Biblical Worldview Essay Assignment Week 7
201730 Summer 2017
BIBL 104-B28 LUO
Greg LeCroy
Student id#L28904598
In this essay, I will discuss several areas of interest in an analysis of Romans 1-8; the natural world, human identity, human relations, and culture. As we know, Paul wrote over half of the New Testament. However, when Paul wrote the Book of Romans, his intentions were to help fix their broken views of Christianity and help improve their culture. In my opinion, the things that Paul talked about, how the Romans were committing sins against God, are still present in the world that we live in now. I believe that this struggle will continue until Jesus comes back and then I fear that for a lot of people in this world, it will be too
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He states that while the Gentiles have a New Covenant, they lack the laws and statutes that the Jews were given back in the Old Testament. However, Paul also discusses the fact that we are all lost, whether we have the laws to live by or not. Paul teaches that the only way to true salvation is through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and unless we call upon the name of Jesus to save us from our sins and repent, then we are doomed to an eternity of torment in hell.
I fear that the people in our society today think that if they are just “good people”, or nice enough and do good to others, then they can go to heaven. Sadly this is not true. God deals in absolutes. Jesus said “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”(Jn.14:6) The only way into heaven is by accepting the fact that Jesus died on the cross for the salvation of the world and that only through accepting him as your personal Lord and savior and repenting, or “turning away” for your sins can a man or woman be saved and enter in to the kingdom of heaven.
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We live in a cruel, cynical world, full of hate and selfishness. Paul describes how that the Romans are in way over their heads in chapters 4-8. However he also gives them hope. Like the bible says “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”(1