Paul goes on and says that the gospel is superior because it is the ministry of righteousness as opposed to the ministry of condemnation. We all stand under the law and in and of ourselves that law condemns us. We cannot be saved by our obedience. And so Paul can rightly call the Old Testament law a ministry of condemnation. […]

If you’ve been out on a nice starry night, you’ve known what it’s like to look up at the stars and see how glorious they are. But can you see them during the day? No, because there’s something much more glorious up in the sky. The sun has risen, and its brightness washes out that which was really very glorious […]

In verse 4, Paul talks about trust. He uses a word there that has the idea of a confidence. A confidence in which you can rest so that there is no doubt in your mind that that object that you are placing your trust in will do exactly what you are intending it to do. Paul speaks of the trust […]