Day 39: Romans 16: 21-27: To The Only Wise God

The gospel reveals God's wisdom, grace, and plan for all people.

Paul ends Romans with worship. After everything discussed throughout this letter, he points back to God's wisdom, power, and glory.

The gospel was once a mystery hidden for generations but now revealed through Jesus Christ. And this message is for all nations. Romans ends where it began:

with the gospel.

The good news that salvation comes through Jesus by grace through faith.

Reflection: What truth from Romans has impacted you the most personally?

Dig Deeper: Why should theology ultimately lead us into worship?

Transcript

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Welcome to day 39 and our final day studying the book of Romans. Congratulations, you've made it, and thank you for being along this journey with me. I've said it a million times, but it is such a blessing for me, and I just appreciate you all so much. Today, our topic, our final topic is To the Only Wise God, and we're reading from Romans chapter 16, verses 21 through 27. Before we get into the text, here are some questions to reflect on. What truth from Romans has impacted you the most personally? Why should theology ultimately lead us into worship? Great questions for today. Let's get into our text. Timothy, my coworker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosapater, my fellow countrymen, greet you. I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord. Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Aristus, the city treasurer, and our brother Cortus greet you. Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic scriptures, according to the command of the eternal God to advance the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to him be the glory forever. Amen. And an extra amen. That is the word of God. Paul ends Romans the way the same way he began it, with the gospel at the center. After all the theology, all the correction, all the encouragement, Paul finishes in worship. And I think that teaches us something important. The goal of theology is not just information, it's not added wisdom or knowledge. It is transformation and awe. Paul says the mystery hidden for ages has now been revealed. In other words, God's plan through Jesus was unfolding across the entire story of Scripture. What the prophets pointed toward, what Israel anticipated, what the law could not fully accomplish, Jesus fulfilled. And now the gospel is going out to all nations. That would have sounded radical in the first century because many people viewed access to God through ethnic identity, law, or social standing. But Romans shattered those walls. Jew and Gentile, religious and unreligious, broken and moral, all stand the same way before God through grace. And honestly, that's why Romans remains one of the most important books in the Bible. It explains the human condition honestly. Sin, pride, the brokenness, suffering, but it also explains God's solution clearly. Jesus. As we finish this study, remember we weren't studying Romans to just give information about salvation. It was meant to anchor us deeply in the gospel so our lives would be transformed by it. So don't leave this behind. Carry it with you. Because the same grace Paul wrote about is still available today. The same spirit is still transforming people today. And the same gospel is still changing lives today. So to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ. Amen. Tomorrow we'll drop the first episode, which is an intro into Ephesians, also written by Paul. And honestly, it's taking what we've learned here as a foundation and taking a deeper dive into some of these concepts and making them very, very relatable to us and how we can apply it to our lives. So excited for that. Congratulations, another book down, and I'll see you tomorrow to end the week. Love you guys.