Dominique S. Alojado
GE 10 – BB
Romans 4-6: A Reflection

There is much of sin, our inheritance of it. Faith, how much it is a saving grace from God. There is much hope and love. And so, our freedom from sin. Our life in God through Jesus Christ. These are central themes to the discussions in Romans 4-6.

For chapter 4, I especially loved verse 4: “A worker’s wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due.” It serves as a heavy reminder of how undeserved our being saved is from God, and how heavy and unconditional His gift is — His love for us — in Christ Jesus. Imagine: one needs only faith. Let it course through you, and the said faith will lead you to good works and a Godly life. It’ll lead you to the Lord. Verse 5 would go on saying, “But when one does not work, yet believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.”

In connection with the thought above, for chapter 5, I will go on treading around the matter of this saving gift. In its last verse (21), it says, “so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through justification for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Backing up to verse 17, it tells us, “For if, by the transgression of one person, death came to reign through that one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of justification come to reign in life through the one person Jesus Christ.” That we need only to receive Jesus, though living a Godly life is not easy, makes you realize how much easier it is to live on in eternity in heaven when you need only to accept God’s saving grace instead of having to work for it yourself.

Lastly, for Chapter 6, I will go off track a bit from talking about God’s gift and go on setting a line that I encourage others to take part in their thought process when in a time of temptation. In verse 21 it says: “But what profit did you get then from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.” When people ask me to help them determine the rightness of a choice, I always tell them to consider the fact that if they are hesitating too much on it (or maybe even just a little bit), perhaps it was never right to consider it in the first place. After all, if it makes you feel “ashamed,” there is definitely at least some portion of wrong with the subject at hand.

Overall, these chapters felt relieving for me because I know my own walk in life. It’s not perfect. It’s not good all the time. But to realize the gift set right before me stills the chaos in my soul, knowing that I am okay in the hands of the Lord.