Romans 1:13-32: God Gives His Righteousness to Us

Houston's First Baptist Church - Discover biblical messages to encourage your daily walk with God.

The book of Romans played a major role in the Protestant Reformation because it reveals God’s righteousness given to sinners by faith. After years of prayer and meditation, Martin Luther said, “Then finally God had mercy on me, and I began to understand that the righteousness of God is a gift of God by which a righteous man lives, namely faith.” He discovered that he now no longer needed to look to his own works, behavior, or obedience to determine his standing before God. Jesus fulfilled the l…