Sunday, August 15, 2010

Piper - Roman 1:1

“So verse one may look like it is about the author of the letter; but behind every phrase is Someone far greater. God bought him by the death of his Son, God called him to be an apostle (Galatians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 1:1), God set him apart from before he was born. And he did it all, “for the gospel of God”—which we will look at next week. In other words, even in the first verse we hear Romans 11:36, “From him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever.”[1]

 

Appreciated this challenge to one see the sovereignty of God at work in Paul’s life to accomplish glory for God and I appreciate the challenge to reflect on my whole and see if I both recognize and believe that God is at work in the same way in my life. 

 

 

Steve Allen

ACTION Zambia

www.aliveinafrica.com

 

 



[1]Piper, J. (2007). Sermons from John Piper (1990-1999). Minneapolis: Desiring God.

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