Christians need theological development, now more than ever. Romans contains some of the most profound theological truths in all of God's Word. We need Christian maturity. Hopefully, it will come through your church. It brings stability to your life and the ability to weather the worldly storms and afflictions that we are about to go through as Christians. There will be a whole lot of shaking going on. Figure on persecution. God has used this epistle in the conversion of many. Some say there never was a real revival without Romans being at the bottom of it. The pivotal verse is, "For in it [the gospel] the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, 'The righteous shall live by faith.'" (Romans 1:17). It answers the ancient question: how can a human being become rightly related to God? The good news is that God declares sinners to be righteous when they trust in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ alone on their behalf. And we exchange kingdoms! When Christ sets us free from slavery to sin, the world and the devil, He calls us into the royal liberty of slavery to Him. We call him Master. He is the Lord of our lives. We are not. Human autonomy, spiritually speaking, is a lie of tremendous proportion. You have got to serve somebody, and it is either the lover of your soul or the enemy of your soul.
