Romans 1:1

Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. Today we start the book of Romans. We just finished the book of Acts where Paul was arrested and sent to Rome to be judged by Caesar. Paul wrote the book of Romans to the church in Rome - but he had not met them yet. He was looking forward to meeting them face to face. In our verse for today, Paul talks about three different groups of people, and he was in each of those three groups. First, Paul called himself a servant of Jesus. As Christians, we all belong to Jesus – He is our Master. But secondly, Paul was also an apostle. An apostle is a follower of Jesus who has actually seen Jesus while He was living here on earth. Then third, Paul said that he was separated unto the gospel of God. That means that God selected Paul as one of His preachers. When a farmer gets ready to sell one of his sheep, he must separate it from the rest of the flock. He has something special in store for that particular sheep. He separates it from the other sheep. A preacher of God has a special job to do. And Paul had a special job to do. Are you a servant of Jesus? I hope so. Are you an apostle? No, you can’t be. Are you separated unto the gospel of God? Are you called to be one of God’s preachers? May be you aren’t a preacher, but at least you can tell others about Jesus. I hope you do.