“Is There Unrighteousness With God?”
Paul anticipates this question based upon earlier remarks he had made (Rom. 9:14). These statements indicated the fact that God chose Isaac over Ishmael and Jacob over Esau. And, as is necessarily implied, he chose some of Israel’s seed over others of Israel’s seed. Indeed, he had said, “They are not all Israel that are […]
“Let Every Soul Be In Subjection …”
“… to the higher powers, for there is no power but of God and the powers that be are ordained of God” (Rom. 13:1). In Romans 13:1-7, Paul instructed Christians concerning their duty to civil government and the purpose God intended government to be for man. One of the false charges against Christians in the […]
“Making Void The Cross Of Christ”
“For Christ sent me … to preach the gospel; not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void. For the word of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us who are saved, it is the power of God” (1 Cor. 1:17f). Following this statement Paul launches […]
“My Ways Which Are In Christ”
“For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church” (1 Cor. 4:17). “For this cause.” The word “for” indicates “because; for this reason.” In […]
“Mark Them That Are Causing …”
Romans sixteen is a mixture of exhortations, greetings, and warnings, concluding with reverent praise to “the only wise God through Jesus Christ to whom be the glory forever. Amen” (Rom. 16:27). Among the warnings he issued is this: “Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to […]
“Ministers Through Whom Ye Believed …”
“What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed, and each as the Lord gave to him. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planeth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that […]
“Now We That Are Strong …”
“… ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves. Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying” (Rom. 15:1f). These two verses continue the theme the apostle began in the previous chapter: “Him that is weak in faith receive ye, ye not for […]
“No Condemnation To Them That Are In Christ Jesus”
This statement from Romans 8:1 is the topic of this article. The verse reads, “There is therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.” Is this an absolute statement, allowing no exceptions? That is, does the passage teach (as Calvinists insist it does) that once a man is saved, he is always saved, […]
“Paul, Called To Be An Apostle …”
“… of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother …” 1 Cor. 1:1). In nine of his thirteen epistles, Paul asserts his apostleship: sometimes merely identifying himself as such (1 and 2 Timothy, Titus); sometimes, as in the case of this letter, affirming he was an apostle “by (or through) the […]
“Natural” And “Spiritual” Men
“Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things and he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that […]
