The gospel, to many Christians, is not much more than a “fire escape” from hell—they see it predominantly as a way of escaping from going into a lost eternity in hell. This side of the gospel focuses merely on what we have been saved from, and is a very limited view of what the gospel announces. The gospel that Paul preached involves far more than that negative side of things. It focuses on what we have been saved for—emphasizing our many blessings in Christ. Understanding the full gospel that Paul preached is essential to having a solid foundation on which to grow spiritually. However, many Christians today know little of how richly they have been blessed with the “unsearchable riches of Christ” (Eph. 3:88Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; (Ephesians 3:8)). Since this is the case, the exercise of the author of this present volume is to expound upon Paul’s epistle to the Romans wherein he presents the gospel in its fullest sense.
The writing of this present work on Romans has taken the author over a year to complete—having consulted in excess of 30 expositions and articles by various authors in the process. It is now sent forth as a fresh presentation of the truth of the gospel, as unfolded in the epistle.
We commend the volume to God with the prayer that He would be pleased to use it for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ and for the blessing of every Christian who reads it.
June, 2015