This is the Baymaw Podcast with Marty Solomon. I'm his co-host, Brent Billings. Today we enter

Intoraverse byverse Journey through the Book of Romans, looking at Paul's introductory section as he

addresses this diverse group of believers. Yep, we turn our attention to Romans, the letter

that is quoted to me more than any other letter in the Bible. So let's do this thing. I used to have

such a... You've probably still sent a little disdain. I don't have a disdain for Romans anymore

because the proper interpretation of Romans is amazing. It's going to go really nicely alongside

of what's going on in Galatians and yet it is different. It's not the story, the letter written

to the Galatians. So I really love Romans now. I used to have a disdain for Romans because of the

over-emphasized focus that Evangelicals had on this book, but we're going to enjoy walking through.

So maybe contrast the audience of Galatians to the audience of Romans. Galatians is a kind of a

backcountry ultra conservative like we don't want to be bothered by anybody there away from all

the high Roman whatever. Yep. And they're dealing with a very specific problem in Galatia. And

that is they have a bunch of Gentile converts who are not welcome. That's not going to be the

case in Rome. And they're wanting to convert. That's not what's happening in Rome. So the situation

is very, very different in Galatia from Romans and yet the gospel is still the same gospel. The point

of Paul is still the same point. His heart is still the same. Context is radically different. But

before we jump into that, let's go and read the first few verses. Let's just get started in the

introduction here. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the

gospel of God. The gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures

regarding his son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David and who through the spirit

of holiness was appointed the son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead. Jesus Christ

are Lord. In a long sentence. Yeah. Through him we received grace and a apostleship to call all

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