Tonight we're in chapter seven of the book of Romans. So there we go. Paul's letter to the Romans

and all the letters were read to the churches. When Paul wrote these letters, you got to remember

they were written to the churches, the church in Rome. And they all believed that the scripture that was written there was not just

given from paul but you know it was from from god through the hand of paul uh holy spirit inspired um and

for example paul even talked about this once when he was talking to the church at Thessalonica.

In 1 Thessalonians chapter 2, verse 13, he said, for this cause also we thank God without

ceasing. Because you, when you received the Word of God, which you heard of us, you received

it not as the Word of Men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually worketh

also in you that

believe. Paul was recommending that sort of behavior, not just on the path of the Thessalonichen

church, but really the Church of Jesus Christ, that they would see the written word of God

inspired by God. I believe that. I believe every word of the Bible is inspired.

That's why we go verse by verse, chapter by chapter by book.

Now, one quick word about chapters and verses.

The division of the Bible into chapters and verses was introduced to make it easier to locate

a specific reference.

But do you understand, for centuries, the Bible people

didn't have verses and chapters? Actually, it was the Archbishop of Canterbury. Well, I should

add the Stephen Langton is the guy. He was the Archbishop there of Canterbury. But in the 13th century,

he added chapters, which is kind of interesting. But these were just divisions that were

first incorporated in the English translations later. But the verses came later by a guy named Robert Stephanus. That was in the

16th century. He added verses, which was really helpful. Aren't you glad we have chapters and

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