Born.Again.Christian.

Paul says in Romans 7:15 "   For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do." As Christians we all fall short of the glory of God, however we are able to appear perfect before God because Christ has taken the punishment that we deserve and is within us. His blood covers our sin just as a light eradicates the darkness. Romans 6 tells us that we were once slaves to sin, however through Christ we are now slaves to righteousness, because Christ is righteous and as we know by 2 Corinthians 5:17 we are new creations in Him (" Therefore, if anyone   is   in Christ,   he is   a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."). Only Christ is perfect. We are not perfect and will only become perfect once we have been perfected by Christ after we have died and left these sinful bodies of ours behind. This is evident in the fact that we do things that we do not want t...

The book of Romans is a coherent book that neatly encapsulates grace, both the definition and why we need it. The first 6 chapters tells us what we need to know. Romans 1: (We all know God exists and have no excuse before Him).   Paul introduces his letter with greetings, making clear that the purpose of the letter is to make its readers aware of the gospel of Christ. Romans 1 makes clear that there is a just God who hates ungodliness. We all know God exists in our hearts and that if we reject God, we cannot use the excuse of 'I did not know'. Paul explains that we are all evil in our hearts and God cannot stand it. Romans 2: (All are guilty before God and there is nothing we can do to change that) .  Paul continues on from Chapter 1, making it clear that the gentiles are guilty before God. They are storing up wrath for themselves and will be punished by God for the sins they have committed. Paul goes on; although the Jews are God's chosen people, they are just as g...