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REVIEW OF ROMANS 1-12
LESSON #20
DEFINITIONS OF BASIC CHRISTIAN TERMS
REVIEW ROMANS 1-12
WE HAVE LEARNED THE PRINCIPAL CHRISTIAN TERMS BY THE DEFINITIONS OF BASIC WORDS.
DEFINITION OF BASIC CHRISTIAN TERMS
1 SIN ROM 3:23
A GENERAL TERM: FAILURE, ERROR, INIQUITY, TRANSGRESSION, TRESPASS, LAWLESSNESS,UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, UNMITIGATED EVIL
A POSITIVE ACT IN VIOLATION OF A STANDARD OR THE VOLUNTARY NEGLECT OF THAT STANDARD
IT ENCOMPASSES ACTIONS, THOUGHTS, PURPOSES, WORDS, DESIRES, ETC.
2 SALVATION ROM 1:16-17
HEALTH, HELP, BREADTH, EASE, SAFETY, CURE, RECOVERY, REDEMPTION, REMEDY, RESCUE, WELFARE,PROSPERITY
DELIVERANCE OR PRESERVATION FROM DANGER OR DISEASE
2TI 3:15 ROM 1:16
3 GRACE ROM 3:24
2 WORDS:
“HESED” = MERCY, KINDNESS LOVINGKINDNESS, GOODNESS
A TWO-WAY COVENANT BETWEEN MAN AND MAN OR MAN TO GOD; LAM 3:22 HOS 6:6
“HEN” = UNDESERVED FAVOR
THE ACTION OF A SUPERIOR TO AN INFERIOR
GEN 33:8,10,15 RUT 2:2,10 ROM 1:5
4 FAITH ROM 3:22,28
TRUST, BELIEF
AN ATTITUDE WHEREBY MAN ABANDONS ALL RELIANCE IN HIS OWN EFFORTS; BELIEF WITH RESULTANTACTION UPON THAT BELIEF; LAYING HOLD OF PSA 26:1 PSA 37:3 PRO 3:5 ROM 1:5,8
5 PREDESTINATION ROM 8:29
“PROORIZO” = SETTING IN ORDER; MARKING OUT
TO ARRANGE BEFOREHAND
APPOINTING A SITUATION FOR A PERSON OR A PERSON FOR A SITUATION IN ADVANCE BASED ON GOD’SFOREKNOWLEDGE OF ALL POSSIBLE PLANS OF ACTION
6 ELECTION ROM 9:11
THE ACT OF CHOOSING WHEREBY GOD PICKS AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OUT OF A LARGER COMPANY FOR APURPOSE OR DESTINY OF HIS OWN APPOINTMENT
THE HEBREW MEANS DELIBERATELY MAKING A CHOICE AFTER CAREFULLY CONSIDERING ALL THEALTERNATIVES
THE GREEK MEANS CHOOSING OUT FOR ONESELF FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING JOY IN
ELECTION IS THE FRUIT OF SOVEREIGN DISCRIMINATING MERCY WITH ITS SOURCE IN GOD’S GRACEALONE ASSURING THE BELIEVER OF HIS SECURITY IN GOD’S LOVE
7 FOREKNOWLEDGE ROM 8:29
TO HAVE DIVINE KNOWLEDGE BEFOREHAND
“PROGINOSKO” – VERB
“PROGNOSIS” NOUN
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PERSONS
FOREKNOWN BY GOD
A DIVINE ATTRIBUTE OF GOD
ACT 2:23 1PE 1:20 ROM 11:2
NOT LIMITED TO A TIME/SPACE FRAME OF MIND
8 PROPITIATION ROM 3:25
TO APPEASE, TO CONCILIATE; THE REMOVAL OF WRATH BY THE OFFERING OF A GIFT; ATONEMENT;
THE SAME WORD IN THE HEBREW IS THE WORD FOR “MERCY SEAT” HEB 9:5
9 REPENTANCE ROM 2:4
TO TURN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR TO RETURN; A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THOUGHT,DIRECTION, ATTITUDE, ACTION. OUTLOOK ROM 2:4
THERE IS NO SALVATION APART FROM REPENTANCE
2CO 7:10
10 REDEMPTION ROM 3:24
TO DELIVER BY PAYING A PRICE OR RANSOM
a. “AGORAZO” = TO BUY IN THE MARKET MAN IS A SLAVE SOLD UNDER SIN
b. “EXAGORAZO” = TO BUY OUT OF THE MARKET; TO PURCHASE AND REMOVE FROM FURTHERSALE
c. “LUTROO” = TO LOOSE OR SET FREE
11 REMISSION ROM 3:25
PASSING OVER OF SINS DONE; FORGIVENESS, PARDON; MAKING ATONEMENT ROM 5:11
12 REGENERATION
OCCURS TWICE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT:
MAT 19:28 TIT 3:5
TO BRING AGAIN TO BIRTH, RENEW
ROM 12:2 2CO 5:17 EPH 4:24
A DRASTIC, DRAMATIC CHANGE THAT HAS PERMANENT, FAR-REACHING EFFECTS
13 ADOPTION
LITERALLY = “SON PLACING” GAL 4:5-7
NOT SO MUCH A WORD OF RELATIONSHIP BUT OF POSITION: A LEGAL POSITION AT AGE 21
A ROMAN CUSTOM WHERE PUBLICALLY A FATHER WOULD DECLARE HIS SON WHETHER NATURAL BORN OR NOTAS “ADOPTED” TO SIGNIFY THAT HE HAD REACHED THE GOAL OF MATURITY AND WASELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE INHERITANCE. IT DIGNIFIES LEGALLY THE RELATIONSHIP AS IT ALREADYEXISTED PREVIOUSLY.
14 IMPUTATION ROM 4:8; ROM 5:13
CHARGING OR ATTRIBUTING TO YOUR ACCOUNT
15 RIGHTEOUSNESS ROM 3:21-22
a. RIGHT ACTION, FAIR DEALING BETWEEN MEN AND BETWEEN MAN AND GOD; MORAL EFFORTWHICH IS INSUFFICIENT FOR GOD’S STANDARD
b. A GIFT OF CHRIST’S RIGHTEOUSNESS (RIGHT ACTION) GIVEN BY GOD TO THE BELIEVER THATIS SUFFICIENT TO MEET GOD’S STANDARD
ROM 1:17 ROM 3:21-26
16 JUSTIFICATION ROM 3:24,28
ABSOLUTION; REMISSION; TO RENDER INNOCENT OR FREE
“JUSTIFICATION” AND “RIGHTEOUSNESS” ARE TRANSLATIONS FROM SIMILARGREEK WORDS:
2CO 5:21
NOT ‘JUST AS IF I HAD NEVER SINNED’ BUT MADE RIGHTEOUS WHILE I AM STILL A SINNER
AN ACT OF DIVINE RECKONING THAT DOES NOT MAKE A PERSON RIGHTEOUS, BUT GOD DECLARES ANDTREATS THE PERSON AS THOUGH HE WERE RIGHTEOUS; THEN WORKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ACONTINUOUS PROCESS TO CAUSE A PERSON TO GROW INTO HIS RIGHTEOUS POSITION
ROM 3:24 “BEING JUSTIFIED” IS A CONTINUOUS PRESENT TENSE VERB
17 RECONCILIATION
GOOD RELATIONS BY THE DOING AWAY OF WRATH OR HOSTILITY
BEFORE SALVATION, WE ARE HOSTILE ENEMIES OF GOD (ROM 5:10) UNDER GOD’S WRATH OF JUDGMENT.AFTER SALVATION, THAT HOSTILITY ON OUR PART AND WRATH ON GOD’S PART IS DONE AWAY WITH.
18 SEPARATION ROM 1:1 ROM 8:35,39
TO MARK OFF BOUNDARIES; THE ACTION TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD SYSTEM ROM 12:1-2 2CO6:17
TO SEPARATE YOURSELF TO GOD IN WORDS, THOUGHTS, AND ACTIONS
19 SANCTIFICATION
TO MAKE HOLY, TO SET APART FOR SPECIFIC USE, DEDICATED, CONSECRATED
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE WORD HOLINESS IS USED INSTEAD OF OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
AN INWARD TRANSFORMATION PROCESS THAT GRADUALLY TAKES PLACE RESULTING IN PURITY, MORALITYAND HOLINESS.
THESE CHARACTERISTICS EXPRESS THEMSELVES OUTWARDLY IN ONE’S LIFE STYLE.
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE WORD REFERS TO PEOPLE OF GOD. ROM 15:16
20 CRUCIFIXION ROM 6:6
THE OLD FLESH NATURE IS SACRIFICED TO DEATH;
DONE AWAY WITH; RENDERED INOPERATIVE. A CONTINUAL PROCESS. GAL 2:20
21 PERFECTION ROM 12:2
FITTING, OR PREPARING FULLY, IMPLYING A PROCESS LEADING TO CONSUMMATION; AN ENDACCOMPLISHED AS THE EFFECT OF A PROCESS HEB 6:1 COL 3:14
22 GLORIFICATION ROM 8:30
THE ACT OF RECEIVING A NEW SPIRITUAL BODY 1CO 15:35-58
THE POINT WHEN WE ARE FULLY MATURE INHERITING THE FULLNESS OF GOD’S PROMISES BODY, SOUL,SPIRIT (ADOPTION ROM 8:23) BEING EXALTED IN DIGNITY
+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
PRACTICE OF THE GOSPEL ROM 12
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
I. THE CHRISTIAN AS A BELIEVER ROM 12:1-2
A. HOW THE CHRISTIAN IS CHALLENGED AS A BELIEVER ROM 12:
1. TO GIVE AN UNBRIDLED SACRIFICE
a. THE PROPER THING TO DO
b. THE PRACTICAL THING TO DO
2. TO GIVE AN UNBLEMISHED SACRIFICE
3. TO GIVE AN UNBIASED SACRIFICE
B. HOW THE CHRISTIAN IS CHANGED AS A BELIEVER ROM 12:2
1. MORALLY
2. MENTALLY
3. MOTIVATIONALLY
II. THE CHRISTIAN AS A BROTHER ROM 12:3-13
A. HIS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BRETHREN ROM 12:3-5
1. IT IS TO BE AN INTELLIGENT RELATIONSHIP ROM 12:3
2. IT IS TO BE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP ROM 12:4-5
B. HIS RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER BRETHREN ROM 12:6-13
1. IN THE EXERCISE OF GIFTS ROM 12:6-8
a. THOSE GIFTED TO EXPOUND THE WORD OF GOD ROM 12:6-9
1) INSPIRATION OF TRUTH–PROPHET
2) INTERPRETATION OF TRUTH–TEACHER
3) INTENTION OF TRUTH–EXHORTER
b. THOSE GIFTED TO DO THE WORD OF GOD ROM 12:6-9
1) THE HAND OF GIVING
2) THE HAND OF SERVING
3) THE HAND OF FACILITATING
4) THE HAND OF SHOWING MERCY
2. IN THE EXERCISE OF GRACE ROM 12:9-13
a. HIS CHARACTER ROM 12:9
b. HIS CONTACTS ROM 12:10
c. HIS CONDUCT ROM 12:11
d. HIS CONVICTIONS ROM 12:12
e. HIS CONCERN ROM 12:13
III. THE SOCIAL LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN ROM 12:14-21
WHEN DEALING WITH NON-CHRISTIANS, WE ARE TO:
A. MATCH THEIR MOODS ROM 12:14-15
1. DISARMING OPPOSITION ROM 12:14
2. DISCOVERING OPPORTUNITY ROM 12:15
B. MIND OUR MANNERS ROM 12:16
1. DON’T BE PARTIAL
2. DON’T BE PROUD
C. MARK THESE METHODS ROM 12:17-21
1. LIVE PASSIVELY ROM 12:17-21
2. LIVE PEERLESSLY ROM 12:17
3. LIVE PEACEABLY ROM 12:18
4. LIVE POSITIVELY ROM 12:19-21
A FINAL NOTE:
ROM 12:20 COALS OF FIRE
**WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
RETRIBUTION BY KINDNESS; BY CONFERING A FAVOR, YOU REMIND HIM OF THE WRONG HE HAS DONE SOTHAT HE’LL BE OPEN TO REPENT THIS ILLUSTRATES THE HIGH PRIEST ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENTTAKING A BURNT OFFERING COAL AND COMBINING IT WITH INCENSE (THAT INDICATES PRAYER) FOR THEATONEMENT OF SINS.
HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 13
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.
APPLICATION OF ROMANS 12
WHAT SPECIFIC THINGS CAN YOU DO TO:
DISCOVER YOUR GIFT IF YOU DON’T KNOW IT?
IMPROVE YOUR GIFT IF YOU DO KNOW IT?
AVOID THOSE WEAK BLIND SPOTS?
PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 13
WHAT ARE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PEOPLE?
WHAT ARE THE CHRISTIAN’S RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD GOVERNMENT?
HOW DOES ROM 13:1-7 FIT WITH THE PRACTICE OF THE CHRISTIAN WALK AND BEING A WITNESS WHICHIS THE THEME OF ROMANS?
COMPARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN EXODUS 20 WITH ROMANS 13:8-14. FIVE OF THE TENCOMMANDMENTS ARE LISTED IN ROMANS. WHICH FIVE ARE LISTED AND WHICH FIVE ARE NOT?
(ADVANCED QUESTION) WHY ARE THE OTHER FIVE NOT LISTED HERE IN ROMANS?
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 13:1
