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$\"NTWright.jpg\"$ <\/span>Tom Wright devotes no less than 70 pages to Romans in Justification: God\u2019s Plan & Paul\u2019s Vision<\/a> $\"\"$ ,<\/strong><\/em> and\u2026 well \u2026 it is hard to sum up the denseness of this stuff without doing disservice to you, our readers, and to Tom, our author.<\/p>\n

Tell me, what is the hang-up over Tom Wright\u2019s understanding of the \u201crighteousness of God\u201d as God\u2019s covenant faithfulness? How does that understanding undermine Reformed views? <\/b><\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s have some short posts that sum all the sections of Romans in this study\u2026 Today we look at Romans 1:16-17:<\/p>\n

<\/span>I
\nam not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
\nsalvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the
\nGentile.\u00a0 <\/a><\/span>For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, <\/span><\/a>just as it is written: \u201cThe righteous will live by faith.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

And immediately an issue comes up that distinguishes Wright\u2019s view: what does \u201cthe righteousness of God\u201d mean? It means something about God: \u201cGod\u2019s faithfulness to his covenant with Israel to redeem the world through Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

This Wright says makes sense best of a number of issues in Romans, including:<\/p>\n

\n
1. In my view, the entire theodicy-like sweep of Romans 9-11 that, if seen as central to Romans instead of a some kind of \u201cwhy does Paul bring this up?\u201d approach, reorients our entire reading of the book into something that \u201cjustifies God\u2019s way with Israel and the world.\u201d Anyway, that\u2019s my take.<\/p>\n

2. Wright sees Rom 9-11 through this lens and thinks it makes best sense of Rom 9-11; also Rom 2:1-16 and 2:17-29 and esp 3:27-31 and 4:16-17 and 10:6-13 and the climactic verses of chp 11.<\/p>\n

3. Also, the \u201cgospel\u201d is declared in 1:3-5 \u2014 it\u2019s about Jesus being the risen Lord of the world \u2014 but 1:16-17 is about the impact of the gospel \u2014 salvation. The gospel in this text focuses on its inclusion of Jews and Gentiles and the reason Paul refers to Hab 2:4 is to evoke the national crisis Israel was in and the need to remain faithful during that crisis.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"