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How the Spirit keeps us true to a gospel that brings us suffering. 2 Timothy 1:1-2:1
How to be reliable in the middle of the threats and dangers of church life. 2 Timothy 2:1-26
How to persevere when no-one will listen! 2 Timothy 4:1-22
How to keep on track in the worst of times. 2 Timothy 3:1-17
Paul begins Romans in a good news, bad news way, however he begins with the realistically bad news. He explains how the wrath of God is being revealed and how all classes of all people do not have the righteousness which God requires. From the pagan (1:18-32) to the moralist (2:1-11) to the unreached (2:12-16) to the Jew (2:17-29), “no one is righteous, not even one” (3:9-20).
Friedrich Hegel: “The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” How far was that true in ancient Israel? How far is it true today? How should believers prepare themselves to avoid this deadly trap?
The momentously good news follows. Righteousness is not only God’s requirement but is God’s provision and it comes by grace through faith in Jesus who is the redeemer and God’s propitiatory sacrifice (3:21-26). This gospel is not something new with Paul but is the experience of Abraham (4:1-3) and David (4:6-8). This righteousness does not come to Abraham because of his circumcision (4:9-12) or because of his law keeping (4:13-15) it comes by faith and Abraham is the model of such faith (4:16-25).
Crossing the final frontier
A passion for the truth
As Christians, we are truly privileged in that what we believe in is founded on God’s acts in history, which God has encapsulated for us in Holy Scripture.
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