PJ's Journal

Message from Feb. 23, 2020 First message in the series.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." Paul declares that he is not ashamed of the Gospel, in fact, he is eager to preach to them the Gospel.  He gives a few reasons why that is.   First, it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.   I will argue in my message on Sunday that salvation is more than just a one-time declaration that God has indeed forgiven the person who through faith turned to Christ for salvation.  While this is indeed true of a follower of Jesus, the righteousness of God that is revealed in the Gospel is at work in the life of a believer to transform him or her into the image of Christ.  This is why the Paul uses present tense language in other letters to describe God present work in saving the believe