Romans: Rooted in Jesus, A New Paradigm

If you haven’t read Simon Sinek’s book, Start with Why, you need to! The heart of the book is the importance of the root motivations for life, the why to any action. It’s the heart of the book of Romans: why do we obey God? More specifically, if there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ, and Christ is the end of the law to all who believe, then what should motivate my obedience?

The Jewish believers in the church answered the question, saying, “we obey because that’s how we have standing with God and avoid His judgment.” They pressured the Gentile believers to adopt their pious practices, saying, “you can’t be right with God unless you convert to Judaism and all its patterns.” Paul routs this paradigm and condemns it.

But he doesn’t leave us there, holding the ruins of our paradigm. He gives us a new model for life as believers. Join us Sunday as we begin examining this pattern in Romans 12:1,2. Let’s pray that our hearts will be freed to love and live for God.