Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, President of One Passion Ministries.

And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture

so that you can better understand the word of God

and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into this

section of the Bible.

All right Romans Romans, Chapter 1, verse 17. We are in the heart of the Gospel. If there was ever

a Bible study for you to be a part of, this is it today.

So you're in the right place at the right time.

We're looking at Romans 1 and verse 17.

And I want to begin just by reading this one verse and you may say well how could we spend a whole study on just one verse and my challenge is going to be to get it all in in one study.

This verse is easily the most important verse in the entire book of Romans. This verse has been called

the most important verse in literature period. So the importance of this verse cannot be overstated.

It's the central theme of the book of Romans. to understand this verse is to understand the book of Romans.

It's that important.

So this is the acorn in which the entire forest is found. Everything is flowing out of this

verse. This is the heart that's pumping out the blood into the entire book of Romans.

So let's look at now this fountain of truth that just flows.

Paul begins, for in it, and it's important that we understand what the it is the

it is the it is the it is the gospel of Jesus Christ which has been the dominant theme

of verses 1 through 17.

And just to point this out to you at the end of verse one,

the Gospel of God, in verse 15. I am eager to preach the gospel.

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