To fully understand Romans 8:1-4, we need to establish a basic concept of the book of Romans. All the way back as far as 57 A.D, the book of Romans is speculated to be written by Tertious, a secretary of the apostle Paul. This is shown in Romans 16:22. Paul intended to write the book, the book of Romans, to help create faith in the Romans. It is speculated that the apostle Paul, with the help of his secretary, wrote the book of Romans in the city of Corinth in Greece.The book of Romans consists of how to believe in God and that we are not saved through our own sin but through Christ Jesus who paid the ultimate price for our sins. In Romans 8:1-4, it talks about how we are not condemned to death because we are saved through Christ Jesus from him dying on the cross.

He made it so that people should be in debt to Jesus. Paul explains that everyone would sin and were all sinners, but through sin, grace will rise through the peoples righteousness to God. What this basically means is that, the more there are sin, the more people would help the community and show righteousness for God. Paul also expands and interprets the central teachings of Jesus with his letters by telling the Roman people that their spirit gives life through righteousness. To share in Jesus’s sufferings so that we can share his glory. Christians are in the realm of the spirit as opposed to the flesh. No obstacle will separate the people from the love of God. The flesh will die but it is temporary, while the spirit lives on in the

Liberal is a word whose meaning has multiple connotations. For many the word is synonymous with freedom and open-mindedness. For others, it refers to people and ideas that lack practicality and discipline. When the Puritans came to America in 1630, their leader John Winthrop told them to be liberal in spirit in a way that was like the prophet Nehemiah’s urgings and Matthew’s teachings of kindness. However, he also reminded his followers to balance benevolent generosity for strangers with prudent care for their families. He felt that kindness and liberality to the poor was the best way to show God’s love and grace. Winthrop felt that the Puritans should be willing to give up their desires to help provide the poor with the things that they needed. This is because materialism was thought to be counterproductive to the teachings of the Bible. The Bible teaches that one should have no god but God and that if a person focused too much on obtaining profit and materialistic pleasures they would perish. Since this period there has been a struggle in America to balance concern for oneself and one’s family with that of the community.

Paul is urging people to recognize that “Rome’s power is not in ordered according to God’s purposes” (Carter, 87). He is also urges people to worship the true God. Paul saying, “Since today I have to give an account of my teaching, listen, proconsul. The living God, the God of chastisement, the God who is self-sufficient but who desires the salvation of humans, sent me to wrest them from corruption, impurity, every desire and death, so that they might no longer sin; it is because God sent his own Son that I proclaim and I teach that men have in him their hope, in him who alone had pity on the world gone astray, so that men no longer fall under the blow of judgment, but who receive faith and fear of God, knowledge of sanctity and love of truth. If then I teach that which has been revealed to me by God, in what way am I wrong, proconsul?”(17). According to Carter (86) “Paul’s gospel and communities present a significant theological challenge to Rome’s claim. Fundamental to his gospel is that there is one God

Inspired by the Holy Spirit, Paul records in Romans 5:17-21 that by the offence and disobedience of one man (Adam) death reigned and many were made sinners; therefore, judgment came to all humanity into condemnation,but much more they that receive the abundance of grace, and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one: Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ’s righteousness provided the free gift of justification of life to all humanity through His obedience. The Law strengthened sin to abound, but where sin abounded, God’s grace abounded even the more; so the results of sin is death, but God’s grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ Our

The book of Romans is written by Apostle Paul, and he talks about different aspects of the Christianity there. He talks about how should human beings view the natural world, their identity, and relationship with God. Romans chapter one to eight shows the aspects of those areas: God so loved human beings that He reveals Himself through natural world that people could know Him; true human identity can be discovered by seeing God’s image within human beings, and to do so, Jesus need to justify, sanctify, and glorify them; the relationship between God and human beings were broken due to a sin, but through God’s unconditional love, whoever lives in Jesus will not be separated from God again.

St. Augustine of Hippo wrote On Christian Doctrine to teach how a person would interoperate and teach the Holy Scriptures. Augustine explains components of Scripture, talking about signs, interpretation, figurative and literal language of the Bible. Augustine claims that the people who will deny what he has to say either do not understand or they do and just do not want to adhere to it. The first three books of On Christian Doctrine are meant to give guidance to a person on how they are to accurately seek out the truth from the Scriptures. The fourth book teaches a Christian how to take what he has learned and effectively teach it to others.

Kathy Kurious doesn’t like to take anything for granted. Since her days in college when she majored in science and eventually became a research biologist, she investigates everything including her religious beliefs. Although she grew up being taught that Jesus was divine and human, she has begun to explore a variety of websites that have addressed the apparent contradiction raised by Jesus having two natures.

Further on, Paul writes about the Power of the Gospel (Romans 1:16), the Guild of Humankind (referring to humanities misunderstanding of God) (Romans 1:18), but most importantly, Paul speaks about the concept of “Love for One Another” (Romans 13:6).

Romans 6:1-14 fits into the context of Paul speaking to the Romans on behalf of the division in the community; along with him clarifying the gospel and how it should be lived out. This particular passage specifically communicates the unity with Christ through His death and Resurrection. Along with illustrating what the actions of dying and being resurrected with Christ look like in a person’s life. The identity Christians possess when they are reborn is addressed in this passage as well.

There are going to be times in our lives when we disagree with what someone says or another person’s opinions on a particular matter. It’s unlikely that we will agree and be content with everything that happens in our lives as we do not live in a utopian world. It is also inevitable at one time or another that we will disagree with what the Church is teaching us especially when it comes to moral issues such as divorce, birth control, and abortion. This is called non-reception. When non-reception ensues in the Church, the teaching in question is ineffectively expressed or judged to be unbelievable by a large population of good, faithful Catholics (Kennedy).

The purpose of this thesis is to provide an understanding of the meaning of Soteriology and the relation to the Doctrine of Salvation and Grace (Free Grace). Soteriology is “the study of the doctrine of salvation.” Basically, the teaching of Soteriology is part of Systematic Theology.