Section 2
Gospels. Keep this one point in mind: that the gospel in Romans concerns Christ as the Spirit in us after His resurrection.
If we have only the gospel concerning Christ as in the first four books of the New Testament, our gospel is too objective. We need the fifth gospel, the book of Romans, to reveal the sub jective gospel of Christ. Our Christ is not merely the Christ in the flesh after incarnation and be fore resurrection, the Christ who was among His disciples. Our Christ is higher and more subjec tive. He is the Spirit of life within us. He is such a subjective One. John 14 and 15 reveal that Christ would be in His believers, yet that was not fulfilled before His resurrection. The book of Romans is the gospel of Christ after His res urrection, showing that He is now the subjective Savior in His believers. So, this gospel is deeper and more subjective.
PROMISED IN THE SCRIPTURES
This gospel was promised by God through the prophets in the holy Scriptures (Rom. 1:2). This means that the gospel of God was not an accident; it was planned and prepared by God. The Bible shows us that this gospel was planned by God in eternity past. Before the foundation