Many times I have seen in studying Scriptures, especially, the New Testament Epistles, people tend to skip over or skim read the first several “introductory” verses in order to get to the meat of the letter. Please don’t! Look at Romans 1:1 as an example, Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God….
These verses contain so much theology that one could write a book just on these seven verses alone. Because words have meaning, we want to look at each word, each phrase, and the whole section in order to get everything out of it we can. It is through this introduction that Paul sets the stage for the rest of the letter, introducing some key terms and establishing the background for what is to come. Read the rest of this entry »
