“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.” – Romans 1:16
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Such is the opening of Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome, which one may argue it as the most complete letter when it comes to explaining God, Human Beings, Sin, Salvation, and Life as Christians. In the previous verse, Paul said that he was ‘eager to preach the gospel to [them] also who are in Rome.’ In fact, he was so eager to preach the gospel to everyone even to the point of imprisonment, persecution, and eventually, death. Why is that the case? Is it because Paul was a special apostle with special ability to preach the gospel that no others could? I don’t think so. There is never a hint that Paul did it because he was good at it. In fact, in 1 Corinthians, Paul said that he preached not with eloquent wisdom (1 Cor 1:17; 2:3), and he was in weakness, fear, and much trembling (1 Cor 2:3). Paul, however, was passionate about it simply because he truly believed that the gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.
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