Section 5
chapter sixteen. In Romans 16 the Lord's work has reached its summit. When I read Romans 16, I am satisfied because He is satisfied. We must tell God, "Lord, You cannot go any further. You have reached the peak." With the establishing of the churches in Romans 16, the eternal God has attained the peak of His work and is satisfied.
Most of the Christian teachers say, "Look ahead. Look to the future. This world is evil, and the age is dark. There is nothing good on earth. Look forward to the future." However, this was not Paul's attitude in the book of Romans. If we had written Romans, we would have added another chapter saying, "Dear brothers, look at the poor situation. We must look ahead to the future when we will all be raptured. Then we will be in heaven." Paul, however, did not speak this way in Romans, and there must have been a reason why he did not. Although Christians like to dream of the future in heaven, Paul knew that the Lord desires to have the churches on earth. We look to the future, but the Lord wants us firstly to have the church life at the present time. Paul understood that the Lord is satisfied to have local churches on the earth.
If you study all the books in the New Testa ment, you will find that, other than Romans, not