AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
Romans bible study unashamed background9/13/2023 ![]() While forgiveness of sins is certainly included in salvation, there is more to salvation than this. Salvation is often oversimplified to a discussion about forgiveness of sins. We will return to this point in verse 17. When God keeps his word and conquers the enemies, then God’s people are not put to shame. ![]() “The gospel, and the power it carries, enables Paul to share the position of the psalmist, celebrating God’s righteousness and so remaining unashamed in the face of enemies and gainsayers” (Wright, p. This concept makes much more sense of Paul’s teaching and how “shame” and “God’s power” are tied together. Notice how “the righteousness of God” and “shame” are tied together throughout the psalm. In you, O LORD, do I take refuge let me never be put to shame! In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me incline your ear to me, and save me! (Psalm 71:1-2 ESV)Īnd my tongue will talk of your righteousness all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt. Rather, in the scriptures we see that God’s people feel shame when their enemies are triumphing. He is not talking about a personal emotional feeling where he declaring that he is not bashful or timid to talk to people about Jesus. Now it is important to understand what Paul means when he says that he is not ashamed. This is the way salvation is going to come to the world - through Jesus. This announcement of Jesus as Israel’s messiah, king over all, ruler over land and sea, who raised from the dead (this good news) is God’s power for salvation. Rather, he is not ashamed because this gospel is God’s power for salvation. But he is not ashamed of the gospel not because he is some ridiculous optimist marching cheerfully into danger. Paul declares that he is not ashamed of the gospel. So he is eager to go to Rome and preach the gospel (vs. Paul has been called to preach to the Gentiles. Because Paul is a debtor to all people, wise and foolish, Greeks and barbarians. In the previous verses Paul said that he was thankful for the Christians in Rome and noted his desire to visit them. We need to consider the context of Paul’s words, especially since verse 16 begins with the word “for,” which ties it as an explanation of the previous statement. Thomas Schreiner wrote in Baker Exegetical Commentary, “Virtually all scholars acknowledge that these verses are decisive for the interpretation of Romans” (p. 17 For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” (ESV)ġ6 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |