Week 8 (2-28-13)
Alrighty! So this week covered the epistle of Paul to the
Romans. A brief background of Romans: it was written in 57-58 AD in the winter
at the end of Paul’s 3rd mission. Its intended audience was for all
the converts in Rome, and its main purpose was to prepare these members for his
visit and to ignore the teaching of the Judaizers (the Judaizers were Christians
that were previously Jews which still clung to the teachings of the Law of
Moses). This epistle Paul writes is described as the granddaddy of all of his
epistles. It’s a pretty daunting task to pull out one thing that stuck out to
me in this book; however if I had to choose it would be in Romans 2:11. It
states “For there is no respect of persons with God”. Now what does this mean,
that God doesn't respect us? That couldn't be farther from the truth- God loves
each and every one of his children more than we can possibly love ourselves.
This scripture means to me that no matter what stage of life you are at, no
matter past decisions, not matter your rank in society or whether you got that
A on that midterm or not: God loves you just as much as the other guy. For a
while I’ll admit that the concept that God loves each and every one of his
children the same amount kinda made me mad. It made me feel very unspecial and
plain. However, who am I to deny the love of our Heavenly Father from other
people just so I can feel special? No, I now realize that I should rejoice in
the fact that others have this same love, and appreciate that we have a God
that is so equal and mindful of all his creations. I implore you to accept his
love and realize that it doesn't matter what race, gender, occupation or status
you have, the almighty God in heaven loves you dearly.
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