Romans in perspective

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Does Romans change need to keep Commandments?

ROMANS IN PERSPECTIVE (Does not change need to keep Commandments). Many Christians use singular selective verses of Paul’s letters of Romans, Galatians or Colossians as reasons not to keep God’s commandments i.e. Rom 6:14. They make Paul their god and think to follow his words, which they misunderstand, over God’s. Were they learned in the Old Testament, they would realize Paul was actually advocating the keeping of all God’s commandments and it is them who are in error for misunderstanding as is said in 2Pe 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 2Pe 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are UNLEARNED and UNSTABLE wrest, as they do also the OTHER SCRIPTURES, unto their own destruction. 2Pe 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the WICKED, fall from your own stedfastness. The only thing to be learned in when that sentence was said is the Old Testament as they was no New Testament. In our Genesis to Revelations studies thus far we have seen the keeping of God’s commandments was taught by the LAW, PROPHETS, PSALMS, MESSIAH AND THE APOSTLES IN THE BOOK OF ACTS. I shall now list verses in Romans to show that, taken as a whole, in context this letter also teaches the same. First a few verses from another letter of Paul found in Corinthians. 1Cor 7:18 Is any man CALLED being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any CALLED in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 1Co 7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the KEEPING OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 1Cor 7:20 Let every man abide in the same CALLING wherein he was CALLED. 1Co 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 1Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether .. We should note also note another point from those verses. We are CALLED to be saved not are saved. That comes on judgement day not at baptism nor in this life. “Shall be” is future tense not present. Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Words in italics are my comments. Remember it is Eph_4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, Act 10:34 ... God is no respecter of persons: Act 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and WORKETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, is accepted with him. Exo 12:49 ONE LAW shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. Num 15:16 ONE LAW and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Col_3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. ROMANS Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (gentile). Rom 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; (evil being sin, being transgression of Law / commandments) Rom 2:10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: Rom 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God. Rom 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the DOERS OF THE LAW shall be justified.