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ROMANS 16
LESSON #24
MEN AND WOMEN OF LOVE
MEMORY VERSE: ROMANS 16:20
READ ROMANS 16:1-16 LOVE’S MANY CONTACTS
**WHAT PRINCIPLES CAN WE LEARN AND PATTERN OUR LIVES AFTER FROM THE EXTENSIVE LIST OFNAMES PAUL MENTIONS HERE?
1. HONOR SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO SERVE (1)
2. WE NEED TO HELP EACH OTHER IN OUR SERVICE (2)
3. WE NEED TO BE READY TO SACRIFICE FOR EACH OTHER (4)
4. OUR HOMES NEED TO BE OPEN FOR FELLOWSHIP (5)
5. HAVE SINCERE LOVE FOR THE BRETHREN (16)
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
9 ARE WOMEN, 19 ARE MEN
| WOMEN | MEN |
| PHOEBE = A DEACONESS WHO POSSIBLY CARRIED THIS LETTER OF ROMANS TO ROME | AQUILA = HUSBAND OF PRISCILLA |
| PRISCILLA = A BIBLE TEACHER; A CHURCH MET IN THEIR HOME IN EPHESUS | EPAENETUS |
| MARY | ANDRONICUS |
| TRYPHENA = A WEALTHY LADY RELATED TO MARK ANTHONY AND EMPEROR CLAUDIUS | JUNIAS |
| PERSIS | AMPLIATUS |
| TRYPHOSA = PERHAPS A SISTER TO TRYPHENA | URBANUS |
| RUFUS’ MOTHER | STACHYS |
| JULIA | APELLES |
| NEREUS’ SISTER | ARISTOBULUS = ONE OF 70 DISCIPLES. PREACHED IN BRITAIN |
| HERODIAN = PAUL’S RELATIVE | |
| NARCISSUS = POSSIBLY SECRETARY TO EMPEROR CLAUDIUS | |
| RUFUS = POSSIBLY RELATED TO SIMON OF CYRENE | |
| ASYNCRITUS | |
| PHLEGON = PERHAPS ONE OF 70 DISCIPLES | |
| HERMAS = WROTE A NON-CANNONIZED BOOK | |
| PATROBAS = MEMBER OF THE EMPEROR’S HOUSEHOLD | |
| PHILOLOGUS | |
| NEREUS | |
| OLYMPAS |
READ ROMANS 16:17-20 LOVE’S MIGHTY CONQUESTS
**WHAT DOES PAUL WARN AGAINST IN THIS CHAPTER?
FALSE TEACHERS WHO DIVIDE
FALSE TEACHERS WHO CAUSE CONFUSION BY WRONG TEACHING
**WHAT IS THEIR MOTIVE?
THEIR OWN LUST
**IS PAUL WORRIED? WHY?
NO, BECAUSE OF THEIR OBEDIENCE AND BECAUSE OF GOD’S POWER TO CRUSH SATAN — SEE GEN 3:15PROPHECY
READ ROMANS 16
21-27 EPILOGUE
BENEDICTION PRAYER
**WHAT MYSTERY IS PAUL TALKING ABOUT HERE IN VS. 25?
ELEVEN NEW TESTAMENT “MYSTERIES” OF GOD
1. MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD MAT 13:11 MAR 4:11 LUK 8:10
THE OTHER KINGDOM AT WORK
2. MYSTERY OF ISRAEL’S BLINDNESS ROM 11:25
3. MYSTERY OF INIQUITY (SIN) 2TH 2:7 MAT 13:33
4. MYSTERY BABYLON REV 17:5,7
THE CHURCH
5. MYSTERY OF THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH 1CO 15:51-521TH 4:13-18
6. MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH AS ONE BODY EPH 3:1-11 EPH6:19 GAL 4:3
7. MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH AS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST EPH 5:28-32
8. MYSTERY OF THE 7 STARS IN CHRIST’S RIGHT HAND REV 1:20
CHRIST AND HIS WORK
9. MYSTERY OF CHRIST LIVING IN US GAL 2:20 COL1:26-27
10. MYSTERY OF CHRIST, THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY COL2:2,9 1CO 2:7
11. MYSTERY OF GOD-LIKENESS RESTORED TO MAN THROUGH CHRIST 1TIM3:16
THE MYSTERY HERE IN ROM 16 IS:
THE MYSTERY OF THE UNITY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST CONSISTING OF JEWS AND GENTILES
THE ESSENCE OF THE PRAYER
CHRIST ESTABLISHES THE GOSPEL IN US
REMEMBER THE GOSPEL IS THE THEME OF THE BOOK
WE HAVE A REVELATION MADE KNOWN BY GOD ONLY THE LAST 2,000 YEARS
SUMMARY: OUTLINE OF ROMANS ROM16:1-27
I. LOVES MANY CONTACTS ROM 16:1-16
A. HOW PAUL SOLICITS HIS BRETHREN AT ROME 16:1-2
1. THEY ARE TO ACCEPT PHOEBE
2. THEY ARE TO ASSIST PHOEBE
B. HOW PAUL SALUTES HIS BRETHREN AT ROME 16:3-16
II. LOVES MIGHTY CONQUESTS 16:17-20
A. WATCH VIGILANTLY AGAINST SEDUCTION 16:17-19
1. SEDUCTION FROM WITHOUT 16:17-18
a. HOW FALSE TEACHERS BETRAY THEMSELVES 16:17
(1) WE ARE TO RECOGNIZE THEM
(2) WE ARE TO REJECT THEM
b. HOW FALSE TEACHERS BEHAVE THEMSELVES 16:18
(1) THEIR REAL GOD
(2) THEIR REAL GOAL
2. SEDUCTION FROM WITHIN 16:19
a. THE DYNAMIC WITNESS OF THE ASSEMBLY
b. THE DANGEROUS WEAKNESS OF THE ASSEMBLY
B. WAR VICTORIOUSLY AGAINST SATAN 16:20
1. SATAN IS TO BE BRUISED
2. SAINTS ARE TO BE BLESSED
III. LOVES MARVELOUS COMPANIONSHIPS 16:21-24
A. GREETINGS CONVEYED FROM THE SAINTS OF GOD 16:21-23
B. GRACE CONFERRED BY THE SON OF GOD 16:24
IV. EPILOGUE 16:25-27
A. THE WORK OF GOD IS DECLARED 16:25-26
1. IT IS WITHIN HIS POWER TO ESTABLISH THAT WORK
2. IT IS WITHIN HIS PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH THAT WORK
a. DIVINELY REVEALED TO NEW TESTAMENT SAINTS
b. DIVINELY CONCEALED FROM OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS
B. THE WISDOM OF GOD IS DECLARED 16:27
APPLICATION:
1. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS?
2. WHAT HAVE YOU APPLIED FROM THE BOOK OF ROMANS?
3. WHAT HAS BEEN OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU IN THIS BOOK?
THE END
MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENT STUDY!
