Exegesis on the Book of Romans (I)

445 Pages·2006·2.08 MB·English

by  Paul C. Jong

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This Book Is Dedicated to All Souls

The righteousness of God is transparent. God’s righteousness cannot be

substituted by anything. That is be cause His righteousness is different from the

righteousness of man. We need to know what God’s righteousness is, and we need

to believe in it.
God’s righteousness is fundamen tally different from human righteousness. The

righteousness of mankind is like a filthy rag, but the righteousness of God is like a

brilliant pearl shining forever. God’ s righteousness is the Truth that is absolutely

needed by every sinner, transcending all ages.

Our faith in the righteousness of God must be one that can be verified in the
Word of Truth. Do you believe in the righteousness of God that is absolutely

indispensable in these end times when the Lord’s return is imminent? Do you want

to believe in the perfect righteousne ss of God within the Word of Truth and meet

the Lord? Have you ever met God’s righteousness? You need to realize that God’s

righteousness is found in Jesus who worked in the gospel of the water and the

Spirit. You must meet Jesus, who ha s become God’s perfect righteousness, and you

must believe in Him.

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Exegesis on

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ROMANS

(I) Exegesis on The Book of ROMANS( I )

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Table of Contents

Preface ----------------------------------------------- 7 Together with God
(Romans 5:1-21) ----------------------------- 257

Paul, a Missionary to the Gentiles

(Romans 1:1-32) ------------------------------- 10 We Can No Longer Continue in Sin
(Romans 6:1-23) ----------------------------- 298

To Those Who Band Together to Stand
The Law That Has Dominion over Man
against God (Romans 2:1-29) ---------------- 55
(Romans 7:1-25) ----------------------------- 353

People to Whom There Is No Condemnation
In What Respect Are Jews Better Than Gentiles?
(Romans 8:1-39) ----------------------------- 381
(Romans 3:1-31) ----------------------------- 105

Where Does the Apostle Paul’s Anguish
The Righteousness of Man Is Nothing Come from?
to Be Proud of (Romans 9:1-33) ----------------------------- 415
(Romans 4:1-25) ----------------------------- 217

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7 Preface
Preface clearly testify the majesty of the righteousness of
God and the salvation that is brought to those

who believe in His righteousness, so that anyone

can reach the correct understanding of them and
The Book of Romans in the Bible is the Word
have the right faith in God.
of the Truth that integrates both the New and Old
Most Christians think that they know the Book
Testaments completely and systematically.
of Romans at least to some degree, if not
All Christians think that they know the Book
thoroughly. So they are prone to think that
of Romans very well. But it dawned upon me
anyone who knows the so-called Five Points of
that many of them have in fact misunderstood it
Calvinism knows God fairly well. However, few
on far too many issues. So I began to write this
Christians truly understand how the
book for the purpose of enabling everyone to
righteousness of man and the righteousness of
know the Truth easily and clearly, providing
God are different from each other. They all
exegesis for each verse, and sometimes sermons.
profess to believe in Jesus as their Savior, but I
My hope for you, the reader, is to discern the
am not sure that every one of them indeed knows
righteousness of God from the righteousness of
and believes in God’s righteousness properly.
man as revealed in the Bible. My purpose here is
The entire Scriptures speak about God’s
to make this difference clear to you. Through this
righteousness through everything. The problem
sermon book on Romans, I would also like to
is however, that far too many people mistakenly
clarify that God’s righteousness is different from
consider their own righteousness as God’s
what most of you have known. My desire is to

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righteousness and believe so. It’s true that there would all realize my sincere effort in this book.
are only a few people on this planet who actually Let me make a bold claim here that this book is
know the righteousness of God properly, believe absolutely indispensable to make God’s
in it and preach it correctly. But what is sadder righteousness known to all the Christians of this
than this is that even Christians are unable to world. If this one book can “deliver God’s
speak out on this issue. Therefore, we may very righteousness” to your faith, I have no other
well say that they are like a watchdog that can’t wants or desires.
even bark. Until now, traditional teachings on the Book
This book’s contents are composed of of Romans have been placed as the foundation of
commentaries and sermons on the Book of Christian doctrines. However, it is not doctrines
Romans, and they are all about God’s or dogmas that testify what God’s righteousness
righteousness that is testified in detail. We need is. Many people have interpreted the Book of
to realize here that the kind of faith confessed by Romans based on either their own thoughts or
many Christians today is a dogmatic faith mixed their own sectarian creeds. They have fabricated
up with man’s own righteousness and religious their own Christian doctrines, and they have
righteousness; and that such Christians are all foolishly fit God’s Word into these doctrines of
living saturated in their own fallacious beliefs. their own making. So many people have been
As such, I have tried even harder to let Christians busy using the Bible only as a secondary
know that God’s righteousness is fundamentally textbook only for the purpose of validating such
different from man’s righteousness. I hope you doctrines fabricated with their own thoughts.

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This is akin to the original script being treated as God’s righteousness will set you free from all
a copy. imperfections, and it will enable you to have
Far too many Christians have used the Bible God’s perfect faith just like Abraham. May the
as a study aid to their own Christian doctrines. I Spirit of Truth be with you always.(cid:13)
couldn’t resist writing this book, because I

couldn’t bear such a travesty that renders the

Truth of the Bible into man-made doctrines. Paul C. Jong
However, when the righteousness of God is

properly testified throughout the whole world,

people will no longer commit the foolish act of

trying to fit the scriptural Word to their own

thoughts. It is my hope and prayer that all those

who profess to believe in God would from now
on stop considering the Bible merely as a study

aid to Christian doctrines, and return to the

righteousness of God, to the faith that believes in

this righteousness. I pray that from this moment,

they would all realize that only the righteousness
of God is the foundation of true faith.

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Exegesis Chapter 1

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