Short Video Lessons from the Epistle to the Romans

Some teachers have called Paul's letter to the Romans the most important theological work ever written. Although I'm not sure I'd go that far, it is definitely a theological gold mine! Every phrase is packed with meaning and there probably isn't a single important idea in the Bible that isn't at least mentioned in this one book.

Beginning in the summer of 2023, I started leading a study of Romans with the Common Sense Bible Study community. As I did with Proverbs before, I'll edit out segments of those longer studies, make them public at Rumble and Youtube, and post links below. I will also add videos that I make outside of CSBS as I make them.

I am posting my ongoing notes on Romans here.

• Introduction to Romans
• What Is the Gospel of God, Romans 1:1-2
• Paul's Obligation of Service, Romans 1:14
• Why do people worship idols? Romans 1:22-23
• The Judgment of God, Romans 2:2-3
• The Law without the Law, Romans 2:12
• Faith and Circumcision in Romans and Galatians, Romans 2:25
• God is the original Promise Keeper, Romans 3:3-4
• Calvinism vs Arminianism, Romans 3:19
• Do you have any control over your salvation? Romans 3:21-28
• A Metaphor of Grace in Eliezer, Ishmael, and Isaac, Romans 4:4-5
• Are Law-Keepers Disinherited? Romans 4:14
• Does Faith Void God's Promises to the Jews? Romans 4:16
• Why Does God Allow Suffering? Romans 5:3-4
• Rejoice in God through Jesus, Romans 5:11
• Romans 5 and Original sin with Rob Vanhoff, Romans 5:12-21
• Sin, Grace, and Law, Romans 5:20-21
• Dead to Sin and Baptized in Death, Romans 6:1-4
• Where Is Jesus Now? Romans 6:8-9
• Are You Under Law or Under Grace? Romans 6:14
• Under a Husband and Under the Law, Romans 7:1-3
• There's Only One Law, Romans 7:7
• Romans 7 and the Inner War against Sin, Romans 7:14-17
• 4 Laws and 4 Spirits in Paul's Letters, Romans 7:21-8:2
• The Flesh, the Spirit, and the Ways of God, Romans 8:5-8
• A Chiasm on Sons and Slaves, Romans 8:12-17
• The Resurrection of Creation, Romans 8:18-23
• What does "Foreknew" and "Predestined" mean? Romans 8:29-30
• What Does It Mean for God to be For Us? Romans 8:31-39
• They (and we) are Israelites, Romans 9:3-8
• What Does the Election of Jacob Mean in Romans 9:11?
• The Potter and Clay, Romans 9:21
• When Knowledge Breaks Understanding, Romans 9:30-33
• Is Christ the Termination of the Law? Romans 10:4
• Yeshua is the Word of Faith, Romans 10:5-11
• The Ready Ear, Romans 10:13-17
• Has God Rejected the Jews? Romans 11
• Paul, Jonah, and the Nations, Romans 11:11-12
• The Firstfruits and the Root, Romans 11:16
• Native and Wild Branches, Romans 11:23-24
• Consigned to Hit Rock Bottom, Romans 11:32
• Grace Given to Each of Us, Romans 12:3
• Seven Gifts of God, Romans 12:6-8
• Defining Evil and Good, Romans 12:9
• Bless, Rejoice, and Weep, Romans 12:14-15
• Don't Avenge Yourselves, Romans 12:19
• And Any Other Commandment, Romans 13:9
• Salvation Is Near, Romans 13:11-12
• Together with one voice, Romans 15:5-6

Sabbath Silliness

When multiple, unrelated people suddenly start making the same argument/accusation against God's Law, it probably means some antinomian "teacher" out there said it, and his followers are just mindlessly parroting.

One I'm seeing recently is that Sabbath keepers are hypocrites if they aren't doing all the stuff that priests were required to do in the Temple on the Sabbath. They sometimes make up new things that aren't even in the Bible.

How bizarre! This is like saying you're a hypocrite for not murdering people if you're not also personally executing murderers.

God's Law forbids you from executing murderers without due process in the civil courts. The command to execute murderers has no connection whatsoever to your ability to not kill innocent people.

Same with the Sabbath.

God's Law forbids anyone who is not a priest from making sacrifices, offering incense, or lighting the Menorah in the Temple. I'm not a son of Aaron. Even if there was a legitimate Temple in Jerusalem, you and I wouldn't have any  role with the daily sacrifices or anything else going on there on the Sabbath.

Nothing the priests do or don't do has any impact on how I keep the Sabbath. The Temple is completely irrelevant. Anyone saying otherwise is just advertising his ignorance and/or stupidity.