Romans 1-8 Biblical Worldview

Romans 1-8 Biblical Worldview

Robert Davis

Bachelor of Christian Ministries

201540 Fall 2015 BIBL 110-D12 LUO

Romans 1-8 Biblical Worldview

* My worldview through the lens of Romans 1-8 is full of conviction and hope, in light of all that God had done, and is doing, in the lives of believers both of the biblical time and our current day and age.

Natural world

Our actions should be Godly Actions

Human identity

Alive in hope

Human relationships

Alive in Christ

Culture

Victorious in Jesus

Conclusion

Alive in grace

Natural world

Looking at the natural world through Romans 1-8 make a person consider what they were put on earth for. If it is simply to exist and move along life with no direction or purpose, but to meander through day to day, only living for yourself then life would be quite meaningless. The Apostle Paul writes to the Roman church in chapter one, giving them instruction on things to stay away from so they will not fall into the traps of this world, but live for God who is seen though everything in creation (Romans 1:20-24). In Romans 8 Paul states that we are obligated to live in the Spirit in all matters of life because of what Christ did for us (Romans 8:12-16). Rainbow makes an argument that our response to Christs’ gift of salvation has nothing to do with what we do in the natural world.

“The looming tribunal belongs to the worldview within which Paul's preaching of justification is meaningful. For Paul, to pursue righteousness by works of the law and to seek it by faith are mutually exclusive alternatives. People can only be justified by faith in Christ's cross-work (Rom 3:25-26). This holds for final as well as present justifica- tion (Rom 5:1-11, 12-21; 8:1-4, 31-39), since even where good deeds of believers are on exhibit it will ultimately be God who makes them stand (Rom 14:3-4). For Christians the cross does not replace the last judgment, but it guarantees a positive verdict. Their works will be "a necessary and...