From me to you Part 2: Let us be an encouragement to each other

CONTEXT: This is a letter. It’s a letter from Paul to all the believers in Rome. Paul’s never been to Rome. He’d love to go but he hasn’t made it there yet. He’s heard about the church there from others though. Others like Aquila and Priscilla who he meets in Corinth. They’ve been forced to leave Rome with many of the other Jews. They’re allowed back when the Emperor Claudius dies a few years later.

When Paul says all believers, he means all believers. There’ve been disagreements between the Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians, but Paul makes it clear that this is a letter for all of them. God’s grace and peace are available to all.

EXCERPT: Romans 1:1-17

LETTER FROM ME TO YOU:

Hi there to everyone reading this,

My name’s Helen and I’m a follower of Jesus. That’s pretty much all you need to know about me. I’m on a lifelong journey to work out what it looks like for me to serve God in my life and live this life to the full. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that he lived and died and was raised to life again so that we all may know what it is to live in relationship with God, the way God always intended all human beings to live.

God’s love and grace and peace and life are for all of us.

I thank God for all of you, for all your lives of faith. It encourages me to hear about how God is at work in the lives of others. I’d love to be able to encourage you too and strengthen you in your faith. If this letter this month helps to do that in any way, then that would be wonderful.

As we travel through this month, may we all come to know more and more the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.

Yours,

Hx