Monday, February 18


From Jerusalem and in a circuit as far as Illyricum I have thoroughly preached
the good news about the Christ.—Rom. 15:19.

All people need to know about Jesus and put faith in him. In the book of Romans, Paul addressed
this need. Early on, he wrote of “God, to whom I render sacred service with my spirit in connection
with "the good news about his Son.†He added: “I am not ashamed of the good news; it is,in fact, God’s power for salvation to everyone having faith.†Later he referred to the time “when God through Christ Jesus judges

the secret things of mankind, according to the good news I declare.â€(Rom. 1:9, 16; 2:16)
Why,do you think, did Paul stress Jesus Christ to the Romans? Every Christian in Rome faced a predicament
that also confronts each one of us. Paul put it this way: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.†(Rom. 3:23)

Clearly, all to whom Paul wrote needed to recognize that they were sinners and had to put faith in
God’s means to meet that need.
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