Worldview on the Book Of Romans 1-8
Setting out to write the Book of Romans, Paul was convicted of some issues in Rome and the world at large that needed to be addressed and put to light. As he starts the book, Paul indicates that he has all along longed to visit Rome and talk to the Gentiles there as he has done with gentiles from other regions, but somehow he has been stopped continuously. This is an indication that there ere pressing issues that Paul would have loved to go alone and address in the Roman church at the time and make straight. It is these challenges that will form the central discussion in this worldview and will be categorized as 1). Natural world, 2) Human Identity, 3) Human relationship and 4) Culture.
Natural world
In the very first chapter, Paul depicts Rome as a place where there abounds Godlessness and a lot of wickedness taking place in the city as well as suppression of the truth. He describes the hearts of the people there as darkened and people who worship the images instead of the immortal God. He depicts Rome as a place where sexual perversions abound and the dwellers have departed from the focus on the wisdom from God but rely on their own ways and knowledge. The temples are also seen to be full of Roman gods that take the shape of human, birds and reptiles instead of the worship of the Lord God. This is a direct reflection of what happens in the current society where science and philosophy has effectively replaced the thirst for God. The empiricists insist on deconstructing God and replacing Him with other phantom ideas. The sexual perversions through the media and internet has reached unimaginable levels and just as it was in the Roman city during the time Paul was writing this letter, the preachers of the word of God are needed...
Biblical Worldview: Romans 1-8 Teaching My analysis of Romans chapter 1-8 will cover the following areas of interest; culture, the natural world, human relationships, and human identity. Paul was inspired to write the book of Romans by the fault line, an obvious crack in the Roman society and culture which Paul adopted in framing his letter to the Romans. My view of the world is that, the sins the Romans committed
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