St. Paul Lutheran Church, Matteson, Illinois & Pastor Troester Matt Troester

The heart of our Christian teaching is that God in love sent us His only Son, Jesus, who died in our place and by faith we have the benefits of forgiveness and life and life eternal.

The law of God is a good gift showing us how to live in love with God and with others, but the problem for us is that we can't keep it. The good news is that Jesus kept the law for us, and by faith we have forgiveness and His power to battle our sinful ways and do good to others.

The free gift of forgiveness which was bought for us by Jesus life, death and resurrection is not something that we would abuse and sin more since we are forgiven. We are set free from sin and death to be slave to our new Lord, Jesus Christ, and live to His glory.

The great teaching of the Bible--we have hope because God in His love sent His Son, Jesus, to die and rise for us and win forgiveness of all our sins, for which we are most greatful and live to His glory.

The letter of Paul to the Christians in Rome, as Paul greets them, tells of his desire to visit them and the heart of the Good News we have in Jesus, and the bad news of our sin, which makes the message of Jesus so good for us.

Paul goes to Rome and there he preaches about Jesus Christ.