What good is the law if we don’t need it anymore? In answering this question, Paul explains about the AUTHORITY of the law, the MINISTRY of the law and the INABILITY of the law and how that affects our lives today.

Last week we saw that we were to offer ourselves to God and not to sin and here Paul answers the question of why we should do that. It is because of the FAVOUR we have in Christ, the FREEDOM that has been won by Christ and the FRUIT that is produced by Christ.

In this passage, Paul is going to contrast two people, Adam and Jesus. In Adam, there is sin, trespass, judgment and death. In Jesus, there is a gift of grace, justification, righteousness and eternal life.

In this chapter, Paul uses the example of Abraham to illustrate how justification works. It is by FAITH not WORKS, by GRACE not LAW and by POWER not PERFORMANCE.

Jesus has been given all authority in heaven and on earth. In this passage, Jesus instructs the disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. As Christians, our responsibility is to also tell others about Jesus to encourage them to become followers of Jesus. We are not perfect and can have doubts about our faith, but we are to remain anchored to Jesus and be like a floating pontoon that can rise and fall to meets people's needs, where ever they are at.