27 to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.
We now come to the last verse in our study of Romans. The book concludes with praise to God for the content of the book of Romans.
27 to God,
Verse 27 is an ascription of glory to God. Paul asserted a final statement of praise to God in the book of Romans.
alone wise,
When it comes to wisdom, only God has eternal wisdom. Only He has a full grasp of reality. To accept any reality other than what God offers is a limited, finite, and insufficient concept of truth. We see God’s wisdom especially in the gospel (1 Co 1:18-25). Everything begins and ends with God.
be glory
We can see God’s glory through salvation in Christ. God does the doing, so He gets the glory.
through Jesus Christ forever.
We glorify God best through Jesus Christ. We see the glory of God especially in Jesus Christ. There will be no cessation of glory to God through Jesus Christ. We will glorify God for eternity because of Christ. Everything originates and culminates in Him.
Amen.
The word “amen” means so be it. This is a word of affirmation carrying the idea of something sure. Paul set his seal on the unique God, who alone is wise and who accomplished what He did through Jesus Christ forever.
PRINCIPLE:
Only God’s wisdom could have established the ideas of the book of Romans.
APPLICATION:
Only eternal wisdom could provide the operating assets of the book of Romans. To Him be the glory for this.
I hope that you have grown in God’s assets for you in our study of Romans. May God help you to even more mature in Christ because of these studies.
Dr. Richison,
I believe your work here is superb! Thank you for offering it as a free service here on line. This work has helped me greatly as I have just finished preaching through the Book of Romans. What a master piece our Brother paul has left us! Thank God for His work through that apostle! And thank God for your efforts to helping us all get a better grasp to this epistle.
May our God richly bless you!
Robert Stamey, Pastor, Christ Community Church, Monroe, Ga.
Thank you Robert. Your comments are a blessing. May God richly bless you in your ministry in Monroe.
Dr. Richison,
Your commentary has been an immense help to me as I wrote my way verse by verse through the book of Romans. Thank you for making this a public resource. I look forward to reading more of your commentary as I write my way through other books of the Bible.
Thank you Sarah.