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David Bartlett explores Paul’s letter to the Romans and there discovers Paul’s vision of the nature of God. Along the way, Bartlett also highlights Paul’s thoughts on God’s gift of Jesus Christ, the world of the first Christians, and the nature of faith. Fascinating and clearly written, this rewarding and uplifting book will encourage and enlighten the modern reader faced with contemporary...

In order to understand verses 1–11 we need to remember that Paul believes that in Jesus Christ a great shift has taken place in human history and in the history of each believer. The old age of the flesh has passed away and the new age of the Spirit has come. Recall that at the very beginning of the epistle, Paul writes that Christ was designated Son of God by the Spirit at his resurrection (Rom. 1:4). The Spirit is the gift of God in the new age brought about by Christ’s dying and rising again.
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