Starting in Romans Chapter 9 and running through Chapter 11, the apostle Paul begins to address the plight of Israel. Israel had been provided so much, but still were incapable of fulfilling what God had promised to it. In this episode, Dr. Paul addresses the apostle Paul's revelation that God is absolutely sovereign in His selection over who receives His mercy and compassion, and those who don't.

The apostle Paul concludes his argument for eternal security in Romans 8:28-39 by not only assuring the reader that regardless of life's events, everything works to the good to those that love God. He then turns to asking three questions concerning who was able to condemn those who were previously declared incapable of being condemned. In each case, although Paul did not necessarily need to provide an answer, he does anyway, and the conclusion is nobody! In fact, there are no circumstances, whether death or life, angels or rulers, things going on right now, nor in the future, will be able to separate one of God's children from him. It is a message of hope that blood-bought Christians need to hear, given that many still believe it is incumbent upon them to secure what God had already accomplished before the foundation of the world.

Christianity is a long walk and with that walk comes much suffering, struggle, and pain. But, there is hope. Hope that only God in his infinite wisdom, love, and care can instill in those who are destined for glory. In Romans 8:18-27, the apostle Paul addresses the hope laid out for not only the Christian, but for all of creation that was subjected to the effects of the fall of mankind way back in the beginning of man's existence upon the earth. To assist in the realization of that hope, as the Christian strives, one step at a time, toward his/her consummation as a child of God, the Holy Spirit intercedes with his own "groanings too deep for words." It is part and parcel of the assurance that the Christian is no longer condemned, and is indeed one of God's own.

After the apostle Paul's previous exposition on the prevalence and influence of sin in his Christian life, he now turns to the security he, and other Christians, has because of his position "in Christ." Romans 8:1-17 is a classic statement, in other words, on the doctrine of eternal security. That regardless of the effects of continued in sin, that Paul talks about in Romans chapter 7, in a person's life, as the flesh and the spirit wage "war," no one will lose their familial standing with God as His children. It is something that all Christians need to know and embrace as part of the "good news" that God wrought when He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to "condemn sin" in the flesh.

In probably one of the most important sections of the Book of Romans, at least from the Christian perspective and trying understand why a Christian commits sin or continues to commit sin, is Romans 7:13-25. Although the genuine Christian is blood-bought from the slave market of sin, sin continues to indwell the Christian, as it wars against the spirit. Those who fail to understand this often end up being led astray into various forms of thought that assert the Christian MUST do this or MUST do that to retain his salvation. Such is not what the Apostle Paul taught in this passage as Dr. Paul explains.

In the Apostle Paul's quest to explain the place of the Law in the Christian's life, he uses the ordinance of marriage as a metaphor to show difference between living under the law and living by the Spirit. So, long as a person is married, they cannot marry anyone else. In turn, as soon as the spouse dies, then the spouse that is still living is free to marry another. The Christian or person who has been born of God is no longer under the covenant of marriage by law, but has died to it and is now under the covenant of grace through Christ via the Spirit. That is not to say that the law is unholy or unrighteous. It is to stay that it only serves to expose sin for what it is, and as a moral guide, not to exact grace or salvation from God, but to teach of of our need for God's grace that is given freely.

Many cults argue that unless a person keeps the law, even though it is something the cult has created and has nothing to do with biblical law, then that is an effective argument against being saved by grace alone. The Apostle Paul answers this challenge in Romans 6:15-23 by counter-arguing that (1) even though a person is living by grace, that does not give him/her license to sin; (2) the law is of no effect, since the Christian should use it as a moral standard for moral living; (3) a person is a slave to the person/thing he is obedient toward, whether toward the law, which brings death, or toward God, which brings eternal life. Ultimately, the law is to lead a person to Christ, whereby the Christian is introduced to God's grace, which is unmerited, not merited. Moreover, depending on where a person puts his/her allegiance, he becomes enslaved thereby and garners the fruit of that allegiance amounting to eternal death or eternal life.