Essay On The Book Of Romans

The Book of Romans was written by a man formerly known as Saul of Tarsus, a Jewish Rabbi who belonged to the Pharisee group. He was very passionate about the Torah of Moses and the Jewish traditions. Saul was threatened by Jesus and viewed his followers as a threat until he had a radical interaction with Jesus after he was risen from the dead. Jesus commission him to be an apostle, one of the chief disciples of Christ. Saul became an official representative to the non-Jewish people, known as the Gentiles, and started going by his Roman name, Paul. Paul spread the word of the Risen King Jesus and built churches to form communities. Paul would essentially write letter to these communities to help the members build faith and answer questions the members may have. The Book of Romans was
However, the church was dysfunctional and many questions are the laws of the church were taken into question and the how to best follow Jesus was also debated. Paul had four main goals in writing this letter: to reveal God’s righteousness, create a new humanity, to fulfill God’s promise to Israel, and to unify the church.
Paul was appointed by God to spread the good word about Jesus. Jesus was the Messiah of Israel who was raised from the dead as the son of God and king of all nations. Jesus welcomed all to follow under his loving rule and God made all of this happen because he is all powerful in saving the people who trusts in him and he is righteous. This term righteousness is used to describe the fact that God always what is just and right and that God will always keep his promises. To begin to reveal God’s righteousness, Paul begins by explaining that all of humanity was trapped and needed to be rescued. Paul is relating that God declared that all nations are trapped because they are not only full of sin and selfishness but because they turned away from