Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, President of One Passion Ministries.

And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture

so that you can better understand the word of God

and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into this

section of the Bible.

So we could go like two or three hours today. This has been pent up in me now for for

a month. So no it's great to see you and I need to welcome those who are watching this live stream,

wherever you are around the world.

You're a part of this Bible study.

Thanks for tuning in.

We're in Dallas, Texas right now and I've got the A

team assembled around the table right here. So we're ready to go. We are in the book of Romans as you know that. So I hope your Bible

just naturally opens to the book of Romans. And I'm going to start just as the launching point, chapter 1, verse 1, just to remind you of what this book is all about.

And in Romans 1, verse 1, Paul really tells us where he's headed with the entire book of Romans.

He says he's been set apart for the Gospel of God. That's the big idea of the Book of Romans, the Gospel of God,

which means the good news of salvation that God has provided in His son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

How sinful man can be made right with Holy God.

And the cornerstone of this Gospel is the doctrine of justification.

Justification by faith.

Everything else will build out from the doctrine of justification.

And so I want you to turn to Romans 4,

and I want us to step back into the doctrine of justification.

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