Study of Romans [Week 2]
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Outcomes Tell 3 reasons why Paul wrote Romans
Explain why WCC is studying Romans
List the pitfalls 2
Why Write Romans
Tell Romans his message for preaching in Spain (15:19b-33)
Address a church problem in Rome (14:1-15:4)
Explain unity of Jews and Gentiles (9:1-11:36)
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Why Study Romans
To know the gospel so we can tell it in Williamson County
To understand our relationship with others
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Pitfalls to Romans
Have a defensive posture
Wrong definition of “faith”
View “gospel” only as man’s steps to be saved
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Format Start each class with previous week’s objectives as review
Send weekly e-mail summary/reminder
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“God” In Romans “The” (1105x), “and” (274x), “in” (172x)
and “my” (156x)
Next most frequent word: “God” (153x)
“God” appears more often than common words “but” (147x) and “be” (113x)
“God” more often then words associated with Romans: “law” (72x), “Christ” (65x), “sin” (48x), “Lord” (43x), “faith” (40x)
Paul speaks of God so often that no other subject comes even remotely near it
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“God” In Romans “God” occurs on average once every 46
words (Acts one in 110 words)
Romans occupies 11.5% of total length of New Testament but has disproportionally high number of the occurrences of “God”
“God” appears in Galatians (31x), Ephesians (31x), Philippians (24x)
No other book in Bible is as God-centered
Romans is a book about God
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