BIBLICAL TECHNOLOGIES: ROMANS PART 1

The third purpose for the letter was pastoral. Paul wanted to exhort Jewish and Gentile believers to live in harmony. As in most of the early churches, the gospel brought different groups of people together who otherwise would have stayed apart, whether for reasons of nationality, status, or culture. Once they came together under one roof, the challenge was to preserve their oneness in Christ. Thus, throughout the letter, Paul deals with problems arising from Jewish and Gentile differences. He emphasizes what everyone shared. Since there is only one God, He is the God of both Jew and Gentile. Both groups are under sin (3:9), and both are saved through faith (3:30). This theme of Jew and Gentile living together surfaces most clearly in chs. 14 and 15, where Paul deals with the practical aspects of being together in one body. Paul hammers home his central theme: the righteous God justifies and ultimately glorifies both Jew and Gentile by grace through faith.

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