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Pastor Richard "Buddy" Wimberly "The Gospel Of Christ" Romans 1:7-17

Rom 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

Rom 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

Rom 1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

Rom 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

Rom 1:12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

Rom 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

Rom 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

Rom 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Paul sets forth that he wants to come to Rome so that he and they may be mutually encouraged in the faith.

Not ashamed is actually not a double negative but a resounding boast in the Gospel of Christ. (like he’s not bad at all, meaning he’s really good) The Gospel of Christ is dubbed as the power of God. The conduit of salvation. To every one that believes.

The Gospel of Christ is the way to the righteousness that is only of God by faith to faith. That is faith in conception to faith in practice. The just or justified shall live because of faith. But not just faith but faith in the Christ. The Gospel (good news) is essentially common with the live, death and resurrection of Jesus. Some one once said, “It’s not just faith but faith in Christ Jesus. It’s like saying, a man lives by swallowing.” Believing faith will produce living faith (see James 2)