David Suchet a well known British actor ,who is one of my favourite actors, and who played the part of one of my favourite characters ,Agatha Christie's , Hercule Poirot the Belgium detective, told how he came to faith in Christ. He recounts how his father was a Jew, and his mother wasn't, and that he himself was not particularly religious. As he grew older he had a desire for something bigger than he had, so he was drawn to look in the bible, and he began reading the epistle to the Romans, and he came to faith in Christ .He said it gave him a world view, which he embraced, like David Suchet, many people have been brought to faith by reading this wonderful book , Augstine Bishop of Hippo in N. Africa, John Wesley, founder of Methodism. A world view ,yes it does have a world view, for it takes in the state of all of humanity, which clearly teaches that all humanity are sinners. No matter what race you are, colour ,high born, low born, no exceptions, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Romans 3 v 23 .Which means all humanity is alienated from a holy God, and are accountable to God. Romans 1 v 18, This included the Jewish people, for God does not show favouritism . Romans 2 v11. That is mankinds dilemma, and its this where we find the answer to this dilemma, and it is summed up in v 16 of chap 1,which reads,' For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.' We will continue this next time.
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