| Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 1:1-7 KJV) |
| If the most important question we can ask is "What is God doing today," then the most important statement is Rom. 1:1-7. In this long sentence Paul announces what God is doing today. If you are looking to find out what in the world God is doing today, this is the place to start! The Most Important Sentence In The World Many have called the Letter to the Romans the most important document in Western civilization, and it opens with these verses. Someone has said that the first step in an endeavor is the most important. How well we start often determines how well we run the race and whether or not we will finish it. This principle holds true for God's Word as well. We need to begin in Romans as carefully as a runner leaves the starting blocks. It is critically important to get this opening passage right if we are to run the rest of the race well. A passage consisting of seven verses that form one long sentence, arguably THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN THE WORLD. Care must be taken because two false starts can be made here. First, we can wrongly think of this passage as just an introduction or greeting, which do not excite us very much. We tend to skim over things like introductions, prefaces and greetings, if not skip over them entirely. They probably do not contain anything of interest or importance, we assume! If, we think of these beginning verses in Romans in this way, we will miss the main point Paul is trying to make. We will tend to focus all our attention on secondary subjects mentioned within it--like the incarnation, the resurrection, the convenants, the Deity of Christ and so on rather than on the primary subject at hand. As important and valuable as these topics are, we must stay focused on the primary point Paul is trying to develop here. Second, we can come to wrong conclusions in this passage by placing all our attention on the first half of the sentence to the neglect of the second. Notice that Paul did not end the sentence at verse 4. It goes on all the way down to verse 7; so should we. So, let's not let anything throw us off course as we begin the Book of Romans. We are going to run the race well and reach the finish line. Let Paul speak. Read Romans in the context of Paul's other letters in light of the Bible as a whole. When we do that, we will see that God is, in fact, announcing something wonderful and amazing here. Something beyond anything you or I would have ever expected. Something above our wildest imaginations. By the time we finish developing this sentence, I think you too will see why it really is THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN THE WORLD! |
| GOD'S INVITATION TO YOU The Most Important Sentence In The World |
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| THINK ABOUT IT: GRACE IS ALL THAT GOD IS FREE TO DO FOR YOU AND ME BECAUSE OF WHAT HIS SON DID ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY. |
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