Romans 1:8-15

Before Paul dives into some of the most challenging passages in all of Scripture, he spends a moment to share his heart behind all of it. Paul is known as an apostle, a preacher, and an evangelist. But, at his core, Paul is a pastor. He is a follower of Jesus who loves and leads the people God has put in his care. Paul’s motive for writing Romans is not out of spite or anger or his own ego—it is out of love. This posture is helpful in understanding that everything God speaks to us in Romans is from a place of love—not hatred or spite.