Paul's Response To The Book Of Romans By Paul

Response Paper: Romans The book of Romans was written by Paul to “a vibrant church in the city of Rome” according to the NKJV Study Bible. The book can be divided into three major portions: Paul’s introduction of himself to the Romans, the doctrine of the gospel message, and the duties of Christians. The introduction is the first seventeen verses of Romans. In his introduction, Paul explains to the Romans that he belongs to Jesus Christ. He says that he is a slave to Him and he was to go and preach the gospel. He also told the Romans that he wanted to come visit them to put to work his spiritual gift, which was to preach the good news. The first part of the doctrine section of the book of Romans is condemnation which is found in chapters one through part of three. He tells the Romans how the pagans will receive God’s wrath because they reject God and instead worship idols. He then goes on to explain how those who try to be good people and do not do as bad as others are also under God’s condemnation. They believe by their standards that they are righteous when in reality, they can never be “good enough” without the Holy Spirit living inside them. Paul specifically points out the Jews to be under the wrath of God because they tend to believe that because they are His chosen people that

Paul’s overall reason for writing the book was to tell the people in Rome that he was coming to share the gospel with them. He also began to share with them a review of what the gospel tells: how we are all condemned by God but because Jesus died for our sins we just have to believe and follow Him to be saved. Paul also addresses the Romans on their duties as believers in Christ. Paul also ends his book by telling the Romans that his job was to share the gospel, also indicating that it should be everyone’s