The Gospel (Good News) of Jesus is available to all people. Once included in this salvation, we are called to live on mission together as his body under the influence of the Holy Spirit. The mission together begins with the sacrifice of self; our ideas, ideals, mindsets, and preferences, all of these things must be given over to God and his will for our lives.

Because the Jewish people rejected God, God's Kingdom was open to the Gentiles, who were supposed to be examples of God's mercy in hope that the Jews would desire right relationship with God. 

The way of salvation is simple: faith and belief in Jesus.

God shows mercy in ways that defy human reasoning and understanding. His mercy is a gift; it's not arbitrary, but given to those who show faith and trust in Him.

In Romans 8, Paul shares the truth about the seemingly insurmountable forces of sin, the law, and the suffering in the flesh that we face: God is for us, is eternally-present with us, and we look forward in patience and confident hope to the day we are fully made new.

In Romans 6-8, Paul tells the church at Rome that while we are righteous and are being made holy, there are powerful forces arrayed against us: sin, the law, and our own flesh and pending death. Our most powerful enemy is...ourselves. In Romans 7, we learn that our hope is found in Jesus Christ alone.

Through Christ, we've been included in God's Kingdom, an undeserved privilege, with full access and ability to live out the reality of the Christian life. How are we to respond to the sin that constantly surrounds us?

As we read through Romans 5, we see that Jesus saved us while we were utterly helpless, sinful, and enemies of God. This salvation was a free gift and affects our lives, but only if we receive it.

Paul takes a moment in chapter 3 to respond to questions arising from the first two chapters of Romans. In doing so, he reminds the church at Rome of the way God has saved them through Jesus Christ.