Paul puts it more bluntly in Romans 7 ... they're not just in conflict with one another, they're at war

with their mouth that 'Jesus is Lord' and believes in his heart that God raised him from the dead (Romans

John 10:22–30 (NIV) 22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30

eagerly play that role. 27  Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 30  Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

Paul, at various times in Romans 7 , points out how God’s Law is good like in verse 12, so the law is

And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all

Today: Romans 6

many ways, preaching isn't all that different from what the great orators who traveled throughout the Roman

The kings of the earth rise up against the very God who established them ( Romans 1 ).

The book of Romans begins with an announcement that the gospel - the proclamation of the good news of