What does Romans 1:16 mean? Does it mean the POWER OF GOD is working in us (Phil 2:13) unto SALVATION (Rm 3:24; Titus 2:12)?

@ANON

Go tell it to your friends they might be interested.

@MD

"For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth" (Hebrews 9:16-17).

God promised a New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:33-34; Hebrews 8:10-12; 10:16-17) that became effective after He died on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:2-4).

Someone had to tell us how to live under the New Covenant and Jesus "chose Paul" (Acts 9:15) to "fulfill the Word of God" (Colossians 1:25) under the NC!

Just like GOD did in the OT GOD spoke "from heaven" (John 3:27).  Under the NC "Jesus gives commandments through the Holy Ghost to those He's chosen" (Acts 1:2) "from heaven" (John 3:27).

Where is the difference?

"For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:  But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God" (Romans 2:28-29).

"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you" (John 15:16).

"Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection" (Acts 1:22) which was "like as Christ was raised up by the glory of the Father" (Rm 6:4) POWER (Acts 1:8) received after Holy Spirit baptism (Acts 1:5) when Jesus "chooses and ordains us" (John 15:16) to be Christians (I Corinthians 12:11-13)..

@MALCOLM

The gospel of Christ is all about Jesus' resurrection by the POWER OF GOD "like as Christ was raised up by the glory of  the Father" (Romans 6:4) so are we from our "DEAD spirits" (I Cor 15:21-22) by the POWER OF GOD that comes upon us" (Acts 1:8) after Holy Spirit baptism (Acts 1:5).

Now you can PERVERT it if you like (Galatians 1:6-9) with a water baptism but the gospel of Christ is THE POWER OF GOD coming upon us after Holy Spirit baptism UNTO SALVATION (Rm 1:16)