Pastor Josh continues on through the introductory section in the book of Romans:
“Many Christians have this dualistic worldview where, in a sense, there are two ‘gods’; a benevolent ‘good God’ who is trying his best to accomplish good things for humanity, struggling against his malevolent arch-nemesis, the devil…So many people struggle with the emphatic doctrines in Romans because they have this weaksauce view of God, where he is trying to accomplish his plans but is often thwarted in some aspects by the devil, or by the choices of human beings, and is forced to settle with whatever limited good he is able to pull off…This is a blasphemous and distorted imagination of the one true God, who actively and sovereignly rules over all his creation.”