What Does Romans 1 REALLY Teach About the Gospel?
What Does Romans 1 REALLY Teach About the Gospel?
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What if the Gospel is not just “how I get to heaven,” but the royal proclamation that Yeshua is King? What if righteousness in Romans is not about personal morality but God’s unbreakable covenant faithfulness?
Paul opens Romans not to introduce a new faith but to reveal that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has fulfilled His promises through Yeshua the Messiah.
The Gospel is not self-help—it’s divine fulfillment. It calls believers into the obedience of faith: loyal trust expressed in action. Romans 1 invites us to live unashamed,to live in covenant loyalty. Faith is not passive belief but active allegiance to the King who reigns forever.
Challenge:
Are you living as a covenant consumer or a covenant servant?
Live unashamed! Live loyal! Live in covenant faithfulness.
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📘 Study Guide
Core Text: Romans 1:1–17
1.Paul’s Calling (vv. 1–2)
•Bondslave of Messiah, called and set apart.
•Reflection: What would it mean to live as God’s bondservant today?
2.Messiah Revealed (vv. 3–4)
•Son of David and Son of God—promise and power united.
•Reflection: How does Yeshua’s resurrection define His kingship?
3.Obedience of Faith (v. 5)
•Faith = covenant loyalty in action.
•Reflection: Where is God calling you to act, not just believe?
4.Jew and Gentile (v. 16)
•The Gospel reclaims nations, not replaces Israel.
•Reflection: How does this shape your view of God’s mission?
5.Righteousness Revealed (v. 17)
•God’s covenant faithfulness fulfilled.
•Reflection: How does His reliability strengthen your faith?
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Turabian Footnotes & Bibliography
1.Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration: Vol. 1 (Orlando: At God’s Table Publishing, 2010).
2.Michael S. Heiser, The Unseen Realm (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2015).
3.John H. Walton, The Lost World of the Torah (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2019).
4.N. T. Wright, Paul and the Faithfulness of God (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013).
5.Richard B. Hays, Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989).
6.Douglas J. Moo, The Epistle to the Romans (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996).
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I am just a beggar who found Bread, helping other hungry beggars to find Him too. My life has certainly been complex and I and my halo has many dents. Heschel said; "Something Sacred hangs in the balance of every moment." I live like it. I teach like it.
As a person who survived a fatal 92 mph vs 51 mph head on crash, after dying and re-animating, and surviving several other brushes with death, my perspective is, let's say, unique. I haven't always been a theologian and I'm living REAL life, just like you... I have my hurts, habits and hangups too.
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