Today we begin a journey through the "Himalayas" of Scripture. With the help of God's Spirit, I expect us to become familiar with the heights and depths of a new Roman landscape. This masterpiece is written by our missionary, Paul (from Acts), around A.D. 56 or 57.
Paul surprisingly begins his letter to the Romans introducing himself as "a bondservant of Christ Jesus". We're talking a slave! And this is the guy who was "breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord" a while back. (Acts 9:1)
Paul surprisingly begins his letter to the Romans introducing himself as "a bondservant of Christ Jesus". We're talking a slave! And this is the guy who was "breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord" a while back. (Acts 9:1)
But on the Damascus road our Lord had dramatically knocked Paul over with His "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting". And the stunned blinded zealot had turned his life around as he began to believe in the love and forgiveness of Jesus.
So Paul writes the first 101 words of this letter praising the One he had formerly hated. (Romans 1:1-6)
May we all be so surprised by God's intervention in our lives that we join in the praise He is due.
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