"Suddenly I heard a voice from nearby house chanting as if it might be a boy or a girl... saying and repeating over and over again 'pick it up and read, pick it up and read.' ...I interpreted it solely as a divine command to me to open the book and read the first chapter I might find... So I hurried back to the place where... I had put down the book of the apostle when I got up. I seized it, opened it and in silence read the first passage on which my eye lit: 'Not in riots and drunken parties, not in eroticism and indecencies, not in strife and rivalry, but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh in its lusts' (Romans 13:13-14). I niether wished nor needed to read further. At once, with the last words of this sentence, it was as if a light of relief from all anxiety flooded into my heart. All shadows of doubt were dispelled." (Augustine, Book VIII, 19-29, pp. 146-153)
Romans
1:1-7
Jesus
Then Paul
Rom 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of
God,
Rom 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets
in the holy scriptures,)
Rom 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Rom 1:4 And declared to
be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness,
by the resurrection from the dead:
Rom 1:5 By whom we have received grace and
apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Rom 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus
Christ:
Rom 1:7 To all that be in Rome
- Paul –
vs. 1*
- A
Slave of Jesus Christ
i.
Paul was willing, and did in fact, give all for Christ
his master – Paul was so effective for Christ because he had already forfeited
his life.
1.
2 Timothy 4:6-8
- Called
to Be an Apostle
i.
Paul was an apostle in both senses of the word (the
word apostle means sent one or a modern term could be a missionary)
1. Paul
was certainly an apostle in the sense that he had a special calling to serve
God in a specific way
a.
Galatians 2:8
2. Paul
was also an Apostle as in the title given to the disciples or the 12
a. Paul
was the true replacement for Judas
i.
Acts 1:21-26
b. Paul
says this clearly as well
i.
1 Corinthians 9:1-2
- Set
Apart to Preach the Gospel
i.
Romans 15:16
- Jesus
– vs. 2-4*
- Was
Promised by God of Old – vs. 2*
i.
By the Prophets who said:
1. Born
of a virgin
a.
Isaiah 7:14
2. Born
in Bethlehem
a.
Micah 5:2
3. Would
enter Jerusalem
a.
Zechariah 9:9
4. Would
be crucified
a.
Psalms 22:14-18
ii.
By the Holy Scriptures
1.
Genesis 3:14-15
- Was
God as Well as Man – vs. 3*
i.
Jesus was the Son of God and therefore fully divine
Himself
1. 1 Timothy
3:16; Colossians
2:9
ii.
Jesus was also fully a man of flesh as well, and a
descendent of David
1.
John 1:14
- Was
Proven to be the Son of God by the Following Evidence – vs. 4*
i.
With Power – His Teaching
1.
Mathew 7:28-29
ii.
With Perfection – His Life
1.
2 Corinthians 5:21
iii.
With Presentation – His Resurrection
1.
Revelation 1:17-18
- Some
More About Paul – vs. 5*
- Three
Reasons for Paul’s Apostleship
i.
To Encourage them to Obedience to the Faith
1.
2 Timothy 4:2-4
ii.
So All People Could be Reached with the Gospel
1.
Matthew 28:19-20
iii.
To Glorify the Name of Jesus
1.
Ephesians 1:12
- Them
and You – vs. 6-7*
- Jesus
Calls You By Name
i.
Isaiah 43:1
- You
are in
i.
Acts 8:3-4
- You
are Beloved of God
i.
Jeremiah 31:3
- You
Are Called to be Holy
i.
1Peter 2:9
- You
are Given Grace – By God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
i.
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13
- You
are Given Peace – By God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
i.
Philippians 4:7
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