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Bible Study

Romans

An

Introduction

to

he book of Romans

marks

an

change in Scripture.

everything written before

(in

Bible

order)

was

on

Israel as

nation.

focuses

on the Church,

the

ody of

Christ.

We

can

see

this

change in

God s

program by

Matthew, Mark, Luke

d

John with Romans. The

concern

themselves

with



e

introduction

of

Israel#s King

Christ) and the

of the coming of the

Kingdom. The

word

or Kingdom appears 188

in

the four

Gospels

but only

in Romans. Grace

appears

21

in

Romans.

Romans would be

hard

book

to understand if

Acts

as

removed. Acts bridges from

aw

to Grace; from Israel to the

from Kingdom

to

Body;

the

12

Disciples

to

the

one

Paul

wrote Romans on his

Missionary

Journey while

in

Although

Romans

is



first book in

the

Bible, he

wrote & 2

Galatians

and

& 2

first.

Logically,

sets

the stage for the rest

f

Paul#s

writings by training the

in

the

concepts

of

this

new

e of

Grace. The book

order seems

follow

the

order

laid out

in

2 Timothy

3:16 All Scripture is

by G od

and

profitable for

for

reproof,

for

correction,

r

training

in

r ighteousness;

puts it like this:

1. Romans

(Doctrine

and



concerning

believers#

and walk)

a. Corinthians (Reproof

practical

departure

Romans)

b.

Galatians

(Correction

doctrinal departure

Romans)

2. Ephesians (Doctrine and

concerning

what

are in Christ,

and what

is

to

them)

a.

Philippians

(Reproof

practical

departure

Ephesians)

b.

Colossians

(Correction



doctrinal departure

Ephesians)

3. Thessalonians

(Doctrine

and

regarding the

Lord#s

is

written as

lawyer

present

his

case in

court

f

law.

Paul

first

shows

the

of man

by

showing

we

all

guilty

before

God. He

then

mankind

hope

by

pointing

to

e

only way

to

God$Jesus Christ.

who believe are

justified

d declared

righteous.

Paul

then

those declared righteous



now act

like

they

are.

outline

1. Condemnation of

man

(Romans

Man

is

hopelessly

lost

we

are

without Christ)

of

man (Romans 3:21#8:39)

Christ is the only answer (Who we are

in

Christ)

3. Vindication of God (Romans 9:1#11:36)

The casting

away

of Israel

of

man

(Romans 12:1#15:33)

Reflecting who

we are in

Christ.

(Who we

should

be in Chr is t#practica l

application)

T h is s ec tio n is parenthetical,

justifying

God$s casting

away

of Israel.

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Romans 1:1#7

are

couple

of

parenthesis

this section. It could

be

broken



like

this:

a

b on d-s erv an t o f

Jesus, called as an

se t

apart fo r th e

of G od ,

a ll w ho are

beloved

of

in

Rome,

called

as

Grace to you and

from God our Father

the

L ord Je su s Christ .

2 w hich H e promised

b efo re ha nd t hr ou g h

His prophets in the

holy Scriptures,

3

concerning

H is S on ,

who was born of a des cend ant o f David

according to th e

f lesh,

4 who was

declared the S on

of

G od w ith power by the resu rrec tio

from

th e d ea d,

according

to th e Spirit

of

hol iness, J es us C hris t ou

Lord,

5 th ro ug h w ho m we h av e r ec eiv ed grace and

apostleship

to

bring

about th e

obedience

o f fa ith among a ll th e G e ntile s fo r H is n am e 's

sake,

6

among

whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ ;

very clearly and succinctly

his readers his position in

to

Christ. He first puts

as slave

(Greek:

#$%&$+

doulos)

then

declares

his

given

to him

by

Jesus

-

Doulos

indicates

position

of

servitude to another,

of one completely

consumed

by

another



wishes.

This

is

the

Greek word

of

the six

denote

servitude.

- Jesus Christ made

himself

to the Father according to

2:7.

Interestingly,

Paul

the one

who

put himself in

that

of servitude to

Jesus

and is

possibly

related

to

his

of God#s

love.

2 Cor inth ians 5:14 For

the

love

Christ

controls

(constrains,

us$

contrast

to

this, Israel is also

to

God but it

is

God who has

her that position.



Matthew 25: 23 His master said

him,

'Well

done,

good

and faithful

You were fa ithfu l w ith

a few

will

put

you in charge of many

enter

into the

joy

of

your

Levi t icus

25:42

Because

the

are my

servants,

whom

out

of

Egypt,

they must

not be

as

slaves.

Is 41:8#9

8 But

you, Israel,

M y

Jacob whom

have

chosen,

of

Abraham My fr iend,

whom

have

taken from the ends

the earth, And called

from its

m otest parts And said to you, 'You

M y



servant, have chosen you and

t

rejected

you.

Is 43:10

You

are

My witnesses,

the

LO RD,

And

My

servant

have

chosen, So that

you

may

know and believe

M e

And

that

am He Before

Me

was

no

G od

formed,

And there

be none

after M e.

believe this

shows

change

in

dealing

with mankind. Israel

as always given subservient

She is called

servant, bride,

and

subject

of

the

King.

e, on the other

hand,

are

co-heirs

Christ and called the Body

f Christ. We are

considered

to

be



e man Paul instead

of

the 12

and Israel.

o

claim

the position of Apostle, it

as

necessary

to have seen the

Although Paul never met

on

earth, he

met

Him

after

glorified. He was not just

an Apostle; Jesus Christ

him to be an Apostle. This

on

the road to Damascus

d at

that

time

was given his

Acts

9:15

But

the

Lord

said

to

G o,

for he is a chosen

of

Mine,

to bear

My name

the

Gentiles and kings and

the

sons



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Acts 26:16

But get up and

stand

your

feet;

for

this

purpose

have

to you, to

appoint you

a

minister

and a witness not only

to

e things which

you have seen, but

to

the things in

which

will appear

you;

calling was to

spread

the

of God.

This

term

is

in

nature

and can refer to

good

news

is

coming

God.

The

Gospel

of

God

in



1:14 was

preached

by Jesus

ut

we know

Jesus

preached

the

ospel of the Kingdom

(Matthew

In this

case

the

Gospel

f God was

specifically the

Gospel

f the Kingdom. Paul also preaches

e

Gospel

of

God

(Romans

1:1;

but

he specifies his gospel s

e Gospel of the

Grace

of

God

in

20:24.

He

was

never

with

the Gospel

of

the

believe

#Paul$s

is also the

same

as

the

of Christ. This

term

is

found

in Paul$s writings.

2



verse seems

to

leave the door

to

Paul#s

Gospel

having

been

in the Old Testament. If

were

the

case

then

the

Mystery

as not revealed exclusively to

and when

Paul says:

Romans 16:25

Now

to him who is

to

establish

you

by my gospel

d the

proclamation

of Jesus Christ,

according to

the revelation

of

the

hidden

for

long

ages

past,

Ephesians

3:9 and to

make plain

everyone the administration of this

which

for ages

past

was

kept

hidden in God,

who created

all

Coloss ians

1:26 the mystery that

s been

kept hidden for

ages

and

but is now

disclosed to



e

saints.

e must

not

have understood that

gospel$

was

not

really

but

had been

at least

revealed.

this

good

news

about

was

revealed

from ages past

the first

hint

in

Genesis

3:15.

he

idea

of

Savior

dying

for

sins

found in

Isaiah

53

and

Psalm 22.

Old Testament good news

as concerning

the

coming Savior

was

good

news for all

Paul%s

gospel was

to him

and

him

alone as

of

the Mystery.

Verse

3



indicates the

gospel

in the Old Testament

the Son and does

not

partial revelation of

the

revealed

to

Paul.

3#4

Christ is human (Son of

man)

proved

by

his being descended

om King

David

and

Deity

(Son

f God). Those to

whom

the

ospel of

the Kingdom was

(Israel)

knew

Jesus

in

the

as the descendant of David.

and

we

in the Body of Christ

Jesus Christ as the risen and

Son

of

God.

This

is yet



indication

of

change

in

dealings

with

mankind.

2 Cor inth ians 5:16 Therefore

now

on

we

recognize

no

one

to the f lesh;

even

though

we

known

Christ

according to the

yet now

we

know Him

in this

y no longer.

he

proof

of who Jesus

was is

up

in

the

resurrection.

can

be put

to

death

but it

is

God who

is

able to raise

up

and

give them

new

We

who are in Christ have

same

hope. We will

experience

e

power

of

God

in

our

s

we are changed to



like

Christ.

Romans 6:5 if we

have

become

with H im

in

the

l ikeness of His

certainly

we

shall

also

be

in

the

l ikeness of His

resurrection,

5

once again affirms his

office

of Apostle. Many

recognize Paul#s authority or

is

distinct

message.

Many feel that

aul should have been the

12

th

chosen in

Acts and

that

were

out

of

God#s

will

by

Matthias. This in

spite

f Scripture clearly

stating

that it

as

all

done

under

the

direction

of



e Holy

Spirit

(Acts 1:24) and

were

A LL filled w ith the

Spirit

(Acts 2:1#4) indicating

they

were

not

outside

of

God$s

in this selection of

Apostle. It is also

that Paul did not qualify

r

that position because he had

ot

been

with

the Lord

from the

He

wasn$t

even

saved

en Matthias was

chosen to

Judas. It was important for

to

have

12

Disciples

because

e last days of prophesy

Israel were beginning

2:17) and the 12

Disciples

needed

to

sit on 12

thrones



in the coming Kingdom

19:28).

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Verses

6#7

as

Christ

called Paul,

He

also

all

believers.

believe this

is

call

to services

and not

unto

salvation.

Verse

seven

state that we are

called

ints and

not

called

as saints.

The

apparently added the

as to

help clarify and by

so

they strayed from the real

Anyone who

has

become

believer is

saint. That position



not

dependant

upon

good

works

d miracles and

declaration of

church to make a person

saint.

Romans 8:29#30

29For

those whom H e

foreknew,

He

also

predest ined to b eco m e c on fo rm e d to

th e

image

H is S on , so that

H e w ould

be t he f ir stbo rn

among

many

brethren;

30and

these

whom

H e

predest ined,

He

also

called;

and

these w hom

He

cal led,

e

also

justified; and

these

whom

He

He also glorified.

The term

has

the idea

of

being

set

apart

the world

and

for God$s

only.

We

are

reserved to

God

and

to

be

used

by

Him

any way

He

desires. It is the

of

holiness.

Jesus Christ is our

of perfect holiness. He

Phi l ippians

2:5#8

5Have

this

nly did

the will

of the

Father and

in yourselves which

was

also



anything

to

please

himself.

Christ Jesus,

6who,

although

He existed

in

the

form

of

God, did

not

regard

with

G od

a

thing

to

be

7but

emptied

Himself ,

taking

e form

of a bond-servant,

and

being

in

the likeness of

men.

8Being

in appearance as a man, He

Himself

by becoming obedient to

e point

of death,

even

death

on

a

he phrase #grace

and peace$

is

13

times,

once

in

each

f Paul%s

epistles. This

phrase

to go beyond just

pleasant

but

related

to

this

new



revealed through Paul.

Kingdom preaching

with

John

and

into early Acts)

was

the

coming

Kingdom.

he next

step

in

the

prophetic

was

the

seven-year

followed by

the

coming and the

setting

up

f

the

Millennial

Kingdom.

With

Israel#s

rejection of the

came

change

in God#s

(From

our

view it

appeared

be

change. From

God#s

view,

was planned from eternity past.

ee

Ephesians

1:4).

Instead of

wrath

being poured

out

on



e world

God#s

grace was

by

declaration

f

peace. Because of the work

f

Christ

on the

cross we

can now

peace

with the

Father

and

between Jew

and Gentile

2:14).

God#s

judgment on the world

as

temporally

averted and

was

given

more

time

to

to

follow Christ.

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Bible

Study

Romans

omans

Paul s

Love fo r

Israel

Romans

1:8 17

outline

Condemnation of man (Romans

18 3:20 )

Man

is

hopelessly

lost

(Who

e are w ithout Christ)

of man (Romans 3:21 8:39)

Christ is the only answer (Who

we

are

in

Christ)

3. Vindication of God (Romans 9:1 11:36)

The

casting

away of Israel

of man (Romans 12:1 15:33)

Reflecting who we are in

Christ.

(Who we should be in

Ch rist pract ical

application)

Th is s ec tio n is paren the ti ca l, jus tify ing

God s casting away of

Israel.

section shows us Paul s great

for

those

at

Rome.

We

see



praises them,

prays

for them

d plans to visit them.

8

praises

the

Roman church for

strong

faith. It's not just

faith

that#s important,

it#s

the right faith.

If

you put all

trust and faith in getting to

through

good

works,

no

how much faith you

have

will not be qualified to enter

God set the

standard

for

pretty high

(perfection)

d

anything

less will result in

damnation. Christ

is the

way

through

which

we

can



the appearance

of

perfection.

we are in Christ, we pass

God#s

of

perfection.

Romans 3:24 being

justified

as

a

by

His

grace through

the

which

is in Christ Jesus;

Phil ippians

3:9

and

may

be

in

Him,

not having

a

of my own derived

from

e Law,

but

that

which

is through

faith in

Christ,

the

which comes

from

G od

the basis of faith,

Galat ians

2:16

nevertheless

that

a

man is

not

justified by

e works of the Law but

through faith

Christ Jesus,

even

we

have



in Christ

Jesus,

so that we

be justified by

faith

in

Christ

and

t by

the works of the

Law;

since by the

of

the

Law no f lesh

will

be

obvious

that the

Church

at

had

the

right object

of

faith.

complete trust in

the

person

d work

of Jesus Christ

was

throughout the known

This is

faith

that is

not

by external

factors

or

9$10

prays

often

for

those

in

R o m e .



e

prays

unceasingly .

This

same

is found

in Thessalonians:

Thessa lon ians

5:17

pray

ceasing;

this does

not mean

he

as on his knees with his eyes shut

d

hands

folded

24/7.

It

means

to

an

attitude of

prayer to be in

fellowship and

of

the

closeness

of God

you live out your day.

e encourages

other

believers

to

prayer

priority.

believe

is spiritual barometer, you

n quickly

tell

what your spiritual

is

by

your

prayer

l ife. If



easily go

to the

Lord

in prayer

r everything, if you find yourself

continuous conversation

the

Lord throughout

the day,

you

instantly

go to

Him with all

problems

then

there is

good

you are

where

you

should

spiritually. On the other hand,

is

hard work and there

are

things

that

interfere

with

it.

makes

that clear

by

telling us

make

prayer priority.

If

it were

we

wouldn't

have

to

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Romans 12:12 rejoicing in hope,

in

tr ibulation, devoted

to

are also many times that

we

st don't know

how to pray.

We

ay

be too emotionally close to

to pray

properly. We may

so distraught that

we

can#t

even

t the words out or make

sentence. We may

in

all

intentions pray that

God

in

one

direction (i.e. healing

r

someone we love)

but

God, in

is infinite wisdom and great love,

s

even

better

plans.

When

we



we

need to realize that

#No$

d

#Wait$

are

answers

to

just

as

much

as

#Yes$ is.

we

understand that God is

(He

knows the beginning

the

end

and

can do anything

e

wants

to)

and

is

love (He

wants

e best for us)

then

we can

rest in

im

that in

whatever

the outcome,

is

within

God%s

control

and

is

in love.

That is

where

faith

in .

Our faith

is

by

our

trust

in

Him.

Romans

8:26

In

the

same way

e Spirit also helps our weakness; for

e do not know how

to

pray as we

should,

but

the

Spirit

Himself

for us with groanings

too



for words;

s Paul

prayed

unendingly

for

in the Church at Rome

he

that they do the same.

Romans 15:30 Now urge you,

by

our Lord

Jesus Christ

and

the

love

of

the

Spirit,

to

strive

together with me

in

your prayers

G od

for me,

never prays

for himself. He

that he

would

be

so that he would be

in preaching the Gospel

of the

of God. He

prays that the

faith would

be

increased.

e

prays for doors of

opportunity

to

so

he

can

share the Gospel.



specific

prayer

is

that he

be

able

to

visit

those

in Rome.

though Paul

has

close bonds

many of those attending

the

he

has

never

had

chance

visit them. Approximately one

earlier Paul#s

desire

to go to

is

mentioned

in Acts but in

mentions he had

been

from coming

to

them for

years. It

would

be

four

years

after

Romans

that

he

would

be in Rome.

Acts 19:21

Now

after these things

fin ished, P aul purposed in

the

to

go

to Jerusalem after he had



passed

through M acedonia and

haia, saying,

After

have

been

must

also

see

Rome.

Romans

15:22#23

22For

this

have often

been

prevented

coming

to

you;

23but

now, with no

further place for

me

in these

and

since

have

had

for

years

a

longing

to

come

to

you

11#12

reason

for

visiting is

found

these

verses. He wanted

to give

some spiritual gifts help them

be established

and

for

his

own

couragement to

see them

strong, planted and firm in

e

Lord.

These

spiritual

gifts

are



ot the gifts of the Holy Spirit

God

gives them to believers

d not imparted by humans.

Ephesians 4:11 And

He

gave

as apostles, and

some

as

and

some

as evangelists,

d

some

as pastors

and teachers,

Corinth ians 7:7

Yet

wish that

l

men

were

even as

myself

am

owever, each

man

has

his

own

gift

God, one in this manner, and

in

that.

of saying spiritual gifts,

it

ay

be

better understood

that these

were spiritual in nature as

to

physical,

tangible

gift.



he nature of this gift was

to

build

up the saints

4:12)

and to

therefore

them firm in

their

faith.

ot only would

the saints

at Rome

built

up

and encouraged by

Paul

ut Paul will be

encouraged

to see

strong faith in action and he

in turn be encouraged and

having

been

around

who are growing

strong

13

had planned for number

of

to

visit

the saints

at

Rome

ut makes it clear that



beyond his control

him from

doing

so.

God was in control of his

and

therefore

the

One

who

it

impossible

to

get

to Rome.

were

other incidences where

od specifically directed Paul

to

go

certain area while on his

Journeys

(Acts

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delay

seemed

to

be

thing because

it

gave the

at

Rome

more time to

bear

fruit,

which

seemed to be



compared

to other

Gentile

It

seems that

even

their faith was strong, the

of their

faith

in the real

was lacking. They needed

to

fruitful,

to abound in the

good

that

they

were

called

to

do.

Ephesians

2:10

For

we are

His

created in Christ Jesus

r good

works,

which G od

prepared

beforehand

so that we would walk

them.

Corinth ians 15:58 Therefore,

beloved brethren, be steadfast,

always

abounding

in the

of the Lord, knowing

that your

toil

not in vain in the

Lord.



Paul

compares the

Church

Rome with the other Gentile

it

is

assumed

that there

as

good majority

of

Gentiles at

There

were

enough

Jews

to

three

chapters

specifically

to

about God#s dealing with

and her

future. (Romans

14$16

e can see Pau l reaffirming h is

given

to

him

by

Jesus

H e

was

to bring the

Gospe l

the Gent i les

(Acts 9:15; 28:28;

16:25) .

Jews

wou ld

call



not

Jewish

G reeks. The

would

call

anyone

not

or Grecian

Barbar ians.

Pau l

the

entire

Gent i le

world

y

using

the

terms

Greek and

The

Greeks

also

themselves wise and

e

Barbar ians were foolish. Pau l

sure

he

covers

every

was not ashamed

o f the

o f

the Gospe l .

It was

good

and

there

was

no

reason

to

be

o f it.

There

is

nothing

in the Gospe l

to make

e

fee l

ashamed.

The

reason

Pau l



as not

ashamed is because

it

the power o f G od that

people to salvat ion. This

o f

G od

in our salvat ion is made

n ly to

those

w ho bel ieve.

15:1#4 make it

clear

we

need to bel ieve. Anything

to

or

subtracted

from

God$s

for

our salvat ion

nullifies

offer because

we

no longer

accept what G od

said

by

If we make up our own rules

get saved, we become

dependant

ourselves

instead o f

G o d .

today read verse 16 and

say



we

need to

preach the Gospe l

the Jew before going to the

They say

the Jew

should

given

priority over

the Gent i les .

he

real

sense

o f th is verse

can

be

if it is v iewed

and

chronologically.

he Gospe l

did

go

to

the Jew first

d was rejected. It was

at

this

that G od

cast aside

Israel and

up

Pau l

to bring the

Gospe l

the

Gent i les. It must be noted

the

Gospe l

has

been

changed

y

G od to

accommodate some of

changes. W e no longer are

the

Gospe l

o f

the

Kingdom

Israel was.

W e

are now under



e

Gospe l

o f

Grace.

this age there is no

of

Jew

or

Gentile

10:12;

3:28; Colossians 3:11).

it

comes

to the Gospel,

we

all

people

as individuals apart

their

nationality.

17

he

Gospel revels Gods

To

be

righteous

is

to

right, just,

fair

and equitable.

who

do the right

things

to God#s standard

are

righteous. The Greek



it

clear

that

this

belongs to God.

God

righteous therefore anything

He

is right, just,

fair

and

He cannot be

he

term #from faith to faith$

is

interpreted

to

mean

from

faith to

more

faith.

It is

upon

s

my

fa ith growing.

passage

can

be literally

as:

#out

of

faith

unto

and

in

context

probably

out of God%s faithfulness

our faith.

It is

the difference

faith of God and faith

in

The first phrase shows faith



from

God#His

The

second phrase

the faith we

have in Him

He

is

faithful.

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W ho

founded the

at

Rome?

how did this church begin?

the

Bible is

silent

n this topic and there

is

no extra-

information as

to its

Many

assume

that

wish believers leaving Jerusalem

the events at Pentecost went

to

Rome

and

formed

the



This thought is popular

many assume the Church

at

Pentecost. That the

at

Rome began shortly

the

events

at Pentecost is

hard

defend

because the

Biblical

seems

to point in another

1. Those who went to Jerusalem

r

Pentecost

did

not

come

as

wish believers

and

went home as

Christians.

They

were

still

waiting

for

their

Messiah

to

back and still practicing the

aw

as given to Moses. They were

following what

was taught in



e

Gospels and embraced the

Gospel

of the Kingdom.

would

have gone back to

synagogue.

2. There was no preaching to the

until later in

Acts

about

years after Pentecost. The

at

Rome was

made

up

of

of Gentiles

(Romans

1 :1

and number

of

Jews (Romans

11).

This

was

after

the

of Paul and after the

of

the

Grace of

God

was

preached.



Acts

11:19#20

19So

then

who were scattered because

of

e persecution that occurred in

connection

with

Stephen

their way

to Phoenicia and

and Antioch,

speaking the

to

no

one

except

to

Jews

alone.

there

were some

of

them,

men

Cyprus and Cyrene,

who

came

to

Antioch and began

speaking

the

Greeks

also,

preaching

the

Lord

3.

There is

no

other

record

f

any

church

being organized

by

going home after Pentecost.

he

reason

for this,

believe,

is



they went

back to

worship

in

synagogues s believing Jews

d

not

members of the Body of

It

was only as

Paul

the

Gospel of

Grace

that

churches, apart from the

are formed.

4.

If

the

church

at

Rome

was

by Jews leaving Jerusalem

Pentecost

then why

would

the

Jewish

leaders

at

Rome

need

meet with Paul

so

he could

to

them

the message he

as



preaching?

Acts 28:22 But we desire

hear

from

you what

your

views are;

r

concerning

this

sect,

it

is

known

to

us that

it

is

spoken against

the Jews leaving Jerusalem after

didn't form

the church at

then who formed

it?

Since

at Rome were saved

under

e Gospel of

the

Grace of God it

to be

pointing

towards

Paul.

we

know

Paul did not

t

to

Rome

until

much

later

so

it

not

have been formed

by Paul but

it

seems

to

ave been

someone

associated



him. We

do

know that Paul

ad some

very

strong ties with

in Rome and knew many

f

them

personally.

Romans 16

at least 25

personal

It#s

interesting

to

see

that

had

no

such relationship with

Jews were still

following

e

Mosaic Law

in

Jerusalem

as

s 57 A.D. This was right after

had

written

Romans. Paul did

ot

admonish them

for

doing

this

d it appears that they were

never

to put the Law aside.

would

have been

sinning

by



ot following the Law.

Acts 21:20 And when they heard

they began glorifying God; and they

to him,

You

see,

brother,

how

many

thousands there are among

e Jews

of

those who have believed,

d they

are

a ll zealous for the Law;

he

Church

at

Rome

is

told

they

not

under

the Law

but

are

from the

Law

and are now

the control of

the

Holy

Spirit.

R o m a n s

6:14

For

sin

shall not be

over

you,

for

you

are not

under

w

but

under

grace.

R om ans 7:6

But now we

have

released

from

the

Law, having

to

that by

which

we were

bound,

that we serve in

newness of

the



and not in

oldness

of the

letter.

ow

can we understand

these

without

contradicting

each

or by saying Paul was

outside

e

will

of

God

by

not

calling

out

e

Jews

who were

following

the

aw in Jerusalem?

The

solution

in dispensational

of

Scripture. God#s

with

Israel is fading.

They

in

the process

of

being

cast

At

the same time the

the

Body of

Christ

was

at the conversion of Paul

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and is beginning to grow.

od

is still dealing with

Israel

He is working with the new

the Church, which is His

Romans 15:12

Now

if their

is riches for

the

world

d

their

failure( literally: diminishing)

r iches

for the Genti les, how much more

their fu lfillm ent

be

means

we

see both programs

work. Israel is

still going to be

following the

Law

while at

e

same

time God, through Paul is

believers in the age of

race that

they

are

not

under

the



The Roman Church was

of

Gentiles and Jews by

Those

who

were saved

Paul

became

members of the

of Christ where there

is

no

of Jew of

Gentile and

none

are

under

the

Law.

t

the

same

time

the believing

in

Jerusalem

are

Kingdom

and needed

to

follow

the

This separation continued

the

believing

Jews were told

put

the

Law

away

and

believe

at happened in

Hebrews.

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Bible Study

Romansomans

Man s

Hopeless

Condit ion

Romans

1:18 32

portion

of Romans makes

it

that there is no

good

in the

of any

man

The natural man

repulsive, vile and

evil to

the

ry core Even though man is

of doing good

deeds, the

man is incapable of doing

that pleases

God. The

deeds

done

by an

sinner

are considered

only

in

comparison

to

other



When those same deeds are

to God#s standards they

worthless.

In this

study

we

will

e how

the

ungodly and

man

stands condemned.

Isaiah

64:6

And

all

our righteous

are

like

a

filthy

garment;

A . Condemnation

of

all

(Romans 1:18$3:20)

1.

The

ungodly

and

man is condemned

1:18$32)

2. The self-righteous

man

condemned

(Romans

2:1$16)

3.

The Jew is condemned

2:17$3:20)



1:18

verse introduces this section.

are

split

up

into

two

ungodly and unrighteous.

he first group

lives

their

lives

s if

is

no

God. The second

group

their lives as

if

God has

not

mankind any moral

or

l imitations.

is because of unrighteousness

d

ungodliness

that men

suppress

e

truth. The truth is

suppressed

man

does

not

want

to

have

y moral or ethical

responsibility.

is mans desire to be the one

in

and

that

can#t be done



there is

God that needs

to be

With

God

out

f the picture, man can do pretty

as he

pleases with

no

moral

is against these men that God#s

is being revealed. They

deny that there is

God or

that

He has set certain moral

upon the human race.

who deny God

are

atheists

ho have

gotten

rid of

any of the

that

they

feel

God

on

them.

If there

is

no

od then

there is no one

above

you

you

what

you

should

and



do. They feel they

then

the master of

their

own

verse

is

in

contrast to

verse 17

we see

God#s

righteousness

revealed

through the Gospel.

though man

is

born into sin

d can do nothing of himself to

God,

God reaches down in

to

offer

the

gift

of

salvation

His Son.

It is revealed

to

ll but accepted

by few. Just

how

wrath

is

being reveled

is

not

perfectly clear from

this

That

God#s

wrath is

being

reveled

is

clear



the

Greek

word

is in

the

present

According to Alva

J.

in

Romans: the

Gospel

God5s Grace,

there are three

God

is revealing

His

wrath:

1 .

It is

reveled

in the

Bible.

focus

on the love o f G od but

the

wrath .

John

3:36 makes

clear

that those w ho

do not

the S on will have the wrath

f

G od upon

t hem.

John

3:36

He

who believes

the Son has

eternal

life; but he who

not

obey the

Son

will

not

see

life,

but

the

wrath

of

God abides



him.

.

The

wrath of God is reveled in

e cross.

Those who believe

in

the

burial

and resurrection

will

experience

God#s

righteousness.

who don#t

will see God#s

.

The

wrath o f

G od

is

revealed

in

e natura l

world.

Sinners

will

reap

e

results o f their sins.

The

wrath

o f

G od is revealed in

the

o f

sin.

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O f

course

God's

fina



will

be revealed

at

the

Great

h ite Throne judgm ent w hen al

stand

before G od

and will find themselves guilty o f

reject ing

th e Son.

Revelat ion 20:11#15

11Then

saw

a

great white

th ro ne a nd

H im

who sa t

upon

it,

fro m w h os e presence (ear

and

heaven fled away, and no

place was

found fo r th em .

12And

saw th e dead,

th e

great

and th e s m a ll,

standing before the throne, and

and

the dead

were

judged from

were opened; and another

book was

opened, w hich

is

th e

book of

life

things

which

were

written in th e books, according

to

their

deeds.

13And

th

sea gave up th e

dead

which were in

it, an d

death

and

Hades

gave

up th e

dead

which were in them;

and

they

were

judged,

every one of them according

to

their deeds.

14Then

death

and

Hades were

thrown

into th e

lake

fire

This

is

th e

second d e ath , th e lake of f ire.

15And

if

anyone's

name

was

not found written in

the b oo k

of l i fe,

he

was

thrown into the

lake of

1:19#20

ungodly and

unrighteous

en

are

suppressing

truth

that is

to

all.

God reveals

in creation.

Everything

in

points

to

an

intelligent



who carefully

planned

and

every element of the

Every

part

of creation

to be infinitely detailed and

The more we

discover,

e more

we

know

we

don#t know.

he

earth

is

set at

just

the

exact

it

needs

to

be from the sun

be able

to

sustain

l ife.

has

been

put

on

this

for

us to not only sustain

but to

thrive. As

we

zoom

t

of

our

solar

system

we

can

see

are

probably wel l over

suns

in

our

As

we

move

away

from

ur

galaxy we

can

see

there are

at



100,000,000,000 other

and again

it

could

be

more.

The

universe is so vast

it#s impossible

to

say how

big

really is. That

would

give

us

of at least

1x10

22

stars.

o

help

you

visualize

this number

estimated that there are

20

grains

of sand in the whole

That

gives

us

100

stars

for

grain of sand.

we

go in

the

other

direction

and

through

microscope

we

can

e

the same complexity

even

into the

quantum

with the

neutrino being the

llest detectable particle we



of. They

are so small that

pass they

can

pass through the

without hitting anything.

than 50 trillion

solar

electron

pass

through the human

every second. Roughly

neutrinos#tiny

igh-energy particles produced

by

through

each

square

of

your

body

every

On average however, only

in

human lifespan there will

collision

between

neutrino

d an atom in your body. There

also, to give

another example,

cells in one finger than there

people

in the

world.



observing our

earth

we can see

ow everything interacts and

itself.

Developing the

through

volution would be impossible

each

function

is

to

other functions in

manner

that it would be

to

have

one

function

while

waiting for an

function

to catch

p

with its

evolutionary

change.

he world is too

perfectly

balanced

r it

to

have

come

into existence

y

accident.

spite of all

this

information



the

wonder

of creation,

an stubbornly refuses

to

God. When

Paul

Romans about

2,000

years

man could observe

creation

d

determine that

it had to be

by

being higher than

In

this age man

has even

of an excuse to deny God#s

because

through

we

are now able to

see

even greater

detail the

intricacies

of

the

The

universe is even in

telling scientists that there is

God. There

is

approximately 96%

f the universe unaccounted for



dark

energy

and 22% dark

believe the

shows

us

the source

of

this

#mystery$

energy.

Coloss ians

1:16

16For

by

H im

a ll things were

created, both in

the heavens and on earth, visible an

invisible%

17He

is before

a ll

things, and in

H im

a ll th in gs h old

together.

is

Christ who

is expending

the

that scientists

puzzle

over.

e

is

holding

the

atoms

together,

the

center core of protons

flying

apart.

When

He

His

control,

the

whole

will

blow

apart and

new

will

be reformed from

free particles.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the

will

come

like a th ie f, in

which the

will

pass

away

with a roar

d

the

elements will

be

destroyed



intense heat,

and the earth and

works

will be

burned

up.

Gary

Johnson

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from

the beginning

man

has

o excuse

for

not acknowledging

Accepting

the

wisdom of the

they rejected

God$s

wisdom

d

in

reality they

were

made

(They did not

become

fools

ut

were

made fools by Satan for

rejection

of

Godly

wisdom.

you

are

wise,

it

is from God.

you

are foolish it

is from

Satan.)

of

worshiping

God,

they



icons resembling man

birds,

beasts

and even

Instead

of

worshiping the

they worshiped

the

created.

e can

see the

downward spiral

f

mankind:

1.

They

did

not

honor

God

as

Instead

they worshipped

else.

2.

They

did

not

thank

God.

He is not

honored why

He

be thanked?

3. Their reasoning

became

or

twisted.

They

couldn#t

clearly.

4.

Their

heart was darkened.

could

no

longer perceive



from wrong.

5. They

were

made

foolish

though they

thought

they

wise

(their

hearts

were

6. They completely gave

up

od

and

had

no

though of

Him.

hey substituted

the true God

for

e of

their

own

creation.

24#25

is because man rejected God that

od let

them go#He abandoned

allowed

them

to go the

they desired.

Mankind

s

been given

certain level



to do what he

wants

retribution. In

this

age

of

God

has

been

patient,

not

any to

perish.

Romans 2:4 Or

do

you

think

of the riches of His kindness

d tolerance and

patience,

not

that

the kindness of G od leads you to

is

an

example

of

God#s

Timothy

1:16

Yet

for this

found

mercy,

so

that

in me

as

e

foremost,

Jesus

Christ might

demonstrate

H is perfect

patience

an

example for those who would

in H im

for

eternal

life.

believe



forbearance in

this age is

e reason why Paul

calls

this the

age. God gave men

some

slack

d they used

up

every bit

trying to

t

away

from Him. This age is

because God is

withholding

is immediate judgment.

Galat ians 1:4 who

gave

Himself

r

our sins so

that

He

might rescue

from

this

present

evil

age,

to the will of our G od

and

Father,

spite of

God#s

great patience,

desire was

to

wallow in

The

ultimate

insult

to God

is

body, created in

the image

f

Him,

and

dishonoring it.

In



they dishonored

their

sexually

and did

it

among or

etween themselves. Since

they

now

put

anything godly

them

it naturally

follows

the only thing left

to worship

give

honor

to

would

be

created.

These men

are

(tying down) the

truth

f God

(verse

18)

and in

its

place

accepted

the l ie.

Men

have

godly

wisdom and truth,

it

and embraced

lies

that

n only come from Satan. In this

e men will praise the

wisdom of

men

but

never

God.



has number

of award

lifting up their wonderful

but seldom, if

do

they

give God

the glory

e Him. What

contrast to the

and loving

God who should

honored

and

lauded forever by

and

Eve?

are some who think verses

are specifically referring to

and Eve

and their fall into

These

verses seem to parallel

e events

that happened in the

of

Eden

with Adam and

ve. As

verse 21

says

they knew



od but became foolish in

their

and were darkened.

The

they were seeking after

their downfal l s

they

to Satan

instead of God.

nakedness was

revealed

and

bodies

were

now

instruments

f shame

and dishonor. This

is not

really surprising

mankind

is

all

considered

to

#in Adam$ and therefore we

the same sin nature. This

of

dishonoring God

and

Satan

has

been played

t countless times throughout the



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Verses

26#27

mankind gave up

anything

to

God

they felt they

could

anything that

pleased

them.

heir rejection of God

lead to

downward spiral. There was

left

to restrain man from

any

sin

he

pleases.

By

Godly

truth they felt

to do s they please.

We

can

e

rampant

and

overt

acts

of

almost everywhere

e

look. According to this

homosexuality is explicitly

God

and His creation.

Man



dishonoring God

by

taking their

created

in

the image of God,

d

using it in

ways

that God

as

degrading and depraved.

makes

it abundantly clear that

out

homosexual acts is

wrong.

There

is

no

that it

is O K if

done in

This

is

true of any other sin.

not

wrong

to

be

homosexual

ut it is wrong to carry out the acts

f homosexuality.

ut of

these

acts come

naturally

judgments. As with any

there are always consequences.

these

penalties of

sin



happen

immediately but they

occur. From physical ailments

emotional disorders there will be

tangible

retribution on

this

for

doing

things

against

God.

f

course

there

can

be

for

those

the sinner also.

no fault of our own, sin

n

have

its

affect

on

us.

Sin

never be minimized,

as

we

see as

we read

further.

28$32

times it

is

said

that

%God

them

over& or allowed

them

. We can see

downward spiral



f

where

man naturally settles

God

allows them

to

go

here they want

to.

Verse 24 God allows them

pursue

the lusts that naturally

in

their hearts.

Verse

26

God

allows

them

pursue

degrading

sexual

Verse

28

God

allows

them

pursue the thoughts

that their

minds

think

up. The

mind

the seat

of

desires.

You

might

be

by

lust but that drive

is

by

the mind. Whatever

e

unregenerate

mind

thinks

up

is

drives the

natural man.

To hit



e

absolute

bottom,

these

men

it and

give

approval to or are

with those who do the

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omans

of

the

Romans 2:1 16

section is

continuation

f the previous

section detailing

e condition of the heart of man

our focus is now on

the

person

The first

addresses

those

who are

and unrighteous. This

deals with

those

who think

are righteous

but

in reality are

ot

any

better

than

someone

who

is



1#3

turns

to those who

judge

of

the things listed at

the

d of chapter 1. They look

to

and

themselves

to

others

and

that

they

are

superior.

The

do

not see

as

others

see

them.

of comparing themselves

other people,

they

need to

themselves

with

the

ltimate standard#Jesus Christ.

is obvious that these

people

look down

on

around them

but later we

will



e

they

feel God#s judgment needs

be rained down upon

them and

understand

why it isn#t

To

their own

Paul says

not

only

those referred to in

chapter

of

judgment but the

are

just as bad

doing

e

same

things

done

by

the

and

deserving of the

same

they

wish

upon

those

they condemn.

his judgment

of God

is

judgment

and will be

out

in a ll fairness and

The

ungodly

and



deserve

this judgment

much s the self-righteous do.

the

self-righteous

do the

of the unrighteous

they

are

themselves, making

worthy

of

the same

God will

visit

upon

e

unrighteous. The

problem

is

at the

self-righteous do not see

how God

sees

them.

4#6

complaining

that God

is

in condemning the ungodly

d

unrighteous are ignorant of

hy

God

has

delayed



is judgment. Even

though we

all

God#s

wrath

and judgment,

e

has withheld our condemnation

of

His

kindness, tolerance

d patience.

God#s kindness:

God

giving to

an

what is useful and

beneficial.

lightly

of the

kindness

of

God

is an

insult

to Him. It is by

the

greatness

of

God#s

that

we

should

come to

repentance. We should instead

deeply

at

why

God

would

concern Himself with us.

God

said

concerning

Israel

also



to us.

The Jews

who

Jesus s Messiah

the

kindness of

God. He

was

their

Those rejecting

Jesus

as

would fall

under

the

of

God.

Romans 11:22

Behold then

e kindness

and

severity of

God;

to

who fell,

severity,

but to

you,

kindness,

if

you continue in His

otherwise

you

also will be

t

off.

God#s tolerance:

God

is

not

directing

His

kindness

toward

but is tolerant in His dealings



us. Literally in

spite of

how

we

Him,

He continues

to

hold us

p

and sustain mankind, even

who despise God. This

same

is found in Romans 3:25

He

overlooked man#s

accumulating sins and

to

hold

man

up

Romans

3:25

whom G od

publicly as

a

propitiation

in

is

blood

through

faith

This

was to

demonstrate His

because in the

of

G od

He

passed

over

e sins previously



commit ted;

patience: This word could

be

translated

longsuffering.

od

is not only tolerant but has

his mercy and kindness

to

displayed for an extended t ime.

patience has

been

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demonstrated many times.

We

e

it

in

how He

dealt

with

Paul

d we

can

see

it

working in

the

of

Noah.

Timothy

1:16

Yet for

this



found

mercy,

so

that

in me

as

e foremost, Jesus

Christ might

demonstrate

H is perfect

as

an

example for those who

believe

in

Him

for

eternal life.

Peter 3:20 who

once were

sobedient, w hen the

patience

of G od

waiting

in

the

days

of

Noah,

the

construction of

the

ark,

in

a

few,

that is ,

eight

persons,

brought safely

through

the

water.

he reason for

this

display

f kindness is to get mankind#s

and

cause

them

to

realize

God cares for them and thus

the

ungodly

and unrighteous

come

to

Him.

This

age

of

Grace



shows

God#s mercy and

in

place

of His

wrath.

though

God

has

been tolerant

d

patient of mankind,

there will

judgment and an accounting

f all humans. No

one

will escape

wrath

if

they

are

not

in

Jesus

are many today

who

place

hope

in

the

world

getting

and

better.

They put aside

y

thought of

judgment and

hope

by

preparing

the

world for

Christ

that He will then

and

rule

this earth. They

are

to

create

utopian



Many

who think

this way

embrace

the

idea

f universal ism#all mankind will

saved because

God

is loving

To

help

bring in this utopian

social gospel

is

preached

d

many

look

to

the

government

help make all social injustice

Many l iberal

religious

embrace

these

ideas

of

their

misunderstanding

r twisting) of Scripture.

These

ignore

verses

that

convey

y form of

God$s

wrath and

upon

mankind.

Verse 5

it

abundantly

clear that God

judge and condemn those

who



their

own

way. There

are many

verses to

back

this up.

6#10

person

will be given

to what

they

have done.

is

their works

by

which

they

will

judged.

If they

were patient in

good

works

and

seeking

and

honor

from

God,

they

inherit eternal

l ife.

Taking

literally what Paul

says

in

verse

in

the l ight of the

entire

context,

those Paul is

speaking about here had

perfected the good work

patience and endurance,

and

if they

had

and obtained glory, honor, and



fully

pleasing to God,

they

would

been

rewarded

with

eternal

l ife.

Ernest R. Campbell, A

Commentary

of

Romans

n the other hand,

those

who are

working only

for

having

put

away

all

truth

to

follow

will be rewarded

God#s

anger

and

wrath.

reiterates

these ideas in verses

and

10.

God will be judging man

to

his

works.

Those

good

will be honored, those

bad,

tribulation.

f

course

this

brings

up

big



Can

person

be saved

good

works? A

cursory

of

this passage would

it

is possible.

However, it

dangerous

thing

to

obtain your

from single verse

or

of

the Bible. Doing so

leads to

error. The good

new

good

works

can

save person.

he

bad

news

is

that

no

one

has

qualified. The

good works

be

man-defined. God defines

hat is

good

work.

If

man

can

God through good works

God

isn#t

needed in the

of

salvation. We

know

od

is the Author

of

our

salvation.



was necessary for

God to

do this

there was no man

to save

mankind

since all

en

have sinned. All of our efforts

please

God

fall short. We

are

spiritually

and in our natural

it

is impossible to please

God

any way.

Ephesians 2:1 And you were

in

your

trespasses

and

sins,

Romans 3:10#12

10as

it is

THERE IS N O N E

NOT EVEN

11THERE

IS

N O N E

W HO U N D E R S T A N D S ,

THERE

N O N E

W HO

SEEKS

FO R

12ALL

H AVE TURNED ASIDE,

TOGETHER

THEY

HAVE

U SELESS; THERE

IS



W HO DOES G O O D , THERE

NOT

EVEN ONE.

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8:6#8

6For

the

mind

t on the

f lesh is

death, but the mind

t

on the S pirit is life and

peace,

7because

the m ind

set

on

the

is hostile toward God; for it does

t

subject

itself

to

the law

of

God, for

is

not

even

able

to

do

so,

8and

who

are in

the

f lesh cannot

God .

Ephesians

2:3

Among

them we

o

all

formerly

lived

in

the lusts

of

our



indulging the desires of the f lesh

and of

the

mind, and were

by

children

of wrath, even

as the

is another way

to look

at

this verse is

saying.

Those

ho

are

striving

to

understand

and

salvation will eventually

find

The

seekers will be rewarded for

will discover

the

way to

l ife. Just as

believers

in

were

completely

(or

addicted)

to the

those

who

were addicted

understanding the

things

of the

in Acts

13:48

were rewarded

eternal

l ife.

They obtained



life because they thirsted

understanding

what

it was

d

then

received salvation by faith

they

understood it.

(see

39)

11#13

od

does not see any distinction

Jew

and Gentile when it

to

salvation.

Those

who sin

die.

The Gentile

is referred to

the

one

not

under

the Law.

Even

they

were

not under

the

Law, they

were

under

law

f conscience. God has

built into

an

sense of what is

right

and

Even in the most remote



of the world man

has come

up

laws that

mimic

the

10

W hy is

it

that

the

world

it is

wrong

to murder or

God

has built in

to

our being

innate

knowledge

of

what

is

The person

who violates

conscience,

violates God#s

law

and

therefore

will

under condemnation.

he Jew, on the other

hand,

has

God#s

written

Law

to

This

is

specific,

and external version

f

the

built-in

law

given

to

all



According to

verse 13

it

is

e doers of the Law who will

be

This statement refers

to

e Jew not the Gentile because it

as the

Jew

who was

under

the

Law.

This agrees

with

James

wrote:

James

1:22 But prove

doers of

the word, and

not

hearers who

delude

This idea is

also

found

the

Gospels:

Matthew

19:17 And

He

said

to

W hy

are

you

asking M e about

is good? There is only O ne who

good; but if

you

wish

to

enter into

keep

the

commandments .



John

13:17 If you know these

you

are

blessed

if

you

do them.

this

sounds

like salvation

y works, the catch is that there are

no perfect

doers of

the

aw and

if

there are

no

doers,

there

none

who

will

be

justified

of their works.

The Law

as

weak. Its

only power was

to

out

our

own

condition

but

do anything to

get

us

out

f the

place we

were at$at enmity

God

and condemned

to

death.

This is why Jesus

was

given;

to

die,

be

buried

d resurrect

so

that

we

who

will have that

same

hope



f

being

raised

unto eternal l ife.

Romans 8:3

For

what the Law

not do, weak

as it was through

e

f lesh,

G od

did:

sending

His

own

on

in th e l ikeness

of

s in fu l fles h

and

as

an o ffe rin g fo r s in , H e c on de m ne d

sin

in th e fle sh ,

Galat ians

3:21#24

21Is

th e

Law

then

contrary

to th e promises

of

God? M ay it never be For if

a

law

had

bee

given which was able to impart

l ife,

the n righteo usn ess w ould indeed h ave b ee n based on

law.

22But

th e

S crip tu re has shut up everyone under sin,

so

that the

promise

by

faith

in

Jesus

C hris t m ig ht

be

given to thos

w ho

believe.

23But

before

faith

came, we were kept in custody under the

law,

being shu t up to th e

faith

which

was

later

to

be

revealed.

the

Law

has

become our

to lead us to Christ, so that we

y be

justified

by

faith.

25But

now

that

has come, we

are no

longer

a tutor.

14#15

back to

the Gentiles.

By

Gentiles do the

things

in the Law and thus their



becomes

their

law and

them

just

s

much

as the

osaic Law condemns the Jew.

that

the

Law

is not

written

on

hearts,

s it will be upon the

after

the Second

Coming

31:31),

but the

WORKS

f the Law

are.

As the Law

murder, the Gentile

in

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it

is

wrong

to

As

the

Law

says

not to

the Gentile knows in

his

not to

steal. The

Gentile

is

not



the Mosaic Law and

never

s

been.

The

only Gentiles

under

aw are

the

proselytes who have

themselves to become

part

f

Israel and therefore

put

under

the

yoke of the

now there are many who say

e

are

under

the Mosaic Law

even

Scripture

clearly

puts

Israel

the

Law

but never the

If you incorrectly

claim

e

believer

today

is

privy

to

all

f

Israel#s

blessings then you

would

tend to plunge

deeper

into

by

claiming

we

are

also



the Law. They

have

no

of

the work of the

Spirit in our lives W ho

has

the place

of

the

Law and

us

the power

to live godly

Romans

8:2

For the

law

of

the

of life in Christ Jesus has set

u free

from

the law of

sin

and of

Galat ians

5:18

But if

you

are

led

the Spirit,

you

are not under

the

Galat ians

6:2 Bear

one

burdens, and

thereby

fulfill

e law of

16



you

are

ungodly,

self-righteous, Jew or

one

sure

thing is

the

judgment and subsequent

of unbelievers. This

is

coming

on

future

unknown

to

anyone

and

it

will

done through Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 4:1 solemnly charge

u

in

the

presence

of

G od and

of

Jesus, who

is

to

judge the living

and

the

dead, and by

His

and

His

k ingdom:

John

5:22

For

not

even

the

ther judges anyone, but He

has

all

judgment to the Son,

Acts 17:31because

He

has

fixed

day

in w hich

He

will

judge the world



r ighteousness through a M an

whom

He has appointed,

having

proof

to

all men by raising

im

from

the

dead.

In

this

case

the

concerns only

for in this age

are

secure

in

their

eternal

because of

Jesus

Christ and

be

judged

only

for

their works

Corinthians

3:10#15).

The

will also be judged

to their works

but

will

found

lacking and condemned.

this

verse the secrets of men will

judged.

These

are

those things

men

do in secret that they

want

anyone

to know

about.



1:5; 2

Thessalonians

#the gospel preached

by me$

times

(1

Corinthians

Galatians

1:11;

2:2). He

is

to make

distinction

the gospel he was

and

the

Gospel

of

the

ingdom , which

was

cycling

down

Israel

was being cast

aside.

God

not

judge

men

according

to

e

Gospel of

the Kingdom in

this

It

is

Paul%s gospel that

we

are

saved

by

faith

alone

from

any

works. In

reality, all

are saved

by

faith and

is how all

will

be

judged.

So

mankind is judged according



Paul#s gospel,

it will condemn

who

try to come to him in

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of

the

Jew

Romans

2:17 29

section continues

in

mankind by turning

to

e Jew. So far Paul has

shown

that

e

unrighteous

and

ungodly

person

condemned.

He then turns

the

self-proclaimed

righteous

and

shows

they

are

just

as

by God. He

finally

the Jewish person who

he is righteous because God

him all the

privileges

of being



Since God has lifted the

nation out of the world and

her up as the nation

who

is to

the light of the

world, they

feel

in their identity as Jews.

The

w felt

safe from

condemnation

they

were

sons

f

Abraham (John 8:33) and they

d the Mosaic

Law

and

They

felt

certain

od wouldn#t condemn

the Jew.

s

we

will

see they

are just as

in

God#s

eyes s

the

person.

17$20

is

speaking

directly

to the



specifically

to

the

one who

on his ability to follow the

Law

for

his righteousness.

hese Jews boast

about

their

with

God

and their

of the Mosaic Law for

these

things

they

felt

they

know

and understand

what

will is.

Of course

there is

wrong

in

boasting

in

God

it

is done

in the right

way for

the

reason. If done

to

elevate

then

the boasting is for

If the boasting was done

the

realization

that we don#t

things for

the Lord

His enabling us to do so



the boasting is

centered

on

Without God,

we

are nothing

d therefore have nothing to

boast

Corinth ians

1:31

#Let him

ho

boasts,

boast

in

the

Lord.

2 Corinthians 10:17

But he who

asts is

to

boast in

the Lord.

2 Corinth ians 3:5 Not that we

e adequate in ourselves to

consider

as

coming

from ourse lves,

t

our adequacy is

from G od,

hese Jews

were

obviously

that

God

favored them

d were therefore

special.

They

sight

of



fact that

God

chose

them only

out

of

love

even though they were nothing.

Deuteronomy 7:7#8

7 The

LOR D

did no t

se t

H is love on you

nor

choose you because you

were more

in

number than any of

th e peoples,

fo r

you

were

th e

fewest

of

all

peoples,

8but

because th e

LORD

loved you an

kept the oath which

He

swore

to

forefathers,

the LORD

brought

u

out

by

a

mighty hand

and

you

from

the house of slavery,

the

hand

of

Pharaoh

king of

the things that are

phrase can

literally

mean:

those

things

that

differ%. The

Jew

who relied

upon

e Law would test everything

the Law. If

it

held up to

the Law said,

it would be

This

type

of

Jew

did

not



this

from

the heart and would

be

hypocritical

in their

of

the

Law. They would

proud in their

knowledge

of the

aw and in being

able

to apply

of

the

Law to every area

f

other

people#s

lives

but

not

their

They were doing righteous

but the heart was still evil.

The

was

all

for

show

and

did

ot

reflect

the

inner

man.

he

word

$confident% is in the

tense

meaning

they

were

and

were

continuing

to

confident in themselves. Instead

f

trusting

in

Jesus

Christ,

they

put

trust

in

themselves.

As some



ut it today:

#I believe

in

myself.$

put

themselves above

others

themselves

as

guides,

l ights,

and teachers. They

others

as

blind,

in

stupid and immature. In

they

thought resided the

of

knowledge

and

Another word

for

is

form.

They had

the

of

godliness

but no

substance.

of this

was because

they

they understood

the

finer

of

the

Law

so

much better

anyone else. They believed

through

the

Law

came

light

but



reality

it

only produced

death.

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6who

made us adequate as servants

of

new covenant, not

of the letter

but

of

e Spirit; for the letter

kills,

but the

gives

l ife.

7But

if

the

ministry of

in

le tters engraved

on stones,

with glory,

so

that

the

sons

of

could

not look intently

at

the

of

Moses because

of the

glory

of

s face, fading

as it was,

21#24

ul understood

the

self-righteous

w because

he

was

one

of them

his

conversion. With

that



came his method for

out

how their

actions

are

by God.

Instead

of hitting

with accusations, he asked

softer but pointed questions

would lead them to see who

really were on the inside.

questions were

designed

to

that

the

Jews

who

thought

were

keeping

the

Law

were

violating it.

These

were

designed

to

help

to

look

inwardly

instead

at

else around

them

and

the

self-righteous

Jew

that

he

is

sinner

in

of

Savior.



he

questions

Paul asked

them:

Do you teach yourself?

Do

you

steal?

Do you commit adultery?

Do you

hate

idols?

Do

you

rob

temples?

are

stated in such

way so

the

is always yes. They who

the Law

did

not do

the

Law

ut

were more than willing to

tell

what they

should do to keep

e Law. Through this they

ishonored God to the point

of

the name of God. It

as so prevalent that

even

the

entiles knew what

these

Jews



doing.

25#27

now

deals

with

how

these

Jews were abusing

e Law through the rite

f

circumcision. The self-righteous

w was proud of his circumcision

d rested in it as

righteous

act.

he

first

part

of

this

section

Jew with Gentile and

making the case that the

Gentile

can

be

more

ghteous than the

circumcised

Paul is speaking here



to Jews. Paul

knew exactly

ow they thought about

the

Law

d circumcision

because he was

in

very place,

earning

his

through the

works of

e

Law. The only way

could

be

of

any value

be in the

keeping

of the

Those who

were circumcised

ut disobedient

to

the

Law

their

circumcision.

It

was

if

they

had never been

n the

other

hand,

the

person

who

as not

circumcised but

kept all

e

elements

of

the

Law

would

be



to be

circumcised and

better

than the

person

ho was circumcised but not

the

Law.

This

became

an

with

the Jewish

people

circumcision

was

given

the Law

to

Abraham and

considered more

that the Law.

However,

righteous

life

was

more

than

the

one-time act of

God

desired

from

the

heart. The

person

who does

the

Law ends up casting

on

the

person

who

is



but does not

keep the

A

person

who

is holy and

compared to

person

ho

is

not makes the unrighteous

look worse.

may

help,

by rewriting

this

using marriage s the Law

d the

wedding

ring as

to

get

grasp on what

is

saying.

The wedding ring is of

value

if

you

fidelity in your marriage; but

you are committing adultery, your

ring

means

nothing. So

if

the

man

not

wedding

ring

keeps

faithful to

wife,

will

not

his lack

of

ring

be

regarded as

wearing

ring? And he



ho is not wearing ring

by

keeping

in

his marriage, will he not

judge

u

who

is

always

wearing

wedding

but

unfaithful

to his wife?

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25#27

hypothetical in

nature.

Notice

e

word

$if

in

verse

26.

No

man

n keep the Law to

the level

that

od expects. Everyone

breaks

or

the

Law

and

therefore

would be viewed as

Paul is merely

that these Jews were placing

more importance on



than

they

should.

pulls the rug out from

under

putting their trust in

saying

that

even

can

be

considered

by obeying

the

Law

the

heart.

The

lowest

form

f human being could be elevated

the so-called righteous Jew.

was

no

innate

value

in

being

ne

problem

with the idea of

keeping

the

Law

is

that

in

the

Law is

the

of circumcision.

ow could

they

keep and fully

with the

Law

but not get



believe the answer

in verse 26. The NASB

this passage

as

#So if

the

man

keeps

the

of the

law$% The

word

for requirements is

and

is

translated

in

5:18. Romans 2:26

then read: #So if the

man

keeps the

acts of

the

law$%

This

then refer

to

the

moral

of the Law

and

not the

civil

religious

portion

of

Law.

Even

the Mosaic Law is never

up into

parts,

Paul

says that if

Gentile



uld completely obey the moral

of

the Law that he would

be

considered

to be

28#29

ul continues by

describing who

Jew

is.

It

must be understood

Paul

here

is

comparing

two

not

Jew

and

Gentile.

There

many

who

go wayward

in their

by applying this passage

comparison of Jew and Gentile.

is

the first

step

in equating

spiritually with the Church

e

Body of

Christ.

This then

leads

even

greater

error

and



Israel is

not the Church

d the Church is

not Israel.

We as

member

of the

Church,

the

Body

f

Christ, do have the spiritual

of

the New

Covenant

to us

by

God#s grace

but

of

the

physical

blessings.

Romans

15:27 Yes, they

were

to do

so,

and

they

are

to them. For

if

the G entiles

shared

in

their spiritual

things, they are

to minister to

them also in

things.

the Old Testament and into

e Gospels God was dealing

with

believing and unbelieving

Even in

the end times

will



be only remnant

f believing Jews. We can see

this

in the days of Elijah

he thought he was the only

Jew

left.

God,

however,

ad His remnant of 7,000

(1

King

We also

see

the

faithful

few

the little flock of

Luke

12:32.

of

Israel

had rejected their

and

only

few

accepted.

o

them was given

the

promise

f

the Kingdom.

Many parables

designed

to

show

the

between believing and

Israel, for instance, the

and

foolish

builders,

the

and

the tares,

the sower and



e

soils,

the two sons etc. Paul

distinguishes

between the two

of Jews

in

Romans 9:6

and

Isaiah 10:22

in

Romans 9:27

the split

between

and unbelieving Israel.

this background

and with the

that

the Bible refers

the two groups

of

Israelites it

be

easier

to see what

verses 28

d

29

are

saying.

Paul

made

it clear that

there

as

nothing

mystical about

circumcised, he

the argument

stating

that

is

not

what makes



w Jew.

The

true

Jew is one

ho

is

made

Jew in his

heart by

e

Spirit.

It is not the Law that

it nor the physical act of

but

can only

come

God. Those who put their

in God

are

the

ones

who

wil l ,

y

the Spirit, be circumcised. This

not

have been said

before

od

rose

up

Paul

to

be the

Apostle

the

Gentiles.

It was only after

was

put

aside and God began

with

individuals

in

the

formed Church, which is

is Body, that the Law began to

away.

Approximately

nine



before

Romans

was written

said

in Pisidia-Antioch on his

missionary

journey:

Acts 13:39 and

through

Him

who believes is freed

from

l things,

from

which

you

could

not

be

through

the Law of

Moses.

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Idea of being Jew

the Law was difficult for

to

understand.

They

had

practicing

the

Law for almost

years and now

were

being

that

their righteousness was

ot through the Law but through



e

Spirit.

these

were Jews who

not

Kingdom believers. They

either Body believers or

Jews who needed

This is important because

e Kingdom Jewish believers

still (properly) practicing the

aw (Acts 21:20). Those saved

Paul

did

not

become

believers

but

Body

who were never told

to

the

Law.

this

was happening during the

of

transition from Kingdom

to

When

Romans

was

written



corresponds

to

the events

before Acts

21. The

Jews

d fallen

and

the possibility

of

the

Millennial

Kingdom at

is time

was removed. They were

ow in the process of being

cut

off

which would

be

by 70

A.D.

Romans 11:12

12Now

if

their

is riches for the

world

d

their failure

(diminishing)

is

for

the

Genti les,

how

much

more

will

fulfi l lment

be

15For

if their

(of

entering the Kingdom)

the

reconciliation

of the

world,

what



their

acceptance be

but life from

e

dead?

are two

things happening

this time of

transition. Israel

on

downward

slide until God is

finished with her

and

the

Church,

the

of Christ

is

in the process of

to ful l maturity

with

of

the

Mystery

still

to

be

through Paul. You will be

confused if you do not

or

discern

this

change

God#s plan.

the

difference

these two

programs

is

because there were still



believers

in Jerusalem

ho

were

under the Law

and

obeying

the

Law (Acts

They would soon

be told to

ut

the

Law aside because there is

new and

better

way that

they

are

follow

wrapped

up in the

person

f

Jesus

Christ

(see

Hebrews).

In

e

meantime, the Church at

Rome

as

made

up

of

Gentiles and Jews

ho

were

#Body

Believers.$ They

saved

after Paul was

saved

d

were

all

one

in

Christ

with

no

of

Jew

of Gentile.

It

as to this group Paul was

writ ing.

church

was

not

formed

by



leaving the

Pentecostal

in Acts

2

to form

new

church

but

was

formed

y

the doctrine received from Paul

ho received it directly from

Jesus

W e,

as

members of

the

of Christ, have internal

The

Spirit circumcises us

It does not matter what

an

does externally, what matters

what

God

does internally. This is

e concept that these Jews

needed

get

their

arms

around.

This

new

of

believers, without

of

Jew

or

Gentile,

was

one

to

comprehend.

After



of

being

told they

were

to the Gentiles then having

accept

that all were equal in

sight

was very difficult

for

to

understand.

Coloss ians 2:11 and

in

Him

you

also

circumcised

with

a

made

without

hands, in

e

removal of the

body

of the flesh

the

circumcision

of

Christ;

Phi l ippians

3:3 for

we

are the

circumcision,

who

worship

in

the

of G od

and glory in Christ Jesus

and

put

no

confidence

in

the

r a complete set of

notes

and

m id-A cts m a teria ls

please



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Bible Study

Romansomans

Condemnat ion

Further

Romans

3:1 9

continues

to

address

the

person who is trusting

in

is own self-righteousness in

(not

doing)

the

Law

while

others for not

the Law. Paul

turns

aside

his

main

argument to answer

e

question: %If even

the most

Jew

stands

condemned

like

Gentile,

what is

the

of being

Jew?&



1#2

there any advantage in being

Paul

says

there is much

vantage. The first benefit

to

Jew

is

that through

them

the

of God

were

given.

God

id not speak through any other

than

the

Jews. God chose

e

nation

of Israel

to

reveal

whether through His

His

prophets

or His Son.

The

book of the

Bible

that

many

to be written

by

Gentile

Luke,

but

God

speaking

pertaining

to

Israel

Gentile would not make



This

is also contrary

to

what

says in this

Romans

oracles

were

mentioned four

in the New Testament

and

only given

to Israel.

Even

many believe Paul wrote

it is addressed to Israel.

writings

are

also directed to

rael. Many

try

to

fit

the

Church,

e Body

of

Christ

into

what Peter

but

the

focus is on

the

Coming

and

Tribulation;

is no mention

of

the Rapture.

e also assured believing Israel

the

hetic promises given to Israel will in fact come to pass bu t

will

happen

at

later date.

2 Peter 3:9$10

9The

Lord

is no t

slo w a bou t His

promise,

as

some

count

s lowness,

but

is

patient toward

you

no t wishing

fo r

any

to

p erish b ut

fo r

all

to

come

to repentance.

10But

th e

day

of th e L ord

will

come like a

thief,



which the heavens will pass away

a roar

and

the elements

will

be

with

intense

heat, and the

earth

and

its w orks

will be burned

.

Peter 4:11 Whoever speaks, is

do

so

as

one

who

is speaking the

of

God;

whoever

serves

is

do so

as

one

who

is

serving

by

e

strength which God supplies;

so

in

all

things

G od

may

be

glorified

through

Jesus

Christ,

to

whom

the

glory and

dominion

and

ever.

Amen.

Hebrews

5:12

For

though

by

this

you

ought

to

be teachers, you

ve need again for

someone to teach

you

the elementary

principles

of

e

oracles

of

God,

and

you

have

to

need milk

and not

solid food.



calls this revelation of

God#s

to

Israel

an advantage

they

were

entrusted

with

it

d therefore the first

to

know what

will was. To be the

people

whom

God

spoke

meant

should

find it

hard not

to

hear

hat He was

saying. Other nations

them could hear God#s

only through Israel.

3$4

he second quest ion is related to

e first quest ion and brings

up

the

w

w ho does not

bel ieve

or obey

e

oracles

o f God. The quest ion

be

stated

this

way:

%If

the



w does not

bel ieve will

not this

God#s fai thfulness in

H is

promises

to

Israel?$

must have been those

w hy G od

would be

to Israel because o f

the

of

individual Jews.

the

true

Jew

is one w ho

s a true faith (Romans 2:28%29;

Galat ians

6:16) .

The

Jews

w ho

their

backs on

G od

are

not

nsidered Jew s.

G od will

be

in fulfilling

all

H e

to Israel even though

Jews

by

birth

will

not

be a

o f

God#s future blessing. (See

echariah 13:8 concern ing

2/3rds



f

Israeli tes being cut off

because

f unbelief).

Romans 2:28#29

28For

he

is

not

Jew who

is

one

outwardly,

nor

is

that

which is

outward

in

e

f lesh.

29But

he

is a

Jew who

is

one

and circumcision

is

that

is of the

heart,

by the Spirit,

not

the

letter; and

his praise

is

not

men, but

from

God.

Romans 9:6 But it is

not

as

the word of God has fa iled For

are

not

all

Israel

who

are

from

Israel;

Galat ians 6:16 And

those who

walk

by

this

rule,

peace

and

mercy

upon

them, and upon

the Israel of



God.

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Galatians 6:16

is

an

verse. Many

theologians

understand

verse

to prove that the

church

is spiritual Israel. They

this

verse

as

fol lows:

And those who will walk by

this

peace and mercy be

upon them,

ven upon the Israel of

God .

This

the

Israel of

God

with those

who will

by this rule, which would

make

the

Church

spiritual



rael. However,

this is

the

only

e this phrase is

used. To really

what

Paul

means it is

to

see

if he

says

today#s

is

Israel anywhere in

don#t

know of any other

where Paul

equates

Israel

the Church.

He contrasts and

the two but

never

merges

mixes

the

two

entities.

Paul

did

not

reference

the

as the Israel of God then to

was

he

referring?

believe

is

acknowledging Jews who

believers

when the

was at hand. They

were

under

the Gospel of the



ingdom but, with Israel#s

of

their Messiah,

God

His dealings with

her,

raised up

and gave

him the

Gospel

f

the

Grace of God s

part of

the

These Jewish believers

under

the

Kingdom

program

d

continued

to practice the

Law

until

they

were

told in

to put

those

things

aside.

they

had become members of the

the

Body of Christ then

would

not

have been

any

between

Jew

and

This verse

really

two

distinct

roups$those who

are

part of



e Church,

the Body of Christ,

d the Kingdom believers,

who believed

in their

and were continuing to

as

they

had done before

was

raised

up.

We

see this

of believing

Kingdom

in

Acts 21,

which was

after Romans was written.

response

to this question is:

that thought

never come into

ence % God will

be

faithful

d

true

no

matter

what

man

does.

e

acts on His own

and does

not

upon man#s

actions. The

in

verse

four

is

the

unbeliever



ho

stands in sharp

contrast to

the

standard

of

truth. Since

stand apart

from

and are in

to

God, they are

the

of anything truthful. Paul

his answer

by

quoting

in

Psalms, which

states

when

God

speaks

it will

come

pass.

He

will be vindicated when

is

words

are

scrutinized.

turns out

the advantage

Israel

by

being

steward

of the

aw and

Prophets turned into

of the

individual

ho turned his back on God#s

The

advantage

only

belongs



the believing

Jew.

5#6

he third

question Paul answers

is

If our unrighteousness amplifies

righteousness isn t

God

in condemning the

Jew?&

response

to

this question is

e

same

s the second

question:

that

thought

never

come into

If God were found

to

unrighteous then how

would He

qualified

to

judge

the

world?

He

the only One qualified to Judge

He

knows intimately the

and

motives of

person.



e see here that

there is no

doubt

God

will be

the judge.

Men

need to give an account

of

This is

contrary

to

in the Emergent Church who

e

things

getting

better

and

better

the

earth

is prepared

to

accept

e King, Jesus

Christ,

into

the

Kingdom. Their hope is

what

man

can

do

to

make

this

better

place. If

things

were

progressively

better,

there

be

no

room

for

judgm ent. This

thinking is

ot Biblical and allows

people

to

ut

aside

any

fear of their eternal

If

there

is

no judgment



there will

be

no condemnation

d

that equals universal salvation.

7#8

this last question

Paul

points

the

at himself s an example

of

Jew

who

thought he magnified

righteousness through his

actions.

This

the idea that the end

justifies

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the means. If God looks

when do bad

then God

is

by

my

sin. This argument



without

merit. God cannot

more righteous

through

y actions

than

He already

is,

can become more

an

likes to

make

evil

appear

In

verse

three

the

sinners

to keep

sinning with

the

that God will give

Israel all

He

promised

to

her in

spite

of

sinful l ifestyle.

In verse

they go

step

further

saying

sinning

is

to

God#s

advantage

it

magnifies

God#s

Verse seven uses

s

an

example

of

Jew

who



as

master

of

twisting

evil

into

l

Mankind

Stands

Romans 3:9#20

e have

seen

that the

person

who

there is God

is condemned

ungodly).

The

person

who

nies that God

has

given us

moral

is condemned (the

Even those who are

of God$s chosen

people

through whom

have been

the word

of

God and have

used

to

bring

to

us

the

Savior



f the

world, will find themselves

s

condemned in their

own

righteousness.

This f inal section

n the condemnation of

man sums

p the

last

two

chapters. In

case

is

someone who

thought any

f

the

preceding

did

not

apply

to

this

section

makes

it clear

all

human

beings who

ever

on

this earth

are

lost

sinners

ho face utter

condemned

without

Verse

9

he Jews, having

been given the

always thought themselves

than

the Gentiles.

It

was

the

Gentiles stood

But

for the

Jews to

see



even they

were

condemned

as hard to comprehend and accept.

fact, since

they

were the

of the Law,

they

were

more responsible than the

and were under greater

for

their

rejection

of

Romans 4:15 for the Law brings

wrath,

but

where there

is

no

there also is

no

violation.

R om ans 7:9

was

once

alive

from the Law;

but

when the

came, sin became

ive and

died;

Romans 7:13 Therefore did

that



is

good

become a

cause

of

for

m e? May it

never

be Rather

was sin,

in order

that it

might be

to

be

sin

by effecting

my death

that

which is

good,

so

that

through the commandment sin

become

utterly

sinful.

10#18

quotes

verses

from Psalms

d Isaiah

to emphasize

his point

man$s spiritual

condition.

e

learn the

fol lowing:

1.

There

is no person

who

is

2.

There

is

no

person

who can



things

of

spiritual

It is

s

impossible for

an

to comprehend

spiritual

s much s

dog

could

sit

down

and

comprehend

The

dog

is

l imited

mentally

d will

not be able to

read no

matter how

much time

work

with

him.

A

person

Christ has no (not

l imited)

spiritual

understanding

d

on

their

own cannot

things of

spiritual

Romans

11:34 For

HO HAS K N O W N THE MIND

O F



HE LO R D , O R W HO BEC AME

HIS

C O U N S E L O R ?

3.

There

is no person

who

reaches

out to God to

try

find

Him.

Man

does not

reach

out

God

because

it

is

not

in

his

There is no reason for an

unspiritual

man to

reach

t

to

God

because

he

cannot

anything spiritual.

M an is alive physically

ut

dead spiritually. To worship

person

must become

alive

the

spiritual realm.

God

is

e only

One

who

can add

the



side

to

man.

John 4:24 G od is

and

those who worship Him

worship in

spirit and

truth.

John

6:44

No one

can

to

M e

unless

the

Father

who

Me

draws him; and

will raise

m up

on the

last day.

4.

There

are

absolutely

none

ho are capable of doing anything

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there

are



that do

things

that are

as being good. That

is

we

judge by

the

outer

man

d cannot see what the inner

is

really l ike. God judges

e

inner

person and even though

may help or

be

kind

to

the

attitude

of

the

heart

is

really

counts. Only

energized by the Holy

can

do anything good#as

by God.

5. No

one

speaks anything



All the various body

that are

involved

in speaking

mentioned

(throat, tongue,

Their mouth is

stuffed

cursing

and

harsh

talk.

The

filled w ith

has

the

idea

of

the

mouth

to

6. All are propelled

to do evil

d

wherever

they go they leave

of

destruction

and affliction.

7. No one has

any fear

of God.

The Greek makes it

clear



f mankind

are

leading

up to the

found

only

in

Jesus Christ.

19

he Law was given to Israel alone.

ny Gentile

who

wanted to come

God

needed to come through

and put themselves

under

the

ke of the Law.

Even now

certain

groups

require

Gentile

to Judaism to

put

under

the

yoke

of the

The

essence

of converting

to

is

to accept upon oneself the yoke

the Torah and

the commandments

rabbinic

court.



Galat ians

5:1

It

was for

freedom

Christ set us free;

therefore

keep

firm and do not be subject

again

to a yoke of

slavery.

pointed

out

the

inability

of

the

to

follow the Law and thus

them

guilty before God. If

the

Jews

are

found

guilty

of

against God,

the Gentiles

even more guilty and

to

God.

If

those

close

God

were found lacking then

farther

from God would be

worse

off.

Even though

Israel

as given the Law, it

also affected



e Gentiles.

Timothy 1:9#11

9realizing

the

that law is

not

made for

a

person,

but

for those who

lawless

and rebe llious,

fo r

th e

ungodly and sinners, fo r

th e

unholy and p ro fa ne , fo r

those

who

kill

t he ir f athe r

or

mothers,

fo r murderers

10and

immora l

men and ho mose xu als and

kidnappers and liars

and

perjurers,

and

whatever

else

is contrary to

sound

teaching,

11according

to

th e glorious

gospel of th e

blessed

G o d , w ith w h ic

have been

entrusted.

20

he Law

never

justifies

person

it

n only condemn. It

is

through the

aw that

man

are

made conscience

f

sin

and of

their complete

The Law is

that

can

tell

you

where

are but can$t tell you how to

t where you

need to

go. The

Law

n

point

out

man$s sinful

state but



powerless

to

energize

person

to

righteously. If the Law could

righteousness

then it

would

unnecessary for

Christ to die

for

s.

Galat ians

3:21

Is

the Law then

ntrary to the

promises

of

God?

M ay

never be

For

if a law had been

which

was

able

to

impart

life,

r ighteousness would indeed have

based on

law.

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to help

person

be

neither

nor righteous. If

we

stop

there

would

be absolutely

no

for

anyone because our old

only offers death.

Paul continues to

that

God

has

supplied to

us

outside

the realm

of

e Law.

21

begins this section

with

the

#But

now.$

This

indicates

from

before

this

t ime. It

as border

between two

time

periods.

This marks

change

in

how

God

deals

with

Before

this time He was



with man according to the

aw and the Prophets.

The

Gentile

to come to the Jews

in

to

approach God. But

now

of Christ#s death, burial

d

resurrection,

and with the

of the Mystery to

Paul,

e Gentiles are now able to come

to

Jesus

Christ

outside the

of Judaism.

Ephesians 2:11$16

11Therefore

that formerly you, the

in the f lesh,

who are called

U ncircum cis ion by

the

so-called

ircum cision , which

is performed

in

e flesh by

human

hands--



that

you

were

at

that

t ime

separate

from

Christ,

excluded

from th e commonweal th of

Israel,

and stranger

covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in th e w o rld .

13But

now in C hris t Je su s you who

the

formerly

were

far

off

have

been

near

by the blood of

14For

He Himself is our

peace,

ho made

both

groups

into one and broke

the barrier of the dividing

wall

abolishing

in

His flesh

the

enmity,

which is

the

Law

of

contained

in

so

that in

Himself

He

make the

two

into

one

new

is outside

of

the

Law

that

we

God#s righteousness being

The

Law was used

to

the Jews

that

they

could

not



righteous

by obeying

the

aw

because no one

was

capable

f

fully complying with

the

Law.

y

breaking one

small element of

e

Law

person is guilty

of

the

whole Law and

stands

condemned.

By

the Law make

sin

even

sinful, the need for

outside of

the

Law

as made apparent.

Romans 7:13b #Rather it was

in

order that it

might

be shown to

sin by effecting my death

through

which is good,

so

that through the

sin would becom e

sinful.



was

apart

from the Law

that the

of

God is

The righteousness

of

od did

not begin

with the doing

of the Law but was made

or made

clear.

His

is eternal

being

of

His

very essence.

His

was embodied in the

of Jesus at

His incarnation (1

1:20) and was made

to all men

at

the

cross

(2

5:21).

However, it

was

ot

clearly

spelled out for

all to

until

revealed through

This

righteousness

was



to

by the

Law and the

meaning

they showed

righteousness came from

God

d not the Law. We

can

see

this

in Abraham, Genesis

David, Psalm 32:1;

Acts

10:43. Verse 22

21 tells us that God#s

has

been

extended

to

while

verse

22

shows

us

how

righteousness has

been

to sinners.

The

truth

f

what this

verse

is

saying

is

by

poor translations. This

of God comes

the

faith OF

Jesus

Christ

ot faith IN

Him. The

original says



'34&567 literally #faith

We

can8t

tell

in the English

it is faith of Jesus or faith in Jesus

ut

the

Greek helps

make it clear.

is

in

the

genitive case (or

case) that

indicates

it

is

who

is the possessor of the

and singular because

it

is

only one

person.

This

as

brought out

in Romans 1:17

we

find God8s

righteousness

revealed

from faith

to

faith. It

is

t of

God8s

faith

that

we can

have

in

Him. When we see how

was

faithful in going

to

the



for us we

should

respond

to

im in

faith. Our

faith would

be

out of His faith.

2

Timothy

2:13

If

we are

He

remains faithful,

for He

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Christ

for the benefit of all those who

The

word

believe is the

word #$%&+0234+5&6

and is

form

of

the

word

used

for

faith.

have faith then

believe. This

is an

active

voice form

of

passive)

meaning

it

is



done

by

the subject. In

this

the individual

is

the one who

However,

this

word

is

plural meaning there

are

of individuals who believe.

verse could be rewritten:

It

was

through

the

faithfulness

Jesus

Christ by

going to the cross

the

r ighteousness

of

G od was

to all those

who

are

believing

no regard

for who they

are

Jew of Genti le.

The idea

that

ur

faith

comes

out

of

Christ#s

is found in

Galatians

2:16:

Knowing that

a

man is not

by the works of the law, but

the

faith of

Jesus Christ,

even

we



believed in

Jesus

Christ, that

might be

justified

by

the faith of

and

not

by

the works

of

the

for

by the works of the law

shall no

be justified. (KJV)

23#24

digresses bit and reminds us

we

are all

sinners.

This is

of

what

he

wrote

in

1 :1

# 3:20. It only takes one sin from

e

best person

in the world to

him

sinner.

As

sinners,

we

all

fallen

short

of

God$s glory

we happen

to

be Jew or

and therefore

we

have all

short of God$s standard.



up

for our inability

to

come

Him

God had

to

make it

for us

to

respond

to

Him.

l

men can

freely choose

to

or reject Jesus Christ

God

made it possible for us

respond

to

His

invitation

to

to Him.

an was

created

in the image of

When

he

sinned,

the

image

f God suffered. We

were

to

be

of God#s glory but after

n

we

have

fallen

far

short

of

that

However, by

God#s

grace

e

who

are believers

are

justified

the

redemption found

in

Christ.



26 where He is

showing His

in this present t ime.

whole plan was conceived

the world

began (Acts

2:23;

1:4; Peter

1:20)

and

as brought

to

fruition with

death,

burial

and

and

finally

announced

Paul. In between the

and

execution

of

the

plan

were many

who

died with

sin held

to

their

God,

in

His

patience

and

passed

over these

until

Jesus Christ could pay

e debt of

those

sins.

His

death

care of all sins in the past and



the future.

God

is not bound by

Our future is His past.

is satisfaction

or an

It is

the

idea

f turning aside

wrath

through

In this

case

it is

Christ

ho

was

the

sacrifice

who turned

wrath

away

from believers.

word

is

also

synonymous

with

e

mercy

seat

on

the

Ark

of

the

(Hebrews

9:5).

death was

display

of His

Through

this

act

f love

He showed

Himself to

just

(fair

and equitable) and

able

to justify

sinners.

This

as all done by the faith OF Jesus



ot faith IN Jesus and is probably

understood as the faithfulness

f Jesus. It is through

the

of Jesus

that

leads the

to have faith in Him.

27

all of these

things come

by

God acting upon the

Paul

asks the

questions:

can

you boast about

your

There is

nothing

gained

the Law or

through

works

ut

it

all

comes

through

the

law

of

This law

of faith is

spiritual

set

up

by

God to bring

e

unbeliever

to

Him.

God

makes



possible

for person

to

respond

Him. If salvation came

by

works

would

be

room

for boasting.

28

ur justification comes completely

from

the

Law.

There

is

we

can

do to

help

in

this

process because

God

s

done it all through

Jesus Christ.

we

believe,

we

show

our

faith

d

that#s all

we

need

to do to be

as

believer.

Since

this

is

work

of

God,

we

can

rest

assured

we will be

just

s saved

as

we

are today. If

were

even

little bit of

ur own

work then

we would



fear loss

of

our

salvation.

29#30

assures

the mixed

group

f

Jews and Gentiles

in

the Roman

that

God

is

the God

of both

and will justify anyone

of their national

It

is

all through faith.

the

Jews

are

justified

BY

(or out

of

faith)

and

the

are

justified THROUGH

It$s possible

that

the

Jews had

opportunity to be

justified by

faith because they

were

close

to

God$s

word.

he

Gentiles,

on

the

other hand,



far from the advantages held

y

the Jews and

needed

to

come

to God through faith,

come

out

of

paganism

and

ot being privy to opportunities

f

being close

to God

as the Jews

31

we

are now saved

strictly by

outside

of

the

Law

Paul

asks

e next logical question: #Is the

aw

now nullified?$

he

answer

is

absolutely not.

The

aw is still

good

even

though it

out

the sinfulness of

the

Through the Law

came

the



of sin and

the

need

for

Savior. If there was no Law, man

not be

aware

of how much

od expects of us.

The

Law should

us to Christ.

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of

Jesus

Christ

but

as

made

manifest (revealed)

to us

after Paul#s conversion.

This

is available

to

all

who believe whether

Jew

or

As we continue into

4

Paul gives

examples

f God#s

righteousness

being

apart

from

the

Law.

before the Law was

given

ur

justification

and God#s

of

righteousness

is

done

of the

constraints of

the

Law. The Law defined sin



d actually brought

sin to

life

our sin more sinful

7:8#13)

but

it was

to

help

us live

l ife.

turns to the

Jews and

poses

e question: $What

did Abraham

out about justification?%

is an example

of

one

who

as

justified

before

the

Law was

given.

Abraham

is the father

f the Jewish people and is held in

esteem

even

today.

If

we

can

that Abraham&s

righteousness

as

imputed without the

Law then

should

be

easier

to

convince

the



that pleases

God. It is only

God

has imputed His

that

we

are

able

to

God and that

is

only

because

od enables

us

to do

works. If we try

to

God-pleasing things

apart

from

od

we

are doing

them

though our

n

power and by

our

old nature.

is

nothing

in

our

old

nature

is

able

to please God. All

He

us

to do

is

surrender

and

let

Him

take

control.

4#5

of

Abraham being

justified

his

own works,

he

was



by believing God.

Galat ians

3:6 Even so Abraham

G O D , AND IT W AS

TO

HIM

AS

R I G H T E O U S N E S S .

this

verse we see that

did

not

believe

in

order

be justified but that he simply

God. It

was God who

justified

him

because

of

his

interesting

to

see

how

Paul

the

Old

Testament

Scripture

possible to back up

what

says. We see

this

in

Galatians 3

here Paul

shows

that

salvation

is



y grace and not Law. However,

Paul writes about Mystery

there is no Old Testament

that can be used since it

as never

revealed

until

Paul

3:3#9).

did no

works

for his

he

only did what

God

him to do

by

faith. By

nature,

was

completely

sinner with

no

conscious

to

follow God, lacking

the

to

please

God

even

if

he

to do

so

(Romans 3:11). It

only have been work

f

God

upon

Abraham

that

would



him the

ability to

believe and

y believing he would then be

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it

were

by

work

of

then God would have

held in debt

to

Abraham and

be

liable

to

impute

His

upon him. This is

to what

this verse

says.

5 makes

is clear that

ur

justification

is

not

some

f God#s work

mixed

with our

It is either one or the other.

produces

debt while Grace



imputed

righteousness:

1. Allow man

to

make the

apart from God. This

ould involve

work

of man

making

salvation possible through

It

would

also

give

no security

in

salvation

it would

be

obtained

by

works

and

could

be lost

by

lack of

God

would impute

when man

did

works that

Him and

take it

away

man#s works were

lacking.

2.

Have God

save

all people.



is

universalism.

The Bible

speaks

of

everyone

becoming saved. (Although

is

promised that all will be

(Romans 11:26),

however,

is

after 2/3rds of Israel have

cut

off

(Zechariah 13:8)

all

of

remaining Israel

3.

Have

God extend salvation

all

men

and

then give

them

e ability

to

respond

to

His gift.

makes man

completely

for

their

actions.



who

reject

the

light

given

will have

no retort when standing at

the

White Throne of judgment.

Justification while

the Law

was

in

effect

6#8

turns from Abraham

to David

give

an

example

of

justification

the

Law is in effect. As

with

who was declared

ghteous before

the

Law

was

iven, David was

declared

without

doing the works

f the

Law.



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Bible Study

Romansomans

Faith

e

use

the term faith often but

do

e

really know what

it

means?

ow

does

faith

operate?

What

is

e source of

our

faith and what is

e object? How do

we

obtain

faith

d why do

we even

have

faith?

he

dictionary

defines faith as

Belief

in

God

or

in

the

doctrines

or

of religion. The

firm

faith

the Pilgrims.%

Complete confidence in person or

etc; $He has

faith

in his brother&s



A n institution to express belief

in

power;

%A member of

his

own

faith

him.#

Loyalty or allegiance to cause or

%Keep

the

faith.#; %They broke

with

their investors.#

Belief

that is

not

based

on

proof.

had

faith

that

the

hypothesis

would be

by fact.#

The

above

are the

world

trying to

something they

can&t

and have

never

Fortunately, the

Bible

us definition so

we

don&t

to

rely upon the

world to

tell

what faith is.

Hebrews

11:1

Now

faith

is

the



(standing

under,

foundation)

things hoped for, the

conviction

of

not

seen.

e

see that this definition is

not

in

the

worldly definitions

Biblical

faith

means

nfidently believing

in

things

that

e

have

yet

to experience.

It is

with

the

whole

being,

and

heart.

It will affect our

faith

ur

faith is based on

substance.

e have faith that we will

be

eternal

life with

new



our faith.

Knowledge

Faith Faith Faith

is

o uts ide the

realm of knowledge bu

is suppor ted by it.

without substance is merely

shful thinking. A

person

may

faith

that

their

works will

them admittance into

heaven

ut there is no substance

behind

faith.

Atheists

have

faith

that

is no

God

but

again, their

faith

built on nothing of substance

d

therefore

becomes

an

opinion.

in G od

are

some

specific

verses

that

state that

we

have

faith

and



faith is directed toward

God.

are other verses where

this

so clear

and must

be

properly within the

Sometimes both faith in

od

and

faith of God can be

and

both make

sense.

are

examples of

where

faith in

od

seems to be the proper

Coloss ians

1:4 since

we heard

your

faith

in Christ Jesus and the

which

you

have for

all

the

saints;

the subject

is

the bel iever

so

seems to make sense

that

it is

the

faith

in

Chr is t

Jesus

that

in

view

here. Other

verses



point to G od as having

or being

faithful.

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2:5

For

even

though

absent in body, nevertheless am

you

in spirit, rejoicing

to

see

your

good

discipline

and the stability

your

faith

in

Christ.

verse defini tely

re ferences the

faith

and

how

stable and

it

has

become.

Thessa lon ians 1:8 For

the

of

the

Lord

has

sounded

forth

you,

not

only in M acedonia and



that faith comes

by hearing

d hearing by the Word

of

God.

o it is

by

God#s Word that

we

can

our need

to

believe in

e

Person and work of

Jesus

It has

to be

the work of the

Spirit for

person

who

is an

of God to believe.

The

only

need to do

is

believe in the

and

work of Jesus Christ.

and believe

come

from the

Greek word

and

can often be

interchangeably.

If

believe

faith and

if

have

faith,

understand the

above

to

indicate

that

am

saved



my believing but

it

does

ot tell

me

why

would want

to

This is where

the

work

f

the Holy

Spirit comes in .

of God/Jesus Christ

he phrase

# $ % & + 0 %

2 3 % 4 5

(faith

or

#$% &+0%

6+45 (faith

can be

interpreted

s

faith

in

(the

object

has

faith

in

e subject) or faith

of Jesus/God

subject has the faith

or

is

In

the

Greek,

the

word

for

is in the possessive

genitive

but the true intention of the

needs

to

be ascertained

the

context. When we

see



e phrase

#Faith of

God/Jesus$

we

n usually understand it to mean

e faithfulness of God/Jesus.

1:17 For

in

it

the

of G od

is

revealed

from

to

faith;

as

it

is

written,

BUT

HE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL

LIVE

FAITH.

verse

says

that

because

f God%s faithfulness, have faith.

put

alongside

Ephesians 2:8&9

e

would

see

that

God%s

would

lead me to

Phi l ippians 3:9 And be found

in



not

having

mine own

which is

of

the law, but

which is

through

the

faith

of

Christ,

the

which is

of

G od by

faith:

the

faithfulness

of

Jesus

in

going

to

the

cross

the

can find

righteousness.

od

imputes

His

righteousness

us because Christ was

we could see the

beginning

the end

we

would

not

be

by

faith. There

is

very

that

we can

see or measure or

or

quantify

in

the

spiritual



and thus

we

need

to

trust

we know

from Scripture and

the indwelling

Holy

Spirit.

ow we operate under faith, hope

d love. When

we finally

see

the

only

thing

left,

the

of

the

three,

is

love.

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Romansomans

Apar t

the Law

Romans 4:10 16

Romans 4:1 9

Paul

gives

as

an example

f

receiving

righteousness

without

e Law and David

receiving

apart

from

the

Law.

section

continues

with

the

that

Jew is not declared

by

following the Law.

was specifically

addressing

e

Jew as

evidenced in

verse

but



expands his argument

to cover

e

Gentile

in verse 9.

10#12

makes an important

point

out the timing of Abraham$s

He

was

declared

before

he was

He

was even

before

there

was

nation, which means he was

Gentile when

righteous. Paul pointed

out to

show

the Gentiles

they

just as

eligible

to be

declared

as

the Jew

and

the Jews

being shown that

the Gentiles



now

equally

eligible for God

impart

righteous.

Galat ians 3:6, 7, 29

6Even

so

braham BELIEVED

G O D , AND

IT

AS

RECKONED TO HIM

AS

R I G H T E O U S N E S S .

7Therefore,

sure

that

it is those who

are

of

faith

ho are

sons

of Abraham.

29And

if

u

belong

to

Christ, then

you

are

descendants, heirs

to promise. It is those

who

coming to God in faith who are

righteous, whether Jew of

We

are all connected

to

by how we come

to

God.

who come to God in faith

fa ith like Abraham. Those



of Israel. This verse does

not

y that

we

will inherit the

of Israel but we

will

the blessing of Abraham.

was

blessed

with

just s

we

who

by

faith

are

blessed.

was

declared

righteous

d

then

was given circumcision as

seal of

God#s work in

him.

the Gentiles being

declared

by faith is

in

no way

to

Scripture,

which

that all the Gentiles

(nations)

be

blessed in

Abraham.

Galat ians 3:8

The Scripture,

that G od

would

justify the



by

faith, preached the

gospel

beforehand to

Abraham,

saying,

LL

THE

NATIONS WILL BE

IN

YOU.

Paul

further

that the Gentiles would be

spiritually

through

Jesus

who

was

the

seed

of

Galat ians 3:16 Now the

were spoken

to Abraham

d to

his

seed

He does not say,

And

seeds,

as referring

to many,

but

rather

one,

And

to

your

seed,

that

is ,

also

preached

the blessings

f

the

Gentile

nations

on

the

day



f Pentecost, however, he did not

it in terms of Israel#s

after she stumbled

11).

Acts 3:25

It

is you who are the

of

the

prophets and of

the

which

G od

made

with

your

saying to

Abraham, #AND

IN

SEED ALL THE FAM ILIES O F

HE EARTH

SHALL

BE

BLESSED.#

passage is

in line

with

many

made in the

Old

stating

that

it

will

be

Israel that the Gentiles will

blessed.

This will happen in the

Kingdom

(See

Isaiah



Zechariah

8:13,

23)

when war

stop,

disease will

stop,

the

will bloom

and

the animal

will be tamed. This

is

illustrated in the

parable

f the

Syrophoenician woman in

15:21#

29.

Peter, by

the

Spirit,

chose this

passage in

22:18 because

the

Kingdom

was

at

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The

Gospels and

1#8

are

all

focused on Israel

d God$s prophetic

program

for

Paul

chose the Genesis

12:3



because the Body

f

Christ

will not

be

blessed

Israel#s

rise

but through

her

We are

blessed

Abraham#s,

seed,

Jesus Christ. Abraham

not only the father of Israel but

f

the

Gentiles in

spiritual

sense.

he

Gentiles who

come to

God in

as Abraham did, are

spiritual o ffspring.

We

n

see this concept

in

15:27.

Romans

15:27

Yes,

they

were

to

do

so,

and

they

are

to

them.

For

if

the

Gentiles

shared

in

their

spiritual

things,



are

indebted to minister to

them

in material things.

13#15

he

promise to Abraham

of being

e heir

to

Israel (spiritually and

and

heir

to

the

rest

f

the

world

(spiritually)

was

sult of Abraham$s

faith.

This was

ll done outside the Law

since

the

aw had not yet been

given. If this

came about by being

the Law, then faith is made

because it

would

then be

by

and the blessing

would

be

out of

debt

instead of Grace.

he

Law,

instead,

brings

wrath



no one is

able to comply

the Law. If there was no Law

there would be no

penalty.

promise of righteousness

to us because of

God#s

and His faith (faithfulness).

16

summary of verses 1$15 restate

it

was

Abraham#s

faith

before

e

Law that

allowed him to be

the

of all who

believe including

under

the

Law

(Israel)

and

not under

the Law

(the

Stam makes point

in

is commentary on Romans

that as

is called our father,



could be called the mother of

all

since she is the woman of

whereas

Hagar is the

woman

f

Law

(Galatians 4:22#31).

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Romansomans

apart

the Law

Romans

4:16 25

he person declared

righteous

by

od is considered

to

be Abraham s

because

he

was

declared

by

faith,

not

by

any

of the Law. This includes

of

any

nationality.

16

summary

of verses 1 15

that

is was

Abraham s

before the Law was given that



im the father of all who believe

those

under

the Law

and those not

under

the

aw

(the Gentiles). Stam

makes

in his

commentary

on

that

as

Abraham is called

ur father, Sarah could

be

called the

of us all

since

she is the

of

grace

whereas

Hagar

is

e

woman

of Law

4:22#31).

Physical

Children

with

Physical Blessings

Ishmael

(Gen

16:16)

Isaac

(G en 25:19)

Moves

in only

one direction.



Jacob

(Gen

25:25#26)

12 sons

25:12#16)

12

sons

(Gen

35:22#26)

Physical

children of

Abraham

can become

spiritual children (with

spiritual

blessings).

Spiritual

children

of

Spir i tual Children

With

Spiritual Blessings

Israel Gent i le



G al

3:8#9, 14

om 4:9,

12#13,

16;

15:27

ll Nat ions will be blessed

th rough A braham

G en

12:4;

18:18; 22:18

is

strong connection

Law

and

Works. The Law

works and spelled

out

those works

were

to

be.

within Israel could

not

what

works

they would

do

please

God,

but

they

needed

to



the works exactly

as

spelled

out

the

Mosaic

Law.

is

also

strong connection

Faith

and Grace. It is

of God#s grace that

we

are

because we

have

faith

in

Christ. We cannot obtain

lvation through works or else it

be granted on

the

basis of

(Ephesians 2:8$9) .

17

the emphasis

is on

Abraham

the

father

of

many

nations

17:5). This is not

Abraham worked at to

it

was

given

to

him

or



upon him by God.

God

is

and

able

to

take

the

of Abraham and Sarah#s

ability

and produce

Abraham was

99 years

old and

was

90.

God caused

that

could

not

happen

to

Physically

this

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Isaac.

would not

have been born

God

made it happen. This

refers

to

those

who come to

od

by

faith.

They could

not have

$born% unless God

did

the



nation)

would come

to pass.

22#25

18#21 explain

exactly

hy Abraham was credited with

It

was

because

of

is faith#demonstrated by his

If

he

said

he

had

faith

in

od

but

did not

do

what God

told

im to do he

really

did not have

But

yet,

it

was

because

of

is faith

and

not his

works that

od

imputed righteousness. If

did the

works God

of

him

to gain his

faith

he

would not have been

righteous. We

cannot

God$s grace or righteousness.



o

one is ever declared

righteous

y works.

is an example as to how

od

works

with

Israel and

with us.

rael could

not

please

God

the

works

of the

Law.

needed

to

come

to

Him

in

and

then do the

works

of the

aw to prove their faith. If

they

had the

faith,

they

would

do

e works,

however, doing the

did not prove

they

were

them

out

of

faith.

Many

in

were trying to

obtain

by

doing

works

of doing w orks to demonstrate their faith.

James 2:20#26

20But

are you willing

to recognize,

you f oo lish fellow , that faith

without

works

is

useless?

21Was

not Abraham

our father

justified by works w hen he offered

up Isaac

his son on th e

altar?

22You

see th

faith was w orkin g w ith h is w o rk s,

and

as

a

result

of th e

works, faith was perfected;

23and

t he Sc rip tu re was

fulfilled which

says,

AN D



RI GHTEOUSNESS,

and

R AH AM BELIEVED G O D , AND IT W AS R EC K O N E D TO

H IM AS

was

called

th e

friend

of God.

24You

see that a

man is

justified by

works

d not by

faith alone.

25In

the same

way,

s

not

Rahab

the harlot

also justified

works

when

she received

the

messengers and sent them out by

other w ay?

26For

just as

the body

the spirit is dead,

so also

faith

without

works

is dead.

this

Dispensation of

the Age

f

Grace

the requirements for

of works has been

We

no longer are

under

aw

meaning

we are not

required

do the

works

of the Law.

are

we

required

to

do

any



work to prove

our

faith.

our

work

is tied

up in

death,

burial and

We are to believe

in

e person

of

Jesus

Christ

and

his

on the cross. Israel was

to

in

the

person

of

Jesus

(as Messiah)

and

then

do

the

of the

Law

as

of

their

faith.

Any

we

do

are in service

to

the

but are not tied to our faith

or our

imputed

righteousness.

Romans

3:21$28

21But

now

from

the

Law the

r ighteousness

G od has been manifested, being

witnessed

by

the

Law

and the



(The idea

that

comes about

through

and

also

at

prophesy

concerning

Jesus#

death,

burial and

resurrection)

22even

th e r ighteousness

of

G od

faith

in

Jesus

Christ

fo r a ll th os e w ho b elie ve; for there

is

no distinction;

23for

all

h av e s in ne d and fall

of th e glory of

God,

24being

justified as a gift by His

grace

through the redemption which

is in Christ

Jesu

G od d is pla y ed p ub lic ly

as

a propitiation

in

His blood through

fai th.

This

was

to d em on stra te H is

r ighteousness,

demonstrat ion,

in the

forbearance

of God He

passed

over the

s ins prev iously

committed;

26for

th e

of His

r ighteousness

at

th e

pre sen t tim e , so

that

H e w ould be just and

the jus tif ie r of

th

one who has

faith

in Jesus.

then is boasting?

It

is

By what kind

of

law?

Of

N o,

but

by

a

law

of faith.

28For

we maintain

a man is justified by faith apart

works

of

the

Law.

Scripture

that Abraham

was

declared

because

of

his

faith were

ot

written

for his benefit but for

Abraham

was

dead at

the



these things

were

recorded

so

could not be the main focus

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11of the statement about his

righteousness. Paul

states

it was written

for

our

Those

who have the same

as

Abraham will have

the

imputed righteousness.

Our

in Christ is summarily

in

verse 25.

First,

Jesus

was given over

to

be put

to

ath. The

verb delivered

is in

the

voice

meaning the action

as being performed

upon

Jesus



y God.

God the

Father actually

Jesus

to be

handed

over to

e

so our sins

could be eradicated.

Romans

8:32 He who

did not

His own Son, but delivered

Him

for us

all,

how will He not also

Him freely

give

us all

things?

Christ is also credited

giving up Himself

for

our

Ephesians 5:2

and walk

in

love,

as Christ

also

loved

you

and gave

up for

us, an

offering and

a

sacrifice

to G od

as

a fragrant

l ight of

this we

can see

that the

and the Son

were

in ful l



that

Jesus needed

to die

r our

sins. He

went voluntarily.

death

on

the

cross

took

all

away.

They

were

once covered

ut

now were done

away

with. This

is not

just

for those sins

that

committed up to

the death

f Christ

but

all

sins

were forgiven;

present and future.

he verb raised is

also

in

the

voice

so God

the Father

as

the one causing Jesus

to be

from the dead. This was

done

we

could be

justified

and

declared righteous. If

did not

rise

from the dead



our position in Him would

nothing. Our hope of eternal

rests

is the resurrection

of Jesus

We

have been buried

with

im

and l ikewise

are

raised with

We are

identified

with Him.

Corinthians

15:17

17and

if C hris t h as no t b ee n ra is ed ,

your

faith

is

worthless;

you are stil l in

your

sins.

18The

tho se a ls o who h ave fa lle n a sle ep in C hris t h av e

perished.

19If

we have

hoped

in Christ in this life only, we

are

of all men

most

to

be

pitied.

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Romans

omans

Results of

Justif ication

Romans 5:1 5

is

often

defined

as

as

if I've

never

sinned. This

cheapens the actual

of

our

justification.

my sins

are removed so

n

come to God,

have

sinned

d because of my sins Jesus

Christ

to

die. If

it

were actually

as

if I've

never sinned

then

would not have had to go to

e cross Also, if

could be



by not sinning then

it

have been obtained through

y

works and

not

Christ#s.

and justification work

Forgiveness takes

the penalty of sin. Sin

results

death

and instead of

me

dying

for

y

sins,

Jesus died for

the

sins

f

the

world.

With

Christ#s

death

forgiveness of my

sins

and

cleared the way for

God

to put

e

in

perfect

standing before

Him.

does

not

automatically

my guilt.

still

have

nned but

the

sins

have been



or

pardoned.

Notice that

ll of our sins have been done

with. If there are still some

left that are not

by the shed

blood

of Jesus then we

really

were not forgiven of our sins.

Colossians 2:13

13When

you

were

dead

in your

transgressions and

th e

uncircumcision

of your flesh, H

made

you alive together with Him, having forgiven

us

a ll our t ransgressions,

14having

canceled ou t th e

certificate

of

debt consisting

of

against

us,

which

was

hostile

us;

and

He has taken it out of the

way, having nailed it

to

the

the

verse

says

that

all

of

our

have been

forgiven,

(of

those

o believe) not just our original

n

or

the

sins

I've

committed

after

became

saved or sins

that were

before Christ died on

e

cross.

With

my

sins

given

to



God is now free

to declare

e not

guilty,

to justify me. This

any guilt.

Jesus

Christ

has

imputed

with my guilt and in

am

imputed with God#s

In

our

judicial

can

be

forgiven for

from

someone

but

would

be guilty of the crime and

even

would

not

be

penalized,

e arrest would be on

my

record.

Spiritually,

ave been

forgiven and declared

ot guilty

(justified) making it

for me

to

stand before

God

without fear of



we

have been

forgiven

(freed

f the penalty of sin) and justified

of being guilty

of

sin) we can now be

righteous

by

God.

1a

he first phrase is

summary

f

3:9#4:25.

Our justification

through faith,

never

by

It

is

obvious

in the Greek

the

word

$%&+%0234536

been justified) is in the

tense and passive

voice

an

action

upon

the



(the subject is

passive) that

as completed in

the

past.

At

the

someone

believes,

God

acts

the

subject by

forgiving

d

justifying him and

then

him

righteous.

1b#5

he

results

of

our justification are

in

this

section.

This

is

from my standpoint. 1. W e

a peace

with

God.

We

are

no

longer

at

enmity

God.

God$s wrath has been

with Christ$s death on

e

cross (a propitiation) but we



also enemies of God until

we

We were hostile toward

God with no intent on

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Romans 5:10 For if while

we

enemies we were reconciled to

od

through

the death of His Son ,

more, having

been reconciled ,

shall be

saved

by His

life.

Romans 8:7#8

7because

the

set

on the f lesh

is

hostile toward

for

it

does

not subject itself

to the

law of God,

for

it is not

even

to do so,

8and

those who are in



e f lesh

cannot please God .

The verb

we

have is in the

tense indicating that

this

of

God

is

something

we

now

and will

continue to

have

interruption. This

peace

is

the work of

Jesus

Christ

There

is

no

work

we

need

to

to obtain this peace

and

nothing

e

need to do to keep

this

peace it

all

through the

agency of

Christ.

Without the

work of

Christ

there

would

be

no



betw een G od and

any

man who ever l ived.

Ephesians 2:14#17

14For

He

Himself

is our peace, who

made

both groups into one and

broke

down th

barrier of th e

dividing wall,

15by

abolishing in

H is flesh

th e

enmity,

which

is th e Law of commandments

contained in ordinances, so

in

Him self He might make

the

two

one

new man, thus establishing

peace,

16and

might

reconcile

both

in one

body

to

G od through

e

cross,

by

it

having

put

to

death

the

enmity.

17AND

H E C A M E AND

R EAC H ED PEACE

TO YO U W HO

FAR

AWAY, AND PEACE TO

THOSE W HO W E R E NEAR;

This peace

is

freely given to

who are in the Body

f

Christ.

The

Body

is made

up

f

Jews (those

who

were near

God)

and

(those who were far

away

God).

All

those in

the

Body



an eternal

peace

with

God

of Christ#s reconciliatory

on the

cross

and also the

and

Gentiles can have

peace

etween themselves.

. W e have access into God#s

The

NASB

says

we

have

our introduction.

It is

Christ

who has removed the

between God and the believer

d has brought us

before God

e

Father

and introduced us

to



God the Father now knows us

d we

know

Him. Christ is

making

intersession

on our

before

the Father and

as long

He does

so we

will have free

to

God.

Romans

8:34 who

is

the

one

ho

condemns? Christ

Jesus

is

He

ho died,

yes,

rather who was raised,

ho

is at the right hand of God,

who

intercedes

for us.

The

Jews

would

have

no

in appreciating the

of free access to God.

the

past

they

could never

freely access



od

but needed

to

go through

Even

priest needed to

every

rule laid

out

by

God in

to access Him. Any violation

f the rules would

mean

death. We can now enter

presence anytime

and

for

y reason

we

want

to,

much

as

Kennedy#s

son

$John-John%

do in the White House. Our

to

God

is

even freer than

John#s access to President Kennedy.

Phil ippians 4:6&7

6B e

anxious

fo r

nothing, but in

everything

by

prayer and

s up p lic atio n w ith

thanksgiving

le t your requests be

made

known

to

God.

7And

th e peace of God, which surpasses a ll comprehension,

w

guard

your

hearts and

your



in

Christ Jesus.

We

are now standing in God#s

which was

responsible

for

e gift of

salvation.

Before

in

grace we

were standing in

ur works.

. W e can exult in our hope of

e

glory

of

God

(looking to our

state).

In

view

here is our hope

expectation) of sharing

the

glory

of

God.

We

know

that

e

shall be glorified when

we

are

our

resurrected

body



8:17, 30). We also know

it is

because we are in

Christ

and

is in

us

that

we

have

this

of glory.

Phi l ippians 1:27 to whom

od

willed

to

make

known

what is the

of the

glory

of this mystery

the

Genti les, which is Christ in

the

hope

of

glory.

Almost unbelievably,

Christ

be glorified in us.

God

is

by

us

because

we

are

His handiwork in

being

able

to

use

worthless

lump of clay.

2

Thessa lon ians 1:10#12

10when

H e comes

to

be

glorif ied

in H is s ain ts

on

that day,

and to be

marveled

among all

who have

believed--for our

testimony

to

you

was believed.

11To

this

end

also

we

pray

fo r

you

always,

that our G od will count

u worthy

of

your call ing, and

fulfill



desire

for

goodness and the

of

fa ith w ith power,

12so

that

the

of

our

Lord

Jesus

will

be

in

you, and

you in

Him,

to

the

grace

of

our G od and

the

Jesus

Christ.

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Johnson

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12 4. W e can exult in our

(looking at our

state).

easy

to

rejoice

in

the

hope

f glory that

lies

ahead

but much

difficult

to

rejoice

in

the

and

tribulations

that

we

need



put

up

with s we live our l ife.

are

things

that squeeze and

us but never in

pleasant

Paul

says

by

the

Holy

Spirit,

we need

to

view our

positively because

they

us

to

persevere

or

endure.

We

not to give

up. We also

can

e

that through perseverance

character

build ing, litera lly

character that

has

been approved

trial.

The molding and

that

God

does

in

each

of

ur

lives

is

never

enjoyable but the

can make us more usable

r God#s service. If we can

to take in

the big

picture



we are enduring

tribulation

it

make it easier to rest in

God

d allow Him

to work all

things

t for

His glory

while

making

you

useful

in the future. This

should drive us to Him as

e

learn to trust H im and

should

us to conform to His

image.

o

become

Christ-like

is

to allow

od

complete

control.

l

of

these things should drive

us

back to

our hope in Jesus

Our focus

should

not

be

on

e

tribulation

but on the ultimate

for

the

tribulation. Those

in

hrist should understand all

things

together for

good

(Romans



You can

then

rejoice

in that

because you will be

and grow through it

d

ultimately God will be

and your

faith

will have

.

W e

have

the

love of G od

out in our hearts.

e start out in verse

with the

that

we

have been

(it was done to us) and

we

d this

section

with

the statement

f the Holy

Spirit having been

to us. Again,

we

are doing

it

is all from God. These

should

help

us feel

in Christ.

We can see cycle



f

how

believer#s

life

should

When

tribulation comes

our life

we

need to

persevere

y

learning to rest in Christ. This

will result in

your character or

your

character. Out

of

this

come growing hope s

we

trust

God to

sustain

us. As our

increases,

we

can

see

more

d more of God#s

love

being

out in our l ife.

All

of this is

only

through

the

Holy

Spirit.

Tribulation



understanding

o f God#s love

Grow in



Grow

in

Perseverance



Grow

in

Character

ope

For a

complete set

of

notes

d addit ional m id-Acts m ateria ls

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only through the death

f Jesus Christ.

His

death

is

in each

of

these three

that

our condition

is

viewed

if

we

were

already

born. Verse

6

that

He died while we

were

and verse 8

says

He died

we

were yet

sinners.

To

this

we

need

to

separate

od

from any

time constraints.

He

not bound by

time

and therefore

able

to

view

tomorrow

s

easily

we would

recall yesterday.

He

see that

we

were in

helpless state

and

to

do

anything to

help



Being in helpless state

we

were

completely

capable of doing anything to get

out of the place we

were in .

We

so incapable that

we

were

dead and it was

only

through

e work

of

Jesus

Christ

that

were

e

made

to

be alive spiritually.

Ephesians

2:5

even when

we

dead in our

t ransgressions,

us

alive together

with Christ (by

you have been saved),

Coloss ians

2:13

When

you

dead in

your

transgressions and

e

uncircumcision of

your f lesh,

e made

you

alive

together

with

Him,

forgiven us all our



was done according to

verse

6

just the right

t ime.

It was all

according

to God#s

at

time that

was

before the world was

created.

Galat ians

4:4

But

when the

of the t ime came, G od

sent

His

Son,

born

of a woman,

born

the Law,

Acts

2:23

this Man, delivered

by

the

predetermined

plan

and

of

God, you

nailed to

a

by

the hands

of

godless men

and

t

H im

to

death.

l of this was done

to



the

immense

love God

ad

for

us. This was

tangible

of

the

depth

of

God#s

for

us giving up His own Son

bear

the

sins

of

those

who were

and enemies of God. Since

is

His

very

essence it

is only

that

He

would exhibit love

us.

John 4:16

W e have

come

to

and

have

believed

the love

God has for us G od is

love, and

e

one who abides

in

love abides

in

and G od abides in him.

9$10

verses

build

on the

previous



by

adding that

we shall

see the wrath of

God

come

us. Notice that

it

is assumed

there will be

time when

wrath

will be poured out,

how could Paul say we

be

saved

from

something

that

never

occur.

His

death on the

not

only

paved the

way for

ur

justification

but also

from

any

of

punishment.

Those who are

ot in Christ are

storing

up

wrath

r

themselves

and

will

experience

wrath in

His

teous judgment of unbelievers.

Romans 2:5$6

5But

because of

your stu bb orn ne ss a nd unrepentant heart you are storing

up

w ra th fo r

yourself in

th e

day

of wrath

and

revelation of th e

righteous

judgment of

God,

6who

WILL RENDER

TO EA C

PER SO N AC C O R D IN G

TO

HIS



contrast

to

those

who are in

God#s

wrath came upon

number of times. When

would

turn

away from what

od commanded,

His wrath

was

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Deuteronomy

9:7

emem ber, do not

forget how you

the L O R D your G od

to

wrath

the

w ilderness; from

the

day that

you

the

land

of

Egypt

until

you

arrived

this place,

you have

been

rebell ious

the

L O R D .

29:26$28

26'They



went

and served other

gods

d w orshiped

them, gods

whom

have

not

known and whom He

d not

allotted to

them.

27'Therefore,

e anger of the L O R D burned

against

land,

to

bring upon it

every

curse

is

written

in this book;

28and

the

D uprooted

them from their

land

in

and

in

fury and

in great wrath,

d

cast them

into another

land,

as it

this day.' 2

Kings

22:17 Because

have forsaken M e and have

incense

to

other

gods

that

they

provoke M e to anger w ith all

the

of their hands, therefore

My

burns

against this

place,

and it

not

be

quenched. '



wrath will be poured out

the coming Tribulation after

e Church has been raptured.

the following verse refers

the Tribulation

period

when

wrath is used

to

purge the

from the earth.

this to

be in the future

God

has not yet been their

and

Israel

has

not

been

out from among the

There are

those

who think

e

Tribulation

is

not

time

that

od

will pour out His wrath, that it

happen only after

He

returns

take

His rightful throne but the

ay of the Lord

can cover

period



f

time from

the

beginning

of the

until the

end of

the

Kingdom and even into

e

Eternal

State.

It is no longer the

y of man

it will

be

the

Day of the

(It can also refer

to just

the

of

Jesus

Christ

at

the

Coming.)

The following

show

the

extent

of

God#s

during

the

Tribulation.

We

ave the

promise

that

we

will

the

wrath

of God.

Ezekiel 20:33$38

33 As

live, declares th e Lord G O D , surely with a mighty

hand

an d with an outstretched

arm and with w ra th p ou re d out, shal l be

king over

you.

34 I

will

bring you

out fro m th e peoples and gather

yo

from

th e la nd s

where you

are

scattered, with a mighty hand

and

with an

outstretched

arm and with

wrath

poured

out;

35and

will

bring you into

th e wilderness

of th e p eo ple s, a nd there

will

enter into

judgment

with

you face to face.

36 As

e nte re d in to ju dg me nt with

your

fathers in

th e

wilderness of th e la nd of

Egypt,

so w

enter into

judgment

w ith you,

the

Lord

G O D .

37 I

will make

u

pass

under the

rod,

and

will



you into

the

bond of the

38and

will

purge

from you

e

rebels and

those

who

transgress

M e;

will bring them out

of the

land

they sojourn,

but

they will not

the land

of

Israel.

Thus

you

will

that am the

LO RD.

Zechar iah

13:7#9

7 Aw ake,

O

against

My

Shepherd,

And against the man, M y

Declares

the

L O R D

of

Strike the Shepherd that

e

sheep may be scattered;

And

will turn

M y hand

the

little

ones.

8 It



will

come about in all the

Declares

the

LO RD,

That

two parts

in

it

will

be

t off and perish;

But the third will be

left

in

it.

9 And

will

bring

the third

part

the

fire,

Refine

them as

silver

is

And test them as gold

is

They w ill ca ll on M y name,

And

will

answer them;

will say, 'They are My

And

they will say, 'The

is my God.'

Zephaniah 1:14#18

14Near

is

e

great day

of

the LO RD,



Near and coming very

Listen,

the day of the

In it the warrior cries out

15A

day of wrath

is

that

day,

A day of trouble

and

A

day

of

destruction and

A

day

of

darkness and

A

day

of clouds

and thick

16A

day of trumpet and battle

Against

the

fortified

cities



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Johnson

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13 And

the

high

corner

I

will bring distress on men

So that they will walk

like

the blind,

Because

they

have sinned against

e

LO RD;

And

their blood will

be

poured out

dust

And

their

f lesh

like

dung.

their

silver

nor their

gold

W ill be able to deliver

them

O n the day of the LORD'S

wrath;

And

all

the

earth

will

be

devoured

In

the fire of His

jealousy,

For He will make a complete end,

Indeed a terrifying one,

Of

all

the

inhabitants

of

the

earth.



verses in Romans

preclude

having to do anything

to

G od to ga in

ur

justification.

W e are always

as

being

acted

upon and never

the

act ion.

In

general ,

a lways

feels

they

must

d

God-p leas ing

works

to their

Som e

rel igions go so fa r

hav ing

man

do good works or

for

dead people to help

along

in their

purification,

in

spite

o f God's word

us

sanct i f ied

(holy)

if

we

in Christ.

Cor inth ians 1:2 To

the church

God which

is

at Corinth, to those

ho have been sanctified

in Christ



Jesus, saints by

call ing,

with a ll

ho in every place call on the

name

of

Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and

ours:

Cor inth ians

6:11 Such

were

of

you; but

you

were washed,

t you

were

sanctif ied, but you

were

justified in the

name

of the Lord

Christ and in the Spirit of our

work of

sanctification

in us is

completed act so when

God

sees

s

He sees us s completely holy.

is

not to

be

confused

with

the

of sanctification we must

during our l ifetime.

we

are seen s

being



but

experientially

we

long way

to

go. We can see

concept

in other verses.

Romans

6:19

am

speaking in

terms because

of

the

of

your f lesh

For

just as you

your members

as slaves

to

and

to

lawlessness, resulting

further

lawlessness,

so

now present

members as slaves

to

resulting in

Thessa lon ians

4:1#7

then,

brethren,

we request and

you in

the

Lord Jesus, that as

u



received

f rom

us instruction as

to how

you

ought to

walk

and please

G od

(just

as you

a ctu ally d o

walk), that

you excel

still more.

2For

you

know what

commandments

we gave

you

by

the

authority

of

th e Lord

Jesus.

3F

this

is

th e will

of God, your sanct i f icat ion; that is, that you a bs ta in fro m s ex ua l im m ora lity;

4that

each of you

know

how

to

possess his own

in

sanctification and honor,

5not

lustful

passion,

like the G entiles

ho

do not know God;

6and

that

no

an

transgress and

defraud his

in

the

matter

because

the Lord

the

avenger

in

all these things, just as we also told you

us for the purpose

of impurity,

but in

sanctif ication.

and

solemnly

warned

you.

G od has not

called

11

Christ

dying so

we can be

to

God and

He

us

so

that

we

will

not



any of

God#s

wrath upon

us

can#t help but

rejoice

in this

of His love,

grace

d

mercy.

The Greek

word

means to

boast.

Paul could

boast in himself but could

boast

in

God. We

too

can

only in

God

who

has

made

usable for his

service and has

us

the

hope

(confident

of

eternal life with

could

boast

in

Christ

because

was

through Him

that he

reconciliation. This

was given to him at

point in past t ime,

it

was



that

could be earned

and it

as not

future promise.

r

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of

notes

and



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Bible Study

Romans

omans

History Lesson

Romans 5:12 21

e are

now given

historical

on

why

we

are

in

the

we are

in .

Past verses

that we

were lost

as

enemies

of

God,

without

(Romans 5:6,

8,

10). Why are

en born into this condition? How

n

it be that

having

done

nothing

or

bad am

already

These verses

help

how this all

happened.

breaks this

passage into

three



The entrance of

sin

through

(verse 12); the knowledge

f

sin through Moses and the Law

20);

and

the forgiveness

f sin through

Jesus

Christ (Verse

0,

21).

12

we learn

that it was

through

that

we

inherited

our

sin

Adam was created with

nature

but

lost it

at

the

when

he

sinned.

Adam#s

nature

have been

the same as our

ew

nature

that

we received at the

we

believe.

The

only

would be that Adam was



ot created with an

old

nature. W e,

n the other hand, do not lose the

ld

nature

when we are saved but

d on

the new nature given to

us

y God. This is

why

we

struggle

sin

after

our salvation.

Side note: If

mankind were

of evolution it

would

be

to

identify the very first

and female

human

beings.

clearly

assumes that the

man

was

created and

from

im was

formed the

woman.

Since

the

human

sinned,

all

of

mankind



born into sin. Many passages

f

the

Bible would

need

to be

edited

to

for the process of

though Eve first

ate

of the

of the

tree

of knowledge of

and evil, sin did not

enter

the

and cause

changes

in the

until

Adam ate of

the

All mankind are

considered

come

through

Adam and

not

Eve

the

stripping

away

of

his

and the corrupting

f his nature

are

passed on to all

at

birth.

Sin

is

universal

we are

all

in Adam. Men



not

become sinners

by

sinning,

sin

because they

are

born

Ephesians

4:22 that, in reference

your former manner

of life, you

lay

the old

self,

which is being

corrupted

in

accordance

with

the

of

deceit,

see

this

imputation

f

Adam#s

sin upon

each member

f the human race as unfair.

God

set

up

the tree

to

allow

the

opportunity to

choose

ho

he

wanted

to

serve.

Adam was

e perfect test subject, the best,

and

strongest person

that

ever walk

on

the

face

of

the



If Adam failed

then

anyone

him would fail.

was

through Adam

that sin

tered the world and into the

race and it was through sin

death was brought

in .

Man was

to live

forever

but with

sin

death.

It#s interesting

to

see

e tree of life in the Garden

f Eden as the possible means

by

man would be able to live

After the

fall,

Adam

and

ve

were

banished

from

the

and an angel

guarded the

so

they

would not be

able

access

the

Tree

of

Life.

This



tree is

found

in the Eternal

by

the throne of Christ

22:2).

Death can be

s

blessing

from God.

if

we

were cursed to live

in

the state we are

in now,

by sin.

God in

His

mercy

id

not

allow

for that.

13#14

our

sin nature

and

ow

the sin of Adam affected the

race will aide greatly in

these

verses.

There

two types of sin in view in this

inherited and imputed.

Adam sinned

there

was both



physical

(material)

change and

(immaterial)

change in

We know there

was

change by the fact

that

came into the world

5:12).

also

know

that

the universe

is groaning

under

the weight of

sin.

Romans 8:19#22

19For

th e anxious longing

of

the creat ion w a its e ag er ly fo r

th e

revealing

of

th e

sons

of

Go

20For

th e

creat ion

was subjected

to

futility,

not

w illin gly , b ut b ec au se of

H im

w ho s ub jected it,

in

hope

21that

th

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Johnson

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3

14 creation itself

also will

be

t free

from

its slavery to corruption

the

freedom

of the

glory

of the

of

God.

22For

we

know that the

creation groans

and

suffers the

of ch ildbirth together until now.

sin

nature



he immaterial part

of man

was

affected when Adam sinned.

of being born righteous,

and

sinless

we

are

born

and there is

no

good

in

at all. Adam#s original perfect

was

corrupted

when

he

His material

and

characteristics

are

on

to

all

mankind

through

e

reproductive

process.

Just

s

all

who

come from Adam

have

o legs,

arms eyes ears and one

heart, stomach

etc,

we

all

corrupt, unrighteous

nature, This is our

nature s

result

of being



into the

human race.

We did

ot

receive

our corrupt

nature

by

it

came

to us

because we

in the

same

family s Adam.

Ephesians

2:3

Among them

we

o all formerly lived

in

the

lusts of

our

indulging the desires

of

the f lesh

and of

the mind,

and

were

nature

children of

wrath,

even

as

e

rest.

sin nature

is

probably best

s

putting it

on

my

If

pick

up the tab

at

am

putting the

price

f

your

meal

on my

account.

order the meal or eat the



but

it

is s if did. Bib lica lly

e

see how Paul said to put any

that were

caused by

runaway

slave of

to

Paul#s

account.

When

sin was

imputed

to me

as

charged with

the sin Adam

It

was as if had done

e sin. God could do

this

because

and

the

whole

human

race

came

Adam

so

became what

was.

When

Adam

sinned,

it

as

as

if

had

sinned.

Adam

was

e

perfect test

for

mankind

if Adam failed, we all

fail. Not only is

my nature

but now

when

God opens



e

accounting

ledger He

will

see

have at least one sin

to

my

account

and that#s

ll

need to

stand

condemned.

is

why Romans

5:12

can say

all

men

have sinned.

of Inherited

s. Imputed sin

Inherited S in

M e



R e m e d y : Sanctification by

the

Holy Spirit

sins

Imputed S in

Adam

M e

y

oah

Father

Just i f icat ion



in Jesus

Chr is t

the

time

of

Adam

(his

fall)

to

(the giving of

the

Law) Paul

that sin was not

put

on

account. We know that

en were exceedingly

wicked

this t ime, according to the

of Noah, but still their sins

not held against them. This

not mean they were not

but their sin was not entered

their

personal

ledger

and

against

them.

This is

there was no Law given

d

where

there

is

no

Law,

there

is

o sin. The Greek

word

for sin has



e idea

of

missing the

mark.

If

was no mark

to hit how

could

an

be held accountable for not

it?

those

l iving

under

the

aw were fully accountable to

the

Law. Anything less was

This is

how the

Law

made

sin

sinful

Romans 7:13 Therefore did that

is good

become a

cause

of

for

m e? M ay

it never be

Rather

was

sin,

in

order that it

might

be shown

be

sin

by effecting my death

that

which

is good,

so

that

the commandment sin would



utterly sinful.

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Johnson

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14 Even though men#s

sins

not held against them, death

reined

from

Adam

to

Moses.

was proof that death was

not

of individual sins

but

of the

sin that spread to all

The Two

Adams

15$19

Corinth ians 15:45

So

also

it is

The first M AN , Adam ,

A

LIV IN G SO U L

The

last



became a l ife-giving spirit.

section compares the two

the

first

created

man

with Jesus Christ. Out

f the

first

Adam comes sin and

Out of the

second

Adam

righteousness and l ife.

is called the second

Adam

he

is the one who will

make the world and us

it

should be; as

it

was originally

Christ is the

second

for

the

human

race.

He

was

sinless,

like

Adam, and was

as Adam, but was found

to

without sin. From

one

act

of



came death

but

from

one

act of Christ came l ife.

who

are

found

in

Adam

will

e while those found in

Christ

will

We find that all are

ndemned by

one sin

but Christ

kes the

many

sins and gives

Verse 18

has

been

by universalists

to prove

their

that all

people

are

saved

or

be

saved. However, that view

against many

other verses that

otherwise. This

verse

merely

that all

who

believe, those

who

found

in Christ, will

experience



to

l ife.

Cor inth ians 15:21#22

21For

since

by

a man

22For

as in Adam all d ie , so also in Christ all wi

death, by a

man also

came the

e made

alive.

of

the

dead.

e

find

the

following

contrasts

Adam

and Christ:

Adam

Transgression

Free

Death Life

Debt

Sinner Sin-free

Justification

No

20



more condemning

to

was the introduction

f the Mosaic Law. Man was now

ut

on

notice

f

exactly

what God

expected

and

and any

breaking of

the

aw would add

more

on an already

world.

The good

news

that there

is

more

than enough

f God#s

grace

to

make

up

for

the

sins added

to individual

There is

no

l imit

to

grace making it sufficient to

care of anything

we could

do

in our sinful

state.

The

aw

has

done

its job

in showing us



equals life (6:23).

A Commentary of Romans Chapters

1#8 Earnest

R . Campbel l

as

we

did

nothing

to

receive

ur sin

nature and

the

$promise%

of

we

do nothing

ther than

to

believe)

to

receive

ur righteous

nature and

the

of eternal l ife.

God

the

and

His

Son

Jesus

Christ

all of

this possible,

through

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d addit ional m id-A cts m ateria ls

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Romansomans

Free

to

Sin?

Romans 6:1 7

are

those

who

would

take

Paul said in the last chapter

God$s

grace being

sufficient

cover

any

sin

and

try

to

make

positive thing.

They

claim that

if

sin then

grace would

be

even more

and would give Him

en more glory. This is they type

f

twisted thinking typical

of

the

mind.

Paul

continues



this chapter

to

show us

who

we

in Christ and the responsibility

e

have to give ourselves over to

od as instruments

of

he

basis for

this

verse begins in

e previous

two verses that state

at the

Law

was

added

so

that

sin

increase

but where

sin

God#s

grace

increased

more.

Paul

knew

that

sinful

an would take what

he said

and

it to make it

positive

thing

sin.

Mankind

is

always

looking

r ways

to

please himself

instead



f God.

he

wording suggests it is not just

but lifestyle of

continual

n. Accord ing to their thinking,

by

life immersed in sin the

would then experience much

of

God#s

grace than he would

y

not sinning. God#s

grace

does

ot

increase and decrease because

sins

or

does

not

sin.

is

plenty of His grace to

take

of our sins but the total

of

grace

He

has

is

static.

Paul was saying

is

that God#s

is absolutely more

than

to

handle

any

and

all

sin.



2

f course the answer

to

the

in

verse

is

#Absolutely

t $ How

can you

continue to

live

sin when you are now dead to

All who are believers

are

in

Christ

and

therefore

are

in Him and dead

to sin.

raises

practical

question

we

all

sin. If

am

dead

to

n why do keep sinning? As Paul

in

the

following

verses

e

are spiritually

dead

to

sin; it

not

have

hold on us because

e

are identified

with

Christ.

we

are sinless

and

are



as being seated in heaven

with

Practically (or

we

have yet

to

free from our sinful nature

d will struggle with

it until

we

called

home

to

be with the

Ephesians

2:1#7

1And

you

were

in

your

trespasses

and sins,

2in

you

formerly

walked according

th e course of

this

world, according to th e p rin ce

of

th e power of

th e

air,

of th e spirit that is now working in th e

sons of disobedience.

3Among

them we

too

a ll fo rm e rly liv ed in th e

lusts

of

our

f lesh,

indulging

th e

desires of

th e

f lesh

and of th e m in d, and were by

nature

chi ldren

of

wrath, even

as

th e

rest.

4But

G o d , being rich in merc

because of

His

great love

with

He loved us,

5even

when we

dead in our t ransgressions,

us

alive

together with Christ (by

you

have been

saved),

6and

us

up

with Him,

and

seated us



H im

in the

heavenly places

in

grace in kindness toward

Jesus,

7so

that

in

the ages to

in

Christ Jesus.

He might

show

the

surpassing

of

His

3#5

ul continues to explain how it$s

for

us

to

be

dead

to

sin.

It

obvious that

when we die

that

we

will then be free

f

any

sin

because

it

is

no

longer

for

us to

sin. Paul also

that we

who

are in Christ

already experienced death

d because of that we are dead

to



According to these verses

those

Christ

have obtained that

by

being baptized into

The

word

baptized has

the

of identification. If you are

into Christ you

are fully

with Him.

This is

with the rest of

these

for

as

Christ

has

died,

been

and has

risen,

we

too are

to

have died, been

and will rise as He did.

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Many find water in

verse

and assert that

we

are found in



because

of being baptized in

to receive Him.

However,

verse clearly states

that

we

baptized into

Christ

and

not

water. Christ

is the

medium

which we

were

immersed

and

was

by

the

work

of

the

Holy

that it was

possible.

Other

make this clear:

Galat ians 3:27 For

all

of you who

baptized into Christ have

clothed

with

Christ.

Cor inth ians 12:13 For by one

we were all baptized into

one

whether Jews

or

Greeks,

slaves or free, and

we were all

to

drink

of

one

Spirit.



most churches practice

baptism,

do not believe it

is

in this

Age of Grace.

od

has left room for

only one

and

the

only baptism we

is the baptism into Christ by

e work of the Holy S pirit.

Water

(the baptism

of

John)

was

to

Israel

so

that she would

her

Messiah. It

is

not

for

e Church, the Body of Christ.

Ephesians

4:5 one Lord, one

one

bapt ism,

John

1:31 I

did not

recognize

but so that

He might be

to Israel,

came

baptizing

water.



ur

baptism into

Christ

is

in

to what happened

at

where

Jesus

Christ

out the Holy Spirit on Israel.

were #immersed$ in the Holy

and

thus fully

identified with

e

Holy

Spirit.

Their

identification

the Holy

Spirit

was

through

the

gift

of

and

other

signs and

We don%t

experience

that

because

we

are

not baptized

the

Holy

Spirit,

we are baptized

y

the

Holy

Spirit.

Acts 2:4 And they

were

all filled

the

Holy Spirit

and began

to

with

other

tongues, as

the

Spirit

s



giving

them

utterance.

Acts 2:16#17

16but

this

is

what

s spoken

of

through the prophet

17'AND

IT SHALL BE IN THE

DAYS, ' G od says,

'THAT

W ILL PO UR

O F MY

SPIRIT

O N

ALL

Mark

1:8 I

baptized you

with

but

He

will

baptize

you

with

the

Spirit.

think

that

baptism is New

innovation

but

in

was

ceremony

given to

with the Law. We

see

to baptisms in Hebrews.

that

the Greek word for



(#$%&+0µ23) is the

word

Hebrews

6:2 of instruction

about

(baptisms)

and

laying on

of

and

the resurrection of the

dead and eternal judgme nt.

Hebrews

9:10

since

they

relate

to

food and drink and various

(baptisms), regulations for

e

body imposed until

a t ime of

baptisms

were

spelled

out

in

e Law.

One

of these

baptisms

as used

to

consecrate

priests to

od

for

service

in

the

tabernacle.



e see

this

in Exodus

29:4;

40:12

d

Leviticus 8:6 when Aaron was

(baptized) and

anointed.

people

think

of

water

when

is

mentioned however,

are

many baptisms that

water:

s used in

the Classical

and

New

Greek the

allied

words #$%&+

d #$%&02+

definitely

convey the idea

to dip, but not

necessarily

always the

of immersion or submersion

16:24;

Mark 1:4; 7:4).

In

the New

it

depicts

apparently the hands

(Luke

and of

various

(Mark

7:4). The

Greek

verb

is

commonly

used in

the

New



in contexts in which there is no

Jesus

will

baptize in

the Holy Spirit

d in fire,

i.e.,

in judgment

(Luke

Jesus

asks

the

question,

Are

you

to

be

baptized into my impending

(Mark 10:39;

cf. Luke

12:50;

6:3). Paul speaks of true believers

those

who

have

been

baptized

into

(Rom. 6:3; Gal. 3:27). He refers to

e Israelites who came

out

of

Egypt as

been

baptized into

Moses

(1

10:2). When the context

refers to

baptism

in water, it

is

referred to as into Christ (#$%

but

always as

in

or into

the

(#$%

02

232µ4) of either Jesus

or

the Lord Jesus (Acts 2:38; 8:16;

19:5).

R.

Campbell

5A Commentary

on



Chapters 1#8$

6#7

verses

further explain how

death we

are free

from sin

he

old

self, or

old

man is the

nature

we

inherited

from

At the moment we

we

became dead

to

sin

we

have

now

Gary

Johnson

2

o f 3

15

been

completely

with Jesus Christ. Since

had died my old

nature

has

ied, doing

away

with

the

ability

to



Galat ians

2:20

I

have

been

w ith C h ris t;

and

it is no

who

l ive, but Christ lives in

e; and the

life which

now

live

in

the flesh

by faith

in

the

Son

of

God,

who

me

and gave Himself up for

me.

Galat ians 5:24

Now

those who

to

Christ

Jesus have

crucified

e f lesh

with its passions and

desires.

this last statement

be

problematic for

many

because

we

know that

even

in

Christ

will

sin. How then

n

Paul say we are

free from

sin

d that the

old

nature has been



Some would say we

live completely holy life

from any sin (holiness

They would believe

one is

able

to live holy life

y being

entirely

sanctified (holy)

second

work of

grace

received

y

faith, and accomplished

by

the

and

power

of the Holy

giving

one

the

ability

to

live

holy l ife. Paul did not have this

mind

at all for

he

knows

how we

struggle with

sin

through our

(Romans

7:21#23).

believe Paul was speaking from

point

of

view.

He

sees

us

the

ld

nature

as being dead,

unable

to



n

and we

as

l iving

in perfection.

we

are

already

s

perfect.

We

know

we do

not and will

not live

in

state of

perfection until

we are

Christ. Then

we

will

finally

perfected, something

that

we

are

striving

to

obtain by

Christ-like.

We

can see

in

Ephesians

where

we

are

told

take off the old man

and put on

e

new.

This is conscious

and

action

we

are

to

take

we are

saved.

Ephesians 4:22#24

22that,

in

to

your

former manner

of

you

lay aside

the old

self,

which is



corrupted in

accordance

with the

of deceit,

23and

that

you

be

in

the

spirit

of

your mind,

put

on th e new self,

which in th e

likeness of

G od has been

created

in

rig hte ou sn ess a nd h olin ess of th e

truth.

Colossians 3:8#10

8But

now you

also,

put th em all aside:

anger, wrath,

malice, slander,

and

abusive speec

from your

mouth.

9D o

not

lie to one another, since

you

laid

aside th e

old self with

its e vil

pract ices,

10and

hav

put

on

the

new

self who

is

being

to

a true knowledge

to the image of the

O ne

ho created

him--

we

were

saved we

could

ot do

anything good

in God$s

we

were incapable

f pleasing Him. Now

we

are able

do so because we have

new

one

that is born

of

the



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Romansomans

Alive

in

Christ ,

Dead

to

Sin

Romans 6:8 11

continues

to

define how

we

considered

to be

dead

to sin.

e

compares how

God

sees us and

ow we should

translate our

of

being in Christ

into

life practice that reflects our

ew spiritual nature.

8 10

5 states

that

we

(who

are

have been

united

with



in

His

death. This verse

the

same thing.

The

word

is better understood

to

mean

#Now

since we

died

with

Our

identification

with

im in

His

death means

we can

absolutely

certain

that

we

will

resurrected and

live with

Him

we

shed

this temporary

This certainty

for

anyone

ho enters the

Body of Christ was

sure

when God formed

His

of redemption

before the

began.

Ephesians

1:4

just as

He chose

in

H im

before the

foundation

of

the

that

we

would be holy and



blameless before Him

In

love

idea

of

identification

with

in

His

death and

was

incorporated

in

was

an early

church

hymn:

Timothy 2:11

is a trustworthy statement:

For if we died with

Him,

we

will also

live

with

Him;

12If

we

endure,

we

wil

also reign with Him

13

If

we

deny

Him, He also will

deny

us;

13If

we

are

faithless, He remains

faithful, for He cannot

deny Himself.

to verse 9 it is fact

Jesus

Christ

rose

from

the



and was given

resurrected

This is the

same hope

we

because we are so

identified with Christ.

was raised from the dead

ut

he was not resurrected.

He

was

his old body back that

died. We will be

meaning

we

will be

glorified

body

like

Christ

when He was

resurrected.

is body that will

never

see

Jesus

Christ

needed

only

to

e once because that#s

what

it

to deal with our sins.

If all

ur

sins

were not taken care

of

His one

death,

He would



to die

again

and

again

until

were. He was the perfect

2

Cor inth ians

5:21

He m ade

im who knew

no

sin

to

be sin

on

our

so

that

we

might

become the

r ighteousness

of G od in

Him.

Peter 3:18 For Christ

also

died

r sins

once

for

all,

the

just for

the

so that He might bring us

to

having

been

put

to

death in the

but m ade alive in the spirit;

Hebrews 7:27

who does

not

daily,

like

those high

priests, to

up

sacrif ices,

first for H is own

and

then for the sins of the people,

this He

did

once

for

all

when



e offered up Himself .

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ

also,

been offered once

to bear the

of

many,

will

appear

a

second

for

salvation without

reference to sin,

those who eagerly await Him.

resurrection proved

His

over death.

He

was able to

death (2 Tim othy 1:10).

could

not

hold Jesus

and

we are found in Him,

cannot hold us. Just as sin

result

in

our

death,

it

was

of sin that

Jesus died.

is the only way for us

to

the

bond of

our

sinful

nature.



our

sin

was

imputed

to

His death

took

care of my

n and now am able

to

have life if

am found

in Christ.

Those

found

of Christ are not identified

Christ

and have

rejected

offer

of life

and

therefore

see death. We in

Christ

have

nquered death. Those without

are

still

being

mastered

by

verse 10

says Christ

died

r

all.

Those

who

believe

in

Atonement would say

died

fo r

the

elect.

They would use such passages

as

John 10 to prove their case.

John

10:1$5

1 Truly,

truly,

say to you, he

who

does

n ot e nte r by

th e doo r into th e

fold of th e sheep, bu

climbs

up

some

other

way,

he is

a

thief and

a

robber.

2 But

he

who

enters

by

the d oor

is

a

shepherd

of

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sheep.

3 To

him the doorkeeper

and the

sheep hear

his voice,

d he calls

his

own sheep by

name

and

leads them out.

4 When

he

forth a ll his own, he

goes

ahead

them,

and the sheep follow him

because

they

know

his

voice.

5 A

they simply

will

not follow, but

flee

from him ,

because they

do

not

know

the voice of

strangers.

was communal sheepfold

several

flocks

of

sheep.

the shepherd

left

the fold he

call

them

and

because

they



the

voice of

their shepherd

would follow

him.

They

that

Jesus

will

die for His

(John 10:14#15),

He

will

ot lose any of His sheep (John

and

many people

will not

eternal

life

(Matthew

From

this

we see

that

whom

He

died for will be

those He

did not die for

will

He even

says of the Pharisees

they

do not believe because

are

not part

of M y

flock (John

also use passages like

these:

17:9 I

ask

on

their behalf; do

t

ask

on

behalf

of

the

world,

but

of

whom

You

have given M e; for



verses do not necessarily

that

God

died only for

whom

He elected. The

verses

groups He

did

die for but

not say He did not die for those

from the groups

As for Peter,

they

themselves to doom

they

did not

believe,

not

God

appointed them

to

damnation.

are many verses

that

point

to

dying

for

all people:

1:29b Behold,

the Lam b of G od who takes away th e sin of th e world

3:16-17

16 For

God

so

loved th e world,

that

He gave His only b eg otte n S on , th at w ho ev er

believes

in

Hi

no t perish, but

have

eternal l ife.

17 For

G od did not

send

th e Son into th e world to

judge

th e world, but

th

world

m ight be

s av ed th ro ug h Him.

5:14-15:

14For

th e

love

of Christ controls us, h av in g c on clu de d

th is,

that one died fo r al

e fo re a ll died;

15and

H e

died

fo r all, so

that they w ho live

might

no

longer

live fo r

themselves, but

fo

im

ho

died

and

rose

again on their



2:11

For the

grace

of

G od has

bringing

salvation to

all

John

2:2 and He Him self is the

for

our sins; and

not

for

only,

but

also

for

those of

the

world.

who

believe

in

Limited

also

believe

in Double

that

God

not

only

certain

men to be saved but

elected the rest

to eternal

This

would

give certain

en the inability to become saved

it difficult to understand

ow God would desire for

all

to be

God

does

not

need

to elect



unto eternal damnation

man is destined for hell at

See

Lesson

34

teaching

on Election.

Timothy 2:4#6

4who

desires

a ll

men to be saved and to come to th e knowledge of

th e

truth.

5For

there

is

one God, and one m ed ia to r a ls o b etw ee n God

and

men,

th e

man Christ Jesus,

6who

gave

Himself

as a

ranso

for all,

the

testimony

given at

the

t ime.

2

Thessa lon ians

2:13

But

we

always give thanks to G od for

brethren

beloved by

the Lord,

because G od

has

chosen

you

the

beginning

for

salvation

ough sanctification

by the

Spirit

and

in

the truth.

11

sums

up

the

last

10

verses in

verse.

The

old body

of sin

is

because we

are in

Christ

and



defeated sin.

We are

no

slaves

to

sin. Once we could

nothing

to please

God

because

is

nothing

in the old nature

can

please

God. Now

we

have

e new nature that is given to us

God.

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We are now able to

God

because

we

now have

that is #born from above.$

e

are not to

try

to

tame the old

but

feed the new nature

and

the old nature dead.



of these things

we

need

to

our

lives

as

if the old nature

is

and

we

are

being

controlled

letely by the new

nature.

We

are to

walk in step

with

the

Holy

Spirit.

Galat ians 5:16, 24#25

16But

say, walk by

th e

Spiri t ,

and you

will no t carry out th e desire of

th e

f lesh.

24Now

those who belong to Christ

Jesus

h a ve c ru cifie d th e f lesh with its passions

and

desires.

25If

we live by t he Sp ir

let us

also

walk by

the

Spirit.

summarizes

this first

of

Romans

6

like this:

the redemptive work of Christ in

the

behalf

stands

between

e believer

and

his sins (I

Corinthians

Ephesians

between the

believer

and

his

sin

I Corinthians 5:21),

and

between

the

and his

sinning (Romans

6:1-14).

.

R. Stam,

Romans

r

a

complete

set

of

notes

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Bible Study

Romansomans

Slave

to

Righteousness

Romans 6:12 23

u l continues

to

describe

the

erson we

should be in Chr is t and

ow

that

should play out in the rea l

on

a

day-to-day

basis. If we

truly saved we are free from

control led

by

the o ld nature.

shou ld

now be complete ly

by

the

Holy Spirit to

be

ins t rument o f

r ighteousness.

12

we

are

dead

to

sin

and

alive



God

in Christ (verse

11)

we

are

ow not to let sin reign in our

bodies.

To

let sin reign is

allow it to rule, control and act

king

over what my body

does.

he

verse literally says: #Therefore

not let the sin reign$%.

this is referencing

the

old

that will be part of

us

until

e

lose

it

at

death

or

the

rapture.

e are able

to

make conscious

as

to whether

or not

we

sin

to

take

control.

We

were

slaves

to

sin

but

have been

set

when we gave

ourselves

over

Christ.

Now

we have the

new

and the indwelling Holy



pirit who

is

giving us the

power

to

the old

sinful nature.

we are now

free

from

the

of sin we are now told

to

t like it. We no longer are to live

the realm of

sin.

13

of being an instrument

of

n

by allowing

the old nature to

the

body,

we

are

to

let

rule

and control our body.

again,

is conscious

We

need

to

allow

Him

to

control

of us to

use

us in any

ay

He

sees fit. We need to live

yielded

to His will. This is the

Jesus

lived

while on

earth.

He



as in

complete

submission

to

the

of the Father.

He

became our

by completely

humbling

so He

had no

will

of His

14

we

were

saved we

were

under

the control of the Law.

are

many

who

do not

this

and

think

that

when

died

that the Law

was done

with

or abolished. Christ

is

e

fulfi l lment

of

the

Law

but He

id

not do

away with

the

Law. He

as the only one

able

to

obey

every

aspect of

the

aw

and thus fulfill the Law.

The



of

the

human race escapes

the

of the Law only through death.

we

do not need to

die physical death

to

from

under

the Law because

baptized into Christ has

with

Christ

and therefore is

no

held by

or judged

by

the

M atthew 5:17

Do

not

think

that

to abolish

the Law or the

did

not

come

to

abolish but

fulfill.

Timothy

1:9 realizing the fact

law is

not

made

for

a

righteous

but for those who are

lawless

d



rebell ious, for

the ungodly

and

for the unholy and profane,

r those who

kill

their

fathers or

for

murderers

Romans 7:1 Or do you

not

brethren#that the law has

over

a

person

as

long

as

l ives?

Galat ians

3:13 Christ redeemed

from

the

curse

of

the

Law,

having

a

curse

for

us#

Romans 10:4

For

Christ is

the

d

of the

law

for

r ighteousness

to

who

bel ieves.

Galat ians 5:18

But if

you

are

led

the Spirit, you are

not

under the

we

are

no

longer

under

Law,

n has no more hold on us.

It

is no



in

control

of

our l ives.

15#18

od

has

given

the

believer much

He has

saved us

by

faith

d not works and

sealed

us

with

e Holy

Spirit so

we

will be held

until the

day

of

There is

nothing

that

n do to remove

myself

from my

destination with

Christ.

will deny this freedom given

us

by

God

and insist that

am

under

the

confines

of

the

Law.

feel

we

need to have an

force to keep us on the

and

narrow.



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Paul

addresses

these

in

verse 15.

Since

am

no

under

the

constraints of

the

can

now

live my

life

in any

ay want to? Of course Paul

in the negative by saying:

y no

means$

Being under Grace

of

Law

does

not

give

the

license

to sin. Instead

of

under

the

rule

of

Law,

we

are

ow

under

the

law

of

the

Spirit

and

to be in

subjection

to

the law

f

Christ. The Law was good but

id

not

have

the power

to

help

to

obey it. The Holy

Spirit



s

taken

over the role of the Law.

e helps

us

know right from

but

He also gives

us the

to

obey Him.

Romans 8:2

For

the

law

of

the

of life

in

Christ Jesus

has

set

u

free

from

the

law

of

sin

and

of

Galat ians 6:2

Bear

one

burdens, and

thereby

fulfill

e

law

of

Christ.

we

were

saved we

could

offer

ourselves to

sin.

We

slaves

to

sin

unable

to

break

from its

power.

As believers,

e are now slaves

f

righteousness.

This

change

in



occurred at

the

point

of

our

lvation when

we

#obeyed

the

of

teaching$

s

presented by

e

Apostle Paul. This teaching is

e Gospel of

the Grace

of

God,

of the Mystery

revealed

to

by

Jesus

Christ.

Romans 16:25 Now

to

Him

who

able

to

establish you

according to

gospel and the preaching

of Jesus

Christ,

according to the

of the mystery which has

kept secret

for

long ages

past,

Ephesians

1:13

In

Him,

you

after l istening

to

the message

of

the gospel

of

your

also

believed,

you were sealed

in

im with the

Holy Spirit

of

promise,



s

believers we

have been freed

sin (aorist tense; passive

and

enslaved

to

(aorist tense; passive

The

aorist tense indicates

these

things

happened

at

in time

(when we

believed)

d

the

passive voice shows the

is being acted upon and

ot

doing

the

action.

Our

salvation

an event that is done to us

by

According to the Greek

language

were

previously slaves

owned

by sin,

t now they are

slaves

to do

In

this

new

slave

relationship

they

dual

obligation:

(1)

to

know

what



e Lord requires of them as members

the

Body of

Christ;

(2) to do what the

requires

of

them

by

the

empowering

the Holy

Spirit

(8:12-14;

Gal.

5:16).

Ernest R. Campbell

#A

Commentary on

Romans

Chapters

1$8%

19$20

case what

Paul said in the

verses

is

hard to

he

now

says

the

same

in the

plainest

way

possible.

s they use

to

use their bodies

do

ever

increasingly

evil

things

ow

they

are to be

used

for righteousness with

e

end

result of

holiness.

To

be



does not mean

sinless

but to be fully set aside

r

God#s use. When

items

in the

were

made holy, they

were

only in

service

to

God

and never used fo r anything common.

Exodus 40:9$10

9 Then

you

shal l

ta ke th e a no in tin g

o il a nd a no in t

th e tabernacle

and

all that

is

in

it, and

shal l

consecrate it

an d

all

its

furnishings;

and

it

shal l be

holy.

10 You

shal l anoint th e

altar

of burnt

offering

an

all its utensils, and consecrate

e

altar,

and the

altar

shal l

be

most

21$23

under

the

power

of

the

old

nothing of

any value can

be

This is because there is

no

good

in the old

and

nothing in the

old

can be

called

good. This is

f

course from

God#s

perspective.

e

may

interpret kind acts

by



s

being

good but not if they

judged according to God#s

Only those

things

done

the power of

God are

anything

else

would

be done

y the power of the old

nature

and

not

counted

as

good

or

fruitful.

3:10$12; Ephesians

he

but

now

in

verse

22

indicates

But

now under grace

of

under

Law you are free

sin

and

now

are

slave

to

Instead

of death, we receive

ast: We have been

saved

from the



of sin

We are being saved from

e power

of sin. Future:

We

will be

from the

presence of

sin.

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and


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Romanomanss

Dead

to

the

Law

Romans 7:1 6

1 4

this section Paul turns

to

those

ho

knew what

was

contained

in

e

law. There

is

little ambiguity

to whether he

is

talking about the

Law

or

the current

Roman

Stam

says this is not the

osaic Law while

Campbell

says it

.

We

do

know the Mosaic Law

marriage and what is to be

in the case of infidelity. Jesus



addressed the issue

in

5:31#32 saying if wife

divorced

it causes

her

to become

adulteress and

the

person

who

her

commits

adultery.

Paul cites this

same

principle,

seems

that the

reference

here

is

the Mosaic

Law.

this

in

mind we can see

that

is

using marriage

as

an

of how the Law

has

of person

until

they die.

t

death,

the

Law

can no

longer

that

person.

Even when the

is

given certificate

f divorce, she is still tied to

her

through the

Law.

She

is



Hosea during their marriage,

always took

her

back,

just as God

did and will

do with

Israel.

Hosea 2:19#20

19 I

will betroth

you

to M e fo re v er ; Y e s, will betroth you to Me in rig hte ou sn ess a nd in

justic

In lo vin gk in dn es s a nd in compassion,

20And

will betroth you to Me in fa ith fu lness . Then you will

know

the

LO RD.

there are many

who

the Church, the Body

f

Christ

is the bride

of Christ

it is

who

is actually

called

bride

Christ as

the

Bridegroom.

analogy

is consistently used

the Old Testament and the

but is

never applied

to us.

he

confusion arises when

the

is substituted

for

Israel

and

Scripture

is

misapplied.

The

Scripture is often

used

to

that

the

Church

is

the

bride



f

Christ when

in

reality

this

is merely showing

of authority but in no

ay

equating the

Church

with the

of Christ.

Ephesians 5:22#23

22Wives,

be

to

your

own

husbands,

as

to

e

Lord.

23For

the

husband is

the

of the wife, as

Christ

also

is

the

of

the

church,

He Himself

being

e

Savior

of the

body.

Often

this

comes about because

people

do

not

distinguish

simile and

metaphor.

general,

simile compares two

things

with

the

word like



metaphor compares two

things with is. Israel IS

e

bride

of Christ

while

the

is

like

bride.

4#6

he

whole point of

the

first

three

is

to

show the power

and

the

Law

holds

over us

our

l ife.

We

have

no

ay

of

freeing ourselves of God$s

aw except through death.

we

do not need to die

death

to free us

because

y

being

in Christ& we

have

died

H im

and therefore are free

f the Law.

It

has no hold



jurisdiction

on us because we

e

considered

dead.

It is

to

be joined

to

the

Law and

to Christ simultaneously.

Ephes ians

2:14#16

14For

He

Himself is our peace, who made

both

groups into

one and

broke

down

th

barrier

of t he d iv id ing wall ,

15by

abolishing in H is fle sh th e

enmity,

w hich is th e Law of

commandments

contained in ordinances,

so

that

Himself

He

might

m ake the two into

e

new man, thus establishing

peace,

16and

might reconcile

both in

one

body

to

G od through

e

cross, by it

having put

to

death the

enmity.

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The

reason God did

all

of

is

so

that

we

could

bear

fruit

r God. In the

flesh

we could

only

fruit unto

death. There

was no

work

we

could

do

that

would



pleasing to

God.

God

needs

to

us

through the Holy

Spirit

order for

us to do anything that

n

please Him.

When

we try

to

do

things

of His

power, we produce nothing more

than

wood, hay and straw.

Corinthians

3:10#15

10According

to

th e

grace of

G od

which was given to

me, like

a wise master builder

laid

a

foundation,

an d

another is

building

on it. But

each

man

must

b e c are fu l how

he

builds on it.

11For

no

ma

can la y

a foundation

other than th e

one w hich is

laid,

which is

Jesus

Christ.

12Now

if any man

builds

on th e

foundation

w ith g old ,

silver,

precious

stones,

w oo d, h ay,

straw,

13each

man's

work

will

become

e vid en t; fo r th

day will show

it

because

it

is to b e reve ale d w ith fir e, and th e

fire

itself w ill test th e

quality

of each man's work

14If

any man's

work

which he has built on

it

remains, he will receive a

reward.

15If

any man's

work

is

burned

u

he will

suffer loss;

but he himself

be saved,

yet so as

through

fire.

s

side

note,

notice

Paul is

his foundation on Christ

and

e

are

to

build

on

Paul$s

Paul

did

not want

to

on another man$s foundation.

e see this principle at

work in

and Paul agreeing

to

separate

ministry so as not to overlap.



went

to the Jews with

the

of the Kingdom while Paul

to

the Gentiles with the

of the Grace

of

God.

Galat ians 2:7

But contrariwise,

they saw

that

the gospel of the

was

committed

unto

e,

as

the

gospel

of the

circumcision

s

unto Peter;

Romans

15:20

And

thus

to

preach the gospel, not

Christ was

already

named,

so

would

not

build

on

another

man's

ow

that we are slaves unto

we

are

able

to

bear



pleasing

to God

because

it

is

im

who

gives us the ability

to

do

. Instead of serving the oldness

f the

letter

we

can

now

serve

God

new

fresh way

in the power

f the Holy

Spirit.

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Romansomans

Grappl ing

with

Sin

Romans 7:7 25

7

the

Law

arouses

our

sinful

(7:5) and makes

our

sin

en more

sinful (5:20) then the

conclusion

would be that the

aw

is bad.

However, there is

wrong

with the

Law. In

the

Law

is

good

because

it

is

God who has told us through

e Law what He expects. It turns

t

the

problem

is

with

the

heart



f

man.

Instead

of

having to

worry

obeying only one thing as

did with the command to not

of the fruit if the

tree

of

good

d

evil,

now

mankind

needed to

613

commands

contained in

e

Mosaic

Law.

If

man

was

capable of

obeying the one

what

chance

did he have

f

obeying

613

commands?

With

e introduction of the

Law came

sinfulness because there

now

many

more ways

of

isobeying God.

Instead of the

aw leading

to

righteousness and

life it

lead to

condemnation

d death. There are many today



ho

try

to use the Law

s

vehicle

get to God, but unfortunately, the

aw only

increases

sin and results

greater condemnation.

The

purpose

of the

Law was to

out the complete

inability

for

an

to

attain

his

own

and thus his need for

Savior. The

addition

of

the

Law

s

now

made

it

absolutely

clear

have

transgressed

God#s

will.

am now without excuse.

Galat ians

3:19

W hy

the Law

It was added because

of

(to

make

legal

offense),

having

been ordained



angels by the agency of a

ia tor, until the seed would come

Christ)

to whom

th e

promise

had

been m ade.

Galat ians 3:24#25

24Therefore

the Law has become our tutor to lea

by

faith.

25But

now

that

faith has come,

we

are

no longer

under a tuto

to Christ, so that we may

justified

o, is

the

Law sin? Of

course

not.

contains

standard

of behavior

to us from God. If it is from

od how

can

it

be

sinful?

The

Law

tells

us what God expects

f

us and since we

are

incapable

of

up

to

His

standard,

we



realize

we

need

something

than the Law to bring us to

8#12

ot only did the Law increase our

n

by

giving

us

many more ways

f

failing

to do

what

God

expected

ut also our human

nature

(the old,

nature)

tends

to

do

what

we

told not to do (or

not

do

what

e

are

told

to

do).

When

you see

paint, do not

touch%

sign

is your first

reaction? We

are

driven to

touch the

ainted surface. We always

tend

to

to be

in control and

not be



control. By

nature

if someone

us to do something

we

are

to do

the opposite

to

show

that

we can#t be

controlled.

says

he was once

alive

apart

the

Law.

There

was

point

in

when he was not controlled

y the Law, possibly during

his

As

he

became aware

f the Mosaic Law

he

became

to

all of its commandments.

e

went

from

childhood

innocence

d

life

to

becoming

slave

to

the

aw and

death. When

someone

tells

they

are

trusting

in the Law to

t

to

heaven

you

can

respond

that



to the

Bible the only

the Law is capable

f producing is death.

13

o, after

the

Law was given and

sin

even

more

sinful

and

roduced death,

is

it

the

Law#s

Absolutely not Your

sin

was

the

cause

of

death. The

aw only pointed out how weak

d incapable your

old nature really

as

in

obeying

the

precepts

God

out in the Law.

The

Law only

God#s standards

for man

follow

in

order for him to obtain

(Romans 2:7) but

it



not

contain

the

power

to

help

live

up

to those standards. Since

ld nature does not have the ability

Gary Johnson

of 3

19

to

do

anything

that

is

to

God,

it

impossible for

to gain

salvation through

good

(Romans

3:10#12).

Romans

7:14#25

section deals with Paul$s

struggle with his sin

From

this

we

can

get some

into the struggles Godly

goes

through on his

walk with

the

Lord.



things

were

written for our

and encouragement.

if God only had the

of

the

Bible write

about

accomplishments

leaving out

y failures. Our

assumption

be

that

saved

person

always live God-honoring

When we see the failures

f

Biblical

individuals,

we

should

that

we

will

probably fail

o but,

as God

lovingly brought

back

to

Himself,

he

will

us

back

into fellowship.

are two

main

views

on this

The first one

views the



an

unsaved person would

through,

the

second view is that

f

saved person.

Arguments that Paul

was

s an unsaved person:

1.

Paul

just

said

we

are dead

sin

so there

should

be

no

(6:3#11).

2. Before we were saved we

slaves

to unrighteousness and

salvation we were set free

(6:16#17).

3.

The

end

of

chapter

7

is

the

ruled by

sin while

8

is

the

believer ruled by

e



Holy

Spirit.

Arguments that Paul was

s

saved

person:

1.

The

verbs are in the past

in

7:7#13 and

in the present

in 7:14#25 so the end of

chapter 7 deals with Paul

his

present

state.

2.

Paul

states that Jesus

is his Lord in

verse

25.

3. In

context the argument

to be

one

of sanctification

ot

justification.

4.

This

passage is

in line

with

Scripture in

stating we

will

with

sin

(Galatians

5:17).



5. Believers throughout

the

struggled

with sin.

conclusion, believe the

second

is the

correct view. Those

ho

embrace

the first view

do not

good

understanding of the

between our position

d our experience. Romans

6

with our

position

in Christ

Chapter

7 deals with

our

or practice in

walking

God on

day-to-day basis.

like

the

way

Alva

J.

McClain

this

section in

his

book

the Gospel of God#s



Statement of fact: verse

verse 18 verse 21

Proof of

fact:

verses

verse 19

verses

Conclusion: verse

verse

20

verse

25

14#17

makes the

statement

that the

aw is spiritual;

it

is from God.

On

e other hand, Paul

(the

natural

is not spiritual but of

the

The proof

of

this comes from

in that he is

doing the

thing

he hates. Instead

f pleasing God he pleases

himself.



s conclusion is that sin has

taken

his life and

controls him.

His

self is

his

new nature while

his

ld

nature is

to be

considered dead.

e instead has allowed the

old

to

take over and control

he

does.

This

struggle

would

ot

take

place if Paul did not have

e new nature given to him

by

18#21

now states

the fact that

there

nothing good contained in his

person.

He has

the

to be

good

but the

through the

power

of the



ld nature to do

good. The proof

of

is again

comes

from his own

experience

in that he

out

the very evil he

does

ot want

to do.

He concludes

the

as before#that he is being

by

sin.

He is

allowing

n to reign in his life against the

Gary

Johnson

2 of 3

19 wishes of the

person

God

s made him to be.

The

struggles

f the old and

new

natures

but

the

old

nature seems

to

winning.



21#25

the third and

f inal

round

we

see

statement

of

fact,

that there

evil present within

his being.

he

proof of this is once again

on his experience.

He wants

do

the

right

thing and

enjoys the

of God

but

on the other hand

has

become

prisoner

to

sin.

is

desire to

do right has been

clipse by greater

desire

to do

At

this point is

seems that

condition

is

hopeless.

How

n he break this cycle of self

What can Paul do

is

right

instead

of

that

which



evil?

In

his

conclusion

Paul

that

solving his

is not

based

on what he

to do to be

set

free

but

in

the One

who

is

able to

him

free.

In

other

words,

Paul

that he

is powerless

to do

that can save

him from

is body

of

sin and

instead

must

ut

himself fully in God#s control.

you

are struggling

with

sin that

to have taken over

your

life

are

in

good

company.

We

can

e the inner turmoil that

Paul

from

the conflict

of old

d

new

natures.

The

very

fact

that



are

struggling

shows you are

in

for there

would

be

no

if

you had no new nature

struggle with. We

need to

put the old man to

and continually

feed the

new

We

need

to

be

by

the renewing of our

minds through

study and m editation o f God#s W o rd (1 2 :1 $ 2 )

Ephes ians

4:22$24

22that,

in

reference to your

former

manner of

l i fe,

you

la y aside th e

o ld

self ,

whic

being

corrupted

in accordance

the lusts

of

deceit,

23and

that

you

renewed

in

the

spirit

of

your mind,

24and

put

on the

new self, which

the likeness of God has

been

in

r ighteousness

and holiness

the

truth.

r a complete set of

notes

and





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Johnson

3 of 3

19



Bible Study

Romansomans

God s

Laws

Romans 7:22 8 :2

od

has

designed

the

world

to

under

certain

parameters

we call laws. These laws are

rules

which

the

Creator

has

into every area of the

Imagine what the

world

be

like

if

there were no

rules. If there

were

no

of the universe, the sun would

and

set at arbitrary times,

our

could

vary in length, planets



crash into

each

other,

it

be impossible for us to

plan

launches because everything

always

change. If

there

no laws of nature we

would

ot

know

what would be

produced

we

planted

seed,

e

also operate under

God-given

laws.

The reason marriage is

one

man

and

one

woman

because God has

created

us

to

like

that. Society is at its

if

people

do

not

l ie,

steal,

murder, etc.

God

has given

all these

laws so we can

have

an

rderly society.

are also spiritual

laws,

fixed



that

if followed

will

help us

our fellowship with God.

od

#s

Law (Mosaic

or mora l

law

he

Gentiles have the moral law

on

their

hearts

while

the

have the

moral law contained

the

Mosaic Law

summarized

in

e

Ten Commandments.

Whether

n the heart or on stone God has

His

moral law clear

to

all

These laws are

and

show

us

what

od expects from us.

Romans

7:12 So then, the Law

is

and the commandment

is

holy



d righteous and good.

aw of internal sin (7:23)

law says that all men have

Adam#s nature and thus

born sinners. Those

who have

ew

nature

will

struggle

with

the

old

nature until

we leave this

There

is

nothing

good

in

natural

man

and

it

is

absolutely

capable of doing anything that

please

God

because the source

f the

works would

come

from

man

of from

God.

This old

can not be tamed or

prettied

p so it will be presentable and

to

God.

Instead,

we



to

view it

as

God

does#dead.

aw

of

mind (7:23)

e

have

war

between

the

law

of

sin

and

the

mind.

When

person first comes

to

the believe,

e

mind

is changed by

being

This

renewing

process

be continual

action

the believer$s l ife.

The

ld

man was conformed to the sin

f this world but as believer we

to continually renew our

to continually feed on

things.

Coloss ians 3:9#10

9Do

not

lie to

e

another,

since

you

la id aside the

d

self

with

its evil p ractices ,

10and

have

put

on

the

new

self

who is

ing renew ed

to

a true knowledge



to the image of the

O ne

ho

created him#

Romans

12:1#2

1Therefore

urge

brethren, by

the

mercies

of

God,

present your

bodies

a living

and

holy

sacrifice,

acceptable

to

God,

is

your

spiritual

service

of

2And

do

not

be

conformed to

world, but be transformed by the

of

your

mind,

so

that

you

prove what

the will of

God is , that

which is good and acceptable and

Ephesians 4:22#24

22that,

in

to your

former

manner of

you lay

aside

the old

self,

which is

corrupted in accordance with the

23and



of

deceit, that

you

be

in the spirit

of

your mind,

put

on

the

new

self,

which

in

the

of

God

has

been created

in

and holiness

of

the

We

can

see the conflict of the

w

of

sin

and

the

law

of

the

mind:

Romans

7:25

Thanks be

to

God

Jesus

Christ

our

Lord

So

on the one

hand myself with

mind

am serving the

law

of

God,

but on

e other,

with

my flesh the

law

of

sin.

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of 2

20

Law of

sin

and

death



he

connection between sin

and

goes

all the way

back

to

As

soon

as

he

sinned, death

the

world.

Even

though

we

death s natural

process

e

were not

originally

created to

Romans 5:12 Therefore,

just

as

one

man sin

entered

into the

and

death

through sin,

and

so

death

spread

to

all

men,

because

l

sinned--

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin

death, but the free gift

of

G od

is

life in Christ Jesus

our

Lord.

aw of the Spirit (8:2)

law

of

the

Spirit

operates

only



r those who are in Christ.

Instead

f

being

controlled by

the

law

of

n and death we are now

by

the

law of the

Spirit

d

are

given l ife.

The

law of sin

d death is still

in

operation but

e

law

of

the

Spirit

has

it. If cable breaks on

elevator the

law

of gravity takes

and

pulls

the

elevator

toward

e

ground. However,

when the

brake takes over and

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