Romans (St. Andrew’s Expositional Commentary | StAEC)
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Overview
Throughout church history the study of the book of Romans has been pivotal to understanding Christian life and doctrine. Chrysostom had it read aloud to him once a week. Augustine, Luther, and Wesley all came to assured faith through its impact. The Reformers saw it as the God-given key to understanding the whole of Scripture. Convinced that “Paul’s fullest, grandest, most comprehensive statement of the gospel” is just as vital today, R.C. Sproul delivered nearly 60 sermons on Romans from October 2005 to April 2007 at St. Andrew’s Chapel, where he has pastored for more than a decade. These passage-by-passage expositions will enrich any study of this weighty epistle.
Top Highlights
“Our problem is that we fail to feel the weight of the law. We are so hardened in our sin and so accustomed to our corruption that we give our attention not to the law of God but to the social customs of our culture, and we measure ourselves in conformity to those customs rather than against the standard of God’s perfect righteousness.” (Page 68)
“‘Paul, a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.’ Bondservant is an improvement, but I think the proper translation should read, ‘Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ.’ The Greek word Paul used here is doulos. A doulos was not a hired servant who could come and go as he pleased. A doulos was a person who had been purchased, and once purchased he became his master’s possession.” (Page 16)
“God is provoked to an orgy of anger against the sin of those who suppress the truth in unrighteousness (v. 18). The single sin that provokes God’s wrath against the whole human race is the sin of suppressing truth.” (Page 39)
“Where the Spirit guides his people is on the path of righteousness to holiness.” (Page 261)
“One who lives by faith is a righteous person in the sight of God. The righteous live by trust.” (Page 35)