Romans Lesson 3

THE GOSPEL OF GOD

1. IS THE SUPREME POWER TO SAVE (16)
SALVATION MEANS DELIVERANCE, HEALING, SAFETY, SOUNDNESS, PROVISION, FORGIVENESS OF SIN;TOTAL WELL-BEING.

2. IS SUFFICIENT FOR ALL, JEW OR GENTILE (16)

3. IS SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND (16)
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN FAITH

4. REVEALS GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS (17)
A REVELATION TO US
A REVELATION IN US
WORKED OUT IN CHANGES IN OUR LIVES

5. REVEALS GOD’S WRATH (18)
AGAINST THE UNGODLY
AGAINST THE UNRIGHTEOUS
AGAINST THE UNBELIEVING
THE WRATH OF GOD IS PART OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE

**WHY ARE THE UNSAVED WITHOUT EXCUSE?

BECAUSE GOD HAS REVEALED THE TRUTH TO EACH HEART AND THEY ARE WILLFULLY BLIND TO GOD’SMANIFESTED WITNESS
GOD MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN IN THEM AND TO THEM (19-20)

**HOW?
CREATION
GOD’S WITNESS IS UNMISTAKABLE (19) AND UNIVERSAL (20)
ALL MEN ARE EXPOSED TO IT
ALL MEN ARE EXPOSED BY IT
THERE IS A PROGRESSON OF UNBELIEF TO IMMORALITY:

PROGRESSION FROM UNBELIEF TO IMMORALITY
ROM 1:21-24

ACTION		RESULT
UNBELIEF/ PEOPLE WHO DO NOT GIVE:
GOD GLORY (HONOR)
IGNORE GOD		VAIN SPECULATION (IMAGINATIONS)
PROFESSING TO BE WISE		HEART DARKENED
IMITATE GOD		BECOME FOOLS
IDOLATRY		MAKE IMAGES
REPLACING GOD		GOD GIVES THEM UP TO UNCLEANNESS
IMMORALITY		LUST

THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN HISTORY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS PATTERNED PROGRESSION.
1. THEY HAD A FALSE CONCEPT OF THE UNIVERSE AND GOD (22)
THEY HAD MANY GODS WHO USED AND PLAYED WITH MAN AS PLAY THINGS TO BE EXPLOITED. SOME GODSWERE EVIL AND SOME GOOD BUT ALL WERE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED WITH MAN.
THEY PROFESSED TO BE WISE.
THEY TOOK THE WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY OF MANY CULTURES, MOSTLY THE GREEKS.

2. THEY HAD A FALSE CONCEPT OF MAN.
THEY HONORED THE HUMAN BODY (25) ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE AS CAN BE SEEN IN THEIR ART WORK.
THIS LED TO IDOLATRY AND IMMORALITY.
CRIME WAS RAMPANT IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
IN ECONOMICS, THERE WAS CONTINUED INFLATION AND TAXES.
TURNING AWAY FROM GOD ALWAYS LEADS TO MORAL BREAKDOWN AND THIS THEY DID.
GOD GIVES THEM UP TO WHAT THEY WANT.
UNCLEANNESS (24)
VILE AFFECTIONS (26)
REPROBATE MIND
REPROBATE = UNPRINCIPLED, DEPRAVED, CORRUPT, PERVERTED

THE RESULTS IN SOCIETY:
SINS LISTED (29)
FORNICATION = “PORNEIA” = PORNOGRAPHY
ANY ILLICIT SEX RELATIONS: PRE-MARITAL SEX, ADULTERY, HOMOSEXUALITY, BESTIALITY, ETC.

SINNERS LISTED (30-31)
IMPLACABLE = RELENTLESS, UNFORGIVING.

APPLICATION:

WE SAW PAUL’S LOVE AND CONCERN FOR THE ROMAN CHURCH THAT THEY BE ENCOURAGED ANDESTABLISHED TO PRODUCE FRUIT FOR GOD’S KINGDOM.

WE LOOKED AT PAUL’S BURDEN FOR THE UNSAVED AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO PREACH THE GOSPELUNASHAMED.

WE SAW THAT THE WRATH OF GOD IS ON THE NATURAL MAN. IN OTHER WORDS HE IS UNSAVED, LOST,AND DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION.

**HOW DO WE GET THIS POINT ACROSS WITHOUT BEATING THE UNSAVED OVER THE HEAD WITH AHOLIER THAN THOU ATTITUDE AND CALLING THEM VILE SINNERS?

1. KNOW THAT IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO CONVICTS A PERSON OF SIN, NOT YOU.
JOH 16:7-11

2. LOVE THE SINNER BUT NOT THE SIN.

PRAYER:

LORD, PUT IN ALL OF US THE BURDEN FOR THE UNSAVED AND HELP ESTABLISH WITHIN US THE SAMEGOSPEL MESSAGE IN WORD AND DEED THAT WE MIGHT BE READY TO PREACH UNASHAMED

HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 2

THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.

APPLICATION OF ROMANS 1

WHAT DO YOU ANSWER TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I’M TOO BAD AND CHRIST WOULDN’TWANT ME?” FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.

WHAT DO YOU ANSWER TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I CANNOT LEAVE OLDCOMPANIONS?” FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.

PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 2

READ ROMANS 2

GOD’S JUDGMENT IS BASED ON WHAT PRINCIPLES?

COMPARE AND CONTRAST VERSE 6 AND VERSE 11

WHAT DOES THE PASSAGE TEACH ABOUT THE WRITTEN LAW AND THE LAW OF THE HEART?

MEMORIZE: ROM 2:12