Romans Christian Worldview
Ray Foote
Worldview Paper
Bible 425
From the beginning of Paul’s letter to the Romans is not only a letter to the Gentile church in Rome, but also a great introduction to the Gospel for anyone, believer or non-believer to get a starting point from which to form a world view. Paul is clear from Romans 1:3-5 states that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, and the Son of God. Within the first chapter of Romans, Paul is clear in that God’s wrath is on the whole earth, believer and non-believer. Romans 1:20 states that God’s invisible attributes, eternal power and divine nature can be seen in the created world. Meaning that those people, whom have never heard of the Gospel of Christ, can still understand God, and have a relationship with him. Paul goes on into Romans chapter three about human nature in the sinful state that he has fallen into, Romans 3:23 states that all sinned and will fall short of the Glory of God. Paul follows this with Romans 6:23 that states the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life with Christ Jesus out Lord. Those two verses sum up not only Paul’s view that the world is full of sinners, but that the cost of that sin is death and eternal life away from God. If we, like Paul states have a sinful nature, than we can do nothing but sin. Christ came to pay the cost of that sin, and Paul states that in Romans 5:8, that God demonstrated his love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Paul also shares with us the way to salvation is through Christ Jesus alone. In Roman s 10:9 we find the way to be saved, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Paul, in four short small verses, has not only laid out that the world is sinful, the cost for that sin is death, but has also told us how to find salvation from the death, in the person of Jesus Christ. Romans 10:13 sums up salvation nicely, those who call in
Worldview Paper
Bible 425
From the beginning of Paul’s letter to the Romans is not only a letter to the Gentile church in Rome, but also a great introduction to the Gospel for anyone, believer or non-believer to get a starting point from which to form a world view. Paul is clear from Romans 1:3-5 states that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, and the Son of God. Within the first chapter of Romans, Paul is clear in that God’s wrath is on the whole earth, believer and non-believer. Romans 1:20 states that God’s invisible attributes, eternal power and divine nature can be seen in the created world. Meaning that those people, whom have never heard of the Gospel of Christ, can still understand God, and have a relationship with him. Paul goes on into Romans chapter three about human nature in the sinful state that he has fallen into, Romans 3:23 states that all sinned and will fall short of the Glory of God. Paul follows this with Romans 6:23 that states the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life with Christ Jesus out Lord. Those two verses sum up not only Paul’s view that the world is full of sinners, but that the cost of that sin is death and eternal life away from God. If we, like Paul states have a sinful nature, than we can do nothing but sin. Christ came to pay the cost of that sin, and Paul states that in Romans 5:8, that God demonstrated his love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Paul also shares with us the way to salvation is through Christ Jesus alone. In Roman s 10:9 we find the way to be saved, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Paul, in four short small verses, has not only laid out that the world is sinful, the cost for that sin is death, but has also told us how to find salvation from the death, in the person of Jesus Christ. Romans 10:13 sums up salvation nicely, those who call in