Opening Prayer
The Psalms of Ascent
Psalm 120 In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
2 Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to you,
and what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
4 A warrior's sharp arrows,
with glowing coals of the broom tree!
5 Woe to me, that I sojourn
in Meshech (maybe Turkey?),
that I dwell among the tents of Kedar (maybe Saudi
Arabia?)!
6 Too long have I had my dwelling
among those who hate peace.
7 I am for peace,
but when I speak, they are for war!
Romans – A Refresher
We began this study on January 24, 2021.
Probably written around 55 A.D.
Author: Paul
What do we know about St. Paul?
Where else did we encounter St. Paul today?
Paul was not a writer. He was an orator. He dictated his
letters to a scribe. Tertius was the scribe for Romans (cf. Rom. 16:22).
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The idea was that we would listen to this
letter.
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Romans 10:17
Key Themes
Gospel & Faith
Romans 1:16-17 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel,
for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the
Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For
in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for
faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Righteousness
Romans 3:21-26 - 21 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. This was to
show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed
over former sins. 26 It was to show his
righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier
of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Law
Sin
Salvation
Romans 7:21-25 - So I find it to be a law that when I want
to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I
delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but
I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and
making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched
man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks
be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God
with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Outline of the Letter
Introduction – 1:1-15
The Righteousness that Comes by Faith
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The power of God for salvation (1:16-17)
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Who is righteous? (1:18-3:20)
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How is God’s righteousness revealed? (3:21-4:25)
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How is God’s righteousness received? (ch. 5-8)
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What about Israel’s righteousness? (ch. 9-11)
Living in Righteousness
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Being living sacrifices. (12:1-2)
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Being the Body of Christ (12:3-8)
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Loving one another (12:9-21)
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Relating to authority (13:1-7)
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Loving your neighbor (13:8-10)
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Casting off evil and being clothed in Christ
(13:11-14)
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Caring about the weak in faith (14:1-15:13)
Conclusion
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Planning a new mission journey (15:14-33)
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Greetings (16:1-23)
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Doxology (16:25-27)
Romans 8:1-17
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of
life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and
death. 3 For God has done what the
law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned
sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the
righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those
who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the
flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the
things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on
the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For
the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not
submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those
who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 You, however, are not in the flesh
but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone
who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But
if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is
life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit
of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ
Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through
his Spirit who dwells in you.
Heirs with Christ
12 So then, brothers, we are
debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For
if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit
you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For
all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons[f] of God. 15 For you
did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have
received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba!
Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with
our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if
children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with
Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified
with him.
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