Worldview Essay Romans Chapters 1-8
Introduction
The book of Romans is a book written by the Apostle Paul to the believers in Rome. Paul wrote it to give them a solid theological foundation and to bring about faith in Jesus Christ and the obedience that comes from it. Even though many Jews and Gentiles in Rome identify and belief themselves to be Christian, they do not follow the required laws and are surrounded and submerged in sin. Paul believes it is necessary for him to go to Rome to “bring some spiritual gift that will help you grow strong in the Lord.” (Romans 1:11 NLT)
The Natural World
The world is a wonderful gift created by our Father (All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:3) and given to us to reign over. (Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and …show more content…
The reason for that is that we are as far away from God now as we were then. In Romans 1:29-30 you can read the state of humans: “Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents.” These are exactly the same sins that we see today. In the last couple of years especially it seems that the world has grown more sinful, wicked and intolerant. Christians are getting a fair share of that as well, even being labeled as intolerant. I don’t think Christians are intolerant, people just mistake what Christians are supposed to do. It is always thought that Christians are supposed to love everyone, which we do, but we are also supposed to point out to each other and came one another accountable for our actions and
Introduction
The book of Romans is a book written by the Apostle Paul to the believers in Rome. Paul wrote it to give them a solid theological foundation and to bring about faith in Jesus Christ and the obedience that comes from it. Even though many Jews and Gentiles in Rome identify and belief themselves to be Christian, they do not follow the required laws and are surrounded and submerged in sin. Paul believes it is necessary for him to go to Rome to “bring some spiritual gift that will help you grow strong in the Lord.” (Romans 1:11 NLT)
The Natural World
The world is a wonderful gift created by our Father (All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:3) and given to us to reign over. (Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and …show more content…
The reason for that is that we are as far away from God now as we were then. In Romans 1:29-30 you can read the state of humans: “Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents.” These are exactly the same sins that we see today. In the last couple of years especially it seems that the world has grown more sinful, wicked and intolerant. Christians are getting a fair share of that as well, even being labeled as intolerant. I don’t think Christians are intolerant, people just mistake what Christians are supposed to do. It is always thought that Christians are supposed to love everyone, which we do, but we are also supposed to point out to each other and came one another accountable for our actions and