Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
June 27, 2021
Opening Prayer
Psalm 119
and right are your rules.
138 You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness
and in all faithfulness.
139 My zeal consumes me,
because my foes forget your words.
140 Your promise is well tried,
and your servant loves it.
yet I do not forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is righteous forever,
and your law is true.
143 Trouble and anguish have found me out,
but your commandments are my delight.
144 Your testimonies are righteous forever;
give me understanding that I may live.
Romans 5:1-5
Therefore, since we have been justified (that is passively
made/declared righteous) by (from) faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through
him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings,
knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and
endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s
love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given
to us. [1]
Romans 5:6-11
6 For
while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely
die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even
to die— 8 but God
shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we
have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from
the wrath of God. 10 For
if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son,
much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we
also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now
received reconciliation.
v. 6
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The subject of the sentence is Christ.
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Who is the object?
o
This word can mean impious as well us ungodly or
godless.
o
What does this look like?
o
Isaiah 65:1-6 - I was ready to be sought
by those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by[a] my name.
2 I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
3 a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;
4 who sit in tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat pig's flesh,
and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
5 who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
o
Luke 19:10 – “I came to seek and save the lost.”
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When did this take place?
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What does this mean about our conversion,
salvation, and faith?
o
Romans 3:21-25a - But now the righteousness
of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and
the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the
righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who
believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all
have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and
are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is
in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward
as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.
o
Psalm 130:3-4 - If you, O Lord,
should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
v. 7-8
Who would you die for?
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Secret Service
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Parents for children
God shows his love …
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Where do people look to see God’s love?
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Where and when does God show us his love?
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What are some implications of this revelation?
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When we do evangelism?
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When we deal with “Repugnant Cultural Others”?
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When we see abuse and brokenness in churches?
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When we think about ourselves in relationship to
the world?
[1] All Scripture (unless
otherwise noted) is from The Holy Bible:
English Standard Version. (2016). (Ro 5:1–5). Wheaton, IL:
Crossway Bibles.
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