We are all set apart for the gospel. The gospel is the good news that God made a way for sinners to be restored into relationship with Him. We are set apart for the good news, both to receive and to share. We’re not of this world. We’re Good News people.

Jesus was descended from David, according to the flesh, but also declared to be the Son of God. We needed a perfect savior, who had to be both God and man. He had to be man to take our place. He had to be God to be sinless so He could die for our sins and not His own.

He did it so we could belong to Jesus and be saints because we are loved by God.

Paul is a minister of the gospel, but he wanted to visit the church in Rome so they could be mutually encouraged. Everyone in the Body is meant to be living and working for others, not just receiving for themselves. We all minister to each other.

The gospel is something we live out, not something we know. It looks like loving others. It looks like telling people they are sinners and that they need forgiveness and the power of God to overcome their sin and to come into new life out of the broken life they are in.

We live out the gospel and share the gospel not only because we are not ashamed of the gospel, but because we believe it is the power of God for salvation. We share the gospel because we believe in its power to change lives. We have confidence in the miracle-working power of the Truth.

The gospel doesn’t need sugar-coating. The gospel doesn’t need fun and flares attached. Jesus is enough. He is the power of the gospel.

The end of the chapter is about the foolish who think they are wise, but they love their sin instead of the gospel. Jesus is what they need. They don’t need us to compromise on the truth to help them feel accepted. They need to know how they can be made righteous and be perfectly accepted before God.