Today’s passage: Romans 1:1-7
Helpful thoughts:
- The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the Romans from Corinth near the end of his third missionary journey around AD 57. He did not plant the church there and had not yet personally been to Rome.
- The word for “servant” could be translated as “slave.” Paul (As all Christians do) belongs to God and has been given work to do.
- Paul was given the task of serving as an Apostle to preach the Gospel (Good news) primarily to the Gentile peoples.
- Jesus, the son of David, also proved to be the Son of God through His resurrection from the dead.
Questions to consider:
- Do you see the Trinity in this passage? Where are the Father, Son and Spirit in these verses? What are they doing?
- What is Paul’s view of himself in relation to his Lord and Master? We have not been called to be Apostles, but we have been called, to whom does this day belong in “your” life? How does this truth actually reduce your stress and give you focus and purpose?
- What does faith in the Gospel message result in (Verse 5)? Are we doing “good” to get into God’s favor…OR…Has God shown us unmerited favor in saving us, and in the aftermath and continual enjoyment of that favor, we are growing in “goodness”?