ADDRESSES ON n.OMANS
LECTURE I
INTRODUCTION
Before we enter upon the study of Paul's Epistle to the Romans, let us take a glance at our chart, noting a few sig~ nificant facts by way of introduction. Even a rapid reading of the book shows us that the key word is "righteousness," and that the key verses are these: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith" ( 1: 16, 17). The human author was Paul ( 1:1 ); and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, he wrote this epistle from Corinth in the y~ D. Although it is chronologically the sixth epistle to Gentile believers, yet the Holy Spirit has placed-it flrst in the-New-Testament canon of the Scriptures.- for a very significant reason, which is so important that a separate topic is devoted to it, as fallows: ROMANS-THE BASIS OF ALL CHURCH DOCTRINE Paul's Epistle to the Romans sets forth the foundation truth for all church doctrine-justification by faith. It shows how a guiltysinner may become righteous before God by sim~ ple faith in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. In Ephesians we read of how all those who are made right~ous by faith in Christ, both Jew and Gentile, ar~ ga~ed into the one Body, which is His church. In Colossians we dwell much upon the eternal glory and deity of the Lord Jesus, who is the Head of that Body. And in Philippians we learn the blessed experience in the life of the believer when the Head and the Body are in perfect unison, when the Head controls the Body. Thus it is [Page 5
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