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By: Curtis Baker

This week we reach a major turning point in our study of Romans. Through the first eight chapters of this letter, Paul has carried us through the story of what God is up to in the world. That story began with a recognition of mankind’s sinfulness; it continued with God’s attempt to deal with that sinfulness through the nation of Israel; it lamented how Israel became a part of the problem, rather than the solution; it climaxed in the sacrificial death of Jesus on behalf of the sins of all mankind; and ultimately it has pointed forward to the future that awaits us whenever God’s people become fully what they were intended to be. This is the grand story of God’s righteous purposes that each one of our lives are caught up in, and Paul has gone to great lengths to spell it out for us.

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