What is the importance of Romans 8 and the Book of Romans?
Romans 8 is the gemstone of the Book of Romans, and the Book of Romans is the gemstone of the Bible. It must be studied slowly and carefully because it declares there is now no condemnation, contrasting with condemnation resting on every son of Adam, a change made by the Gospel.
Les explains that Romans 8 is the gemstone of the Book of Romans, and the Book of Romans is the gemstone of the Bible. He stresses that this chapter cannot be glossed over but must be read slowly and carefully. In verses 1 and 2, Scripture says, "There is therefore now no condemnation." He recalls John's Gospel, where Jesus said he that hath the Son hath life, and he who hath not the Son hath not life, with condemnation already resting on him. Condemnation rests upon every son of Adam; we are born sinners in the Adamic race, and all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. But now Scripture says there is no condemnation. What made the difference? The Gospel.