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ROMANS 1
LESSON #2
GODS CALLING FOR YOU
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 1:16
READ ROMANS 1
1-7 INTRODUCTION
IN VERSE 1 PAUL SAYS HE IS “CALLED”
ALL BELIEVERS ARE CALLED.
YOUR CALLING IN JESUS CHRIST
| 1. CALLED TO BE SAINTS | ROM 1:6-7 |
| 2. CALLED TO BE CHILDREN (SONS OF GOD) | ROM 9:26 1JO 3:1 |
| 3. CALLED TO PEACE | 1CO 7:15 |
| 4. CALLED TO BE SERVANTS | 1CO 7:21-22 |
| 5. CALLED TO BE FREE–LIBERTY | 1CO 7:22 GAL 5:13 |
| 6. CALLED TO THE FELLOWSHIP OF JESUS | 1CO 1:9 |
| 7. CALLED TO HAVE ONE HOPE | EPH 4:4 |
| 8. CALLED TO BE ONE BODY OF BELIEVERS | COL 3:15 |
| 9. CALLED TO HOLINESS | 1TH 4:7 |
| 10. CALLED TO RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL INHERITANCE | HEB 9:15 |
| 11. CALLED TO ETERNAL LIFE | 1TI 6:12 |
| 12. CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS | 1PE 2:9 |
| 13. CALLED TO SUFFERING | 1PE 2:21 |
| 14. CALLED TO BLESSING | 1PE 3:9 |
| 15. CALLED TO GLORY | 2PE 1:3 1PE 5:10 |
| 16. CALLED TO MORAL EXCELLENCE | 2PE 1:3 |
| 17. CALLED TO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB | REV 19:9 |
IN VERSE 1 PAUL SAYS HE IS SEPARATED UNTO THE GOSPEL OF GOD. BY SEPARATED, HE MEANS SETAPART FROM ONE SPHERE TO ANOTHER.
**WHAT IS THE GOSPEL OF GOD ACCORDING TO THIS PASSAGE? GOSPEL MEANS = GOOD NEWS. THEGOOD NEWS IS THAT JESUS IS THE REVEALED ONE PROMISED BY
THE PROPHETS (2)
THAT JESUS IS THE REIGNING ONE, COME IN THE FLESH AS THE SEED OF DAVID, THE SON OF GOD,LORD (3)
THAT JESUS IS THE RESURRECTED ONE RAISED IN POWER FROM THE DEAD, SINLESS/HOLY, THETRIUMPHANT SON OF GOD (4)
GOSPEL = “GOOD NEWS”
THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THIS GOOD NEWS:
1.THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST = ETERNAL PURPOSE MAR1:1
VIRGIN BIRTH
INCARNATION
DEATH AND RESURRECTION
2.THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD ACT 20:24
GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION BY GRACE
3.THE GOSPEL OF GOD ROM 1:1-6
GOD’S LOVE POURED OUT THROUGH CHRIST
PROMISED BY THE PROPHETS
FULFILLED IN JESUS
4.THE GOSPEL OF PEACE ROM 10:15
RECONCILIATION OF MAN AND GOD THROUGH JESUS
5.THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION EPH 1:13
A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST–WE ARE THE POSSESSION
OF GOD SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
6.THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM MAT 4:23
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN THE PRESENT EMBODIED IN
JESUS CHRIST AND IN US
THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO COME ON EARTH MAT 24:14
7.THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL REV 14:6-7 ROM 2:16
JUDGMENT AND ETERNAL SEPARATION OF MEN INTO ONE
KINGDOM OR THE OTHER
**LIST THOSE ATTRIBUTES REVEALED ABOUT JESUS (VS 1-5)
1. COMING PROMISED BY PROPHETS
2. OUR LORD
3. OF THE SEED OF DAVID
4. SON OF GOD WITH POWER
5. ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS
6. RAISED FROM THE DEAD
7. BROUGHT GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP
READ ROMANS 1
8-15 INTRODUCTION
VERSE 8, PAUL COMMENDS THEM FOR THEIR FAITH BUT THEY WERE SHORT ON LOVE (SEE 12:10& 13:8-10). ALSO THEY WERE SHORT ON HOPE (SEE 8:24-25 & 15:13)
PAUL HAS 2 REQUESTS FOR THIS CHURCH (10-11).
1. TO SEE THEM
2. TO SERVE THEM SO THEY WILL BE ESTABLISHED
ESTABLISHED” MEANS = TO FIX, TO SET, TO MAKE FAST, TO STRENGTHEN, TO CONFIRM.
HOW WILL THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED? BY SHARING HIS SPIRITUAL GIFT WITH THEM
AND HELPING THEM FIND OUT THEIR SPIRITUAL GIFTS. YOU WILL FIND OUT YOURS WHEN WE GET TOROM 12.
PAUL WANTED THEM TO PRODUCE FRUIT FOR THE KINGDOM
1. THE ATTITUDE FRUITS OF GAL 5
2. SOULS SAVED FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD
PAUL’S MOTIVATION AND INTENTION (14-16)
HIS BURDEN–INDEBTED OR BURDENED FOR ALL OF HUMANITY
HIS BOLDNESS–HE’S READY TO PREACH THE GOSPEL
HIS BELIEF–NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL
READ ROMANS 1:16-17 THEME
THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST CARRIES WITH IT POWER TO BRING PEOPLE TO SALVATION (WHICHINCLUDES DELIVERANCE HEALING, SAFETY, SOUNDNESS, PROVISION, FORGIVENESS OF SIN; TOTALWELL-BEING)
ACT 1:8 “BEING A WITNESS”
TO BE A WITNESS, WE NEED:
1. TO KNOW WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST AND WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO
2. TO “BE” WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST. IN OTHER WORDS TO ACT LIKE WHO WE ARE SUPPOSEDTO BE.
3. TO KNOW WHO JESUS CHRIST IS SO WE CAN SHARE HIS MESSAGE
4. TO HAVE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SO WE CAN LIVE THE RESURRECTED LIFE
APPLICATION:
WHERE ARE YOU IN YOUR CHRISTIAN WALK OF BEING A WITNESS?
1. DO YOU NEED TO GET MORE INTO THE WORD TO FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST?
MEDITATE ON THE LIST OF 17 “YOUR CALLING IN JESUS CHRIST”
2. DO YOU NEED TO WORK ON ONE OF THE LIST OF 17 IN ORDER TO BE, OR EXPERIENCE WHAT HEHAS CALLED YOU TO BE?
EXAMPLE: CALLED TO BE ONE BODY
3. DO YOU NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHO CHRIST IS BY GETTING MORE INTO THE WORD?
4. DO YOU NEED TO EXPERIENCE JESUS MORE BY MAKING HIM LORD OR RELYING MORE UPON THEPRESENCE AND POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
READ ROMANS 1:18-32 CONDEMNATION OF THE GENTILES
**WHAT ARE THE ATTRIBUTES REVEALED ABOUT NON-BELIEVERS IN VERSES 18-32
1. UNGODLY AND UNRIGHTEOUS (18)
2. UNDER GOD’S WRATH (18)
3. GOD HAS REVEALED TRUTH IN THEM AND TO THEM (19-20)
4. WITHOUT EXCUSE (20)
5. DIDN’T GLORIFY GOD (21)
6. DIDN’T THANK GOD (21)
7. FOOLISH (21)
8. DARKENED HEART (21)
9. PROFESS TO BE WISE (22)
10.WORSHIP IMAGES (23)
11.GIVEN UP BY GOD TO THEIR OWN LUSTS (24)
12.CHANGED TRUTH TO A LIE (25)
13.PERVERTED NATURAL INSTINCTS (26-27)
14.REPROBATE MIND (28)
15.FULL OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL (29-31)
16.KNOW GOD’S JUDGMENT TO COME (32)
GUILT OF THE HEATHEN
I. THE WILLFUL BLINDNESS OF THE UNSAVED ROM 1:19-20
A. GOD’S WITNESS IS UNMISTAKABLE 1:19
B. GOD’S WITNESS IS UNIVERSAL 1:20
1. ALL MEN ARE EXPOSED TO IT
2. ALL MEN ARE EXPOSED BY IT
II. THE WICKED BELIEFS OF THE UNSAVED ROM 1:21-25
A. THE INFLATION OF MAN’S OWN GODLESS IMAGINATION 1:21
1. BECOMES CONSCIOUSLY IRRELIGIOUS
2. BECOMES CONSEQUENTLY IRRATIONAL
B. THE INFLUENCE OF MAN’S OWN GRAVEN IMAGES 1:22-25
1. THE IDOL IS CONCEIVED BY THE MAN
2. THE MAN IS DECEIVED BY THE IDOL
a. SENSUAL ENSLAVEMENT
b. SPIRITUALENSLAVEMENT
III. THE WANTON BEHAVIOR OF THE UNSAVED ROM 1:26-32
A. BECOME MORALLY PERVERTED
1. UNNATURAL SINS OF MEN (i.e. HOMOSEXUALITY)1:26
2. UNNATURAL SINS OF WOMEN (i.e. LESBIANISM)1:27
B. BECOME MENTALLY PERVERTED
1. CAUSE OF WRONG THINKING 1:28
2. CONSEQUENCES OF WRONG THINKING 1:29-31
a. DEBASED HUMANCHARACTER
b. DEBASED HUMANCONDUCT
c. DEBASED CONVERSATION
d. DEBASED CONCEPTS
e. DEBASEDCOMPANIONSHIPS
