Romans 1-3

The book of Romans is considered the greatest of Paul’s epistles, which provides a systematic commentary on the gospel of salvation by faith alone.  It is believed to have been written by Paul from Corinth, as he was preparing to head back to Troas, and then back to Judea.  Paul did not found the church in Rome, and this epistle does not address any problems with the church there (as he did with the Corinthians and other churches he wrote to).  The central theme of this book is stated in chapter 1…

Romans 1:16-17 NKJV - For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."

God will judge the whole world with righteous judgement, and even those who have not heard the name of Jesus, or been told the things of God, will be judged rightly, and no one will be able to say “not fair” to Him on that day.

There is no partiality or unfairness with God, and we should therefore keep ourselves from judging others, since only God is qualified to do so.

Not even the Jews can claim to be righteous because of their heritage (sons of Abraham), or because of keeping the laws of Moses, as it is only those who approach God in faith (like Abraham did), who will be justified.  Every person ever born proves they are sons of Adam because they all sin, and they all die (which is the curse of sin), and there are none who are good enough to be accepted by God in their own righteousness.  As stated in Romans 3:23, every person has sinned, and failed to live up to God’s standard of righteousness.  So, acceptance by God must come another way - through faith in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, Who came to the world in God’s grace to take upon himself the punishment for sin that every person deserves.