Chapter five records a “funeral song” that Amos was to deliver, like so many of the prophets after him. If Israel did not repent, death was their certain end. No matter the size of their army, only ten percent could hope to survive (Amos 5:1-3). Yet it did not have to end that way; they […]
Chapter fifteen actually finishes the teaching on strong and weak believers from the previous chapter. Rather than causing weaker Christians to stumble in their faith, stronger Christians “ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just to please ourselves” (Romans 15:1-6). This is essentially further teaching on the proper outworking of love
Chapters nine through eleven form the second of three major sections in Romans. After reading Paul’s series of promises at the end of chapter eight, some Jews may have been inclined to doubt the veracity of Paul’s claims. “After all,” they could say, “God has made many promises to us that have never been fulfilled.”
