Romans... the Truths Never End!

A fully colour-coded Romans - A book brought to life

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, 'The one who is righteous will live by faith'"

-Key verse for Romans: 1:16-17

ROMANS... a book that clearly and simply spells out the gospel and our means of salvation. Although this may be true in some senses (the clarity more than simplicity), I definitely did not feel like this was the case this past week! The amount of detail Paul goes into to describe each aspect is amazing, but most of the time it was like "information overload," but in the best possible way! With so much good stuff to learn, I felt like I couldn't absorb and process fast enough and it was definitely a week of teaching that I didn't want to miss a detail of!!:) I was very impressed with the way Tom broke down and explained the reasons WHY Paul addresses so many specific topics in such detail (answer being because Paul was directly answering questions that were relevant to both the Jews and Gentiles in the church). 

To help me with processing everything throughout the week, I wrote out a lot of the timeless truths (revelations/ things that are always true about God,etc) that I was discovering on an A3 sheet of paper.

My Final Application

Endless truths, for you and me

In case you can't read it clearly, some of the main ones are:

-There is nothing I can do to earn or deserve God's salvation - it is a gift of grace
-God loves me AND likes me, and thats never going to change!
-There can never be true unity if we don't view each other as equals (in any context)
-When God sees me, he sees the infinite righteousness that was deposited there through faith in Jesus, not all my yucky sins
-Told to live out in love, not to earn or keep one’s salvation, but as an out flowing of one’s heart because of their salvation. God is love - love is the fulfillment of the law.

I could honestly go on forever with listing truths I am taking away from this week!
On a personal note, Romans has given me more understanding of God's heart of overflowing love for me (even though I'm still anything but perfect) and has really strengthen my security in his opinion of me :)

There is so much more I wish to share, but this week is hard to put into words.

 I know this hardly does it justice,but if you walk away with anything, know this: God has much he wants to reveal to each of us through this book. I am glad we took the time to study it on the BCC and I hope you feel encouraged to do the same!

Be blessed!