What was Paul’s reason for longing to see them? 19. We are attempting to use the Divine salvation as a means of escaping the consequences of our lawlessness, rather than what it is in actuality—a means of escaping our lawlessness. All have sinned so God has decided to save us apart from our behavior. Paul was not saying “we are not saved by righteous behavior but by God’s love.” God’s love when correctly received always leads to righteous behavior. To whom little is given, little is required. Our whole life is to be committed to God. There have been other occasions, such as the saving alive of the baby Moses and the preaching of Peter and John, when godly people have had to disobey and resist the rulers. The blood of the Lamb of God makes possible an expunging of our record so it is as though we never have sinned. Abraham was called out of the large, prosperous city of Ur of the Chaldees. Phoebe, a sister in the Lord, a servant of the assembly that met in Cenchrea. The Book of Romans 12-Week Study Guide Brian Simmons Brian Simmons Broadstreet Publishing Group / 2021 / Trade Paperback $6.99 Retail: $9.99 Save 30% ($3.00) Availability: In … THEME: Romans 1:16-17 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 6. In the hair? Gentiles must not allow themselves to become proud and haughty but are to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling. What did Paul tell them to do now, because they were Christians? Of that which Christ had wrought through Paul in order to bring the Gentiles under obedience to Christ: From Jerusalem in a circuit reaching as far as Illyricum—an area north of Macedonia. Why was Christ raised from among the dead? Many Christian people would find it quite difficult to explain the principal points of difference. 16. All of us have ideas concerning our own worth: our loyalty to our friends, our intelligence, our talents—even our ability to work in the Kingdom of God. The scriptural truth is, there is only one Church, one Body of Christ, one Kingdom of God, of Heaven. The Israelite branches were broken off because they would not believe in Christ. The Structure of Romans by Paul B. Fowler is available at Fortress Press and Amazon USA / UK Once in awhile a book comes along that revolutionizes your understanding of a particular subject. The safest procedure is to give up the questionable practice or thing until the Lord makes it plain that there is no problem. The poison of the evil will overcome him. Modern Christian teaching is a mixture of humanism, Gnosticism, and Dispensationalism (the most dangerous of the three). Not at all. Today we complete our study in the book of Romans. Christ is born in us. God’s foreknowledge enables Him to know in advance the decisions each creature will make. 7. The new covenant is fulfilled when Christ is formed in us and we are in the moral image of Christ. Paul may be saying, “You do not have to ascend to Heaven or descend into the abyss. Eternal judgment always follows the resurrection from the dead (Hebrews 6:2). Christ was born without the guilt of sin and without the principle of sin dwelling in the members of His physical body. 18. What human being has put God in his debt by giving something to God? Where can we obtain a strong love of righteousness and a strong hatred of sin? Without peace there can be no joy. What did the Father do as part of His program to bring His many sons to glory? The Messianic inheritance is the “olive tree.”. What is the Law of Moses unable to do? The Great Commission did not charge the Apostles to go forth and advise the nations that if they “make a decision for Christ” there is no need for them to keep God’s commandments. It may be true that each of the sons who is created in the image of Christ will one day be responsible to Christ for a universe of creatures. You can find the best commentary on Romans for … 34. If our behavior is not, over a period of time, obviously being transformed into what is pleasing to God, then it is not possible that Christ is in truth dwelling in us; for what is born of Christ does not commit sin (I John 3:8-10). This is true because we have grown into union with Christ in His death on the cross. With the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Zion speaks also of war in that the area of Zion was associated with the defense of the city of Jerusalem (II Samuel 5:7-9). It is one vast resurrection spread over two thousand years. Absolutely not! There certainly is a very great difference between bringing an end to the Law, and putting the Law, the Torah, in our inner parts and writing it in our hearts. Sin deceives us and, using the commandment, separates us from the Lord. Because of the time he was spending going where Christ was not known. This is the current belief and it has destroyed the moral character of the Christian people. The crack was large enough, however, to let the glorious light of Heaven stream into the darkness. What does endurance, or perseverance, result in? With Christ, the Son of God, of the lineage of King David. There is more to righteousness by grace through faith than an initial statement of belief in the atonement made by the Lord Jesus. They are set apart as holy in the Presence of God. The demon world is filled with quarreling and fighting, whereas God’s holy Presence is filled with peace. The problem here is, the rule of the individual is based on the self-control of human beings, and human beings are not able to control themselves. It always has been, it is and shall continue to be, wrong and evil to bear false witness, to steal, to murder, to commit adultery. Here is the righteousness of God: we are clothed in our own Christ-wrought righteous behavior. We are the continuation, the extension, the increase of the Revelation of the Glory of God that is Christ. It was waging war against the desire of Paul’s mind to serve God’s law. 4. The saint learns from the Lord to be subject to people who are in authority over him, whether in the church or in the world. The deceitfulness of covetousness and lust kept on drawing Paul into behavior contrary to God’s commandment. The sheer number of commentaries on Romans makes it somewhat difficult to choose a "Top 5." It states something about our election, our position in God, and our conduct. First there must be an inner spiritual resurrection—that which is presented in the sixth chapter of the Book of Romans and the third chapter of Philippians. It is thorough, but it is not overly technical. 13. Because the Gentile believers of Greece realized that the Kingdom of God is of the Jews and that the Greeks had shared in the “children’s bread,” the spiritual wealth that belongs to the Jews. Second it is because the Gospel is viewed as a means of avoiding the commandments of God rather than the means of keeping the Lord’s commandments. Sin was dead. Let no believer ever accept a spirit of inevitability concerning life on the earth. Divine Life cannot possibly express itself in slavery to sin and Satan. This is Christ, the Servant of the Lord, who is to come (Isaiah, Chapter 42). Is this our argument? Exodus 18 Sermon – You Are Not Able To Go It Alone, Challenges of the First Christmas – Pressing on in Obedience. 37. The Gentiles, having not the Law of Moses, are under Divine judgment because they chose to ignore the knowledge of God that has been given to them through the natural creation. Paul knew the Pharisees would not hesitate to imprison or kill any person who received Jesus of Nazareth as Christ. Although they continued to breathe, and think, and speak, and act, Adam and Eve were dead. But now we come to a different issue. It absolutely is true that all have sinned and have come short of the Glory of God. 13. Being a Jew or a Christian does not qualify us to escape Divine judgment! 11. It often is stated, in an attempt to prove that our own righteousness will not save us, that all human righteousness is as filthy rags. It has become a common practice in Charismatic circles to trust in “words”—special bits of information spoken to the believer from a supernatural source. If we choose to yield to the demands of our sinful body after having been baptized into union with the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, we will be paid in death. On behalf of the Jewish race, of which Paul was a member. Would God call a covenant “better” that is less able to produce godliness in human beings? The Ten Commandments were given several hundred years later. 7. Therefore we are to keep all of the commandments issued by Christ and His Apostles. 9. What is needed if someone is to preach the Good News of Christ to people? The doctrine of the remnant is important throughout the Scriptures. What behavior on our part results in salvation by grace through faith? The love of God has filled his heart through the Holy Spirit who was given to him. Righteousness is given to us through Christ’s blood when first we are saved. Themes Our natural inclination to sin separates us from God. If Paul had spoken of free grace and a pre-tribulation “rapture” there would have been no need for Felix to be afraid. What is Paul’s response to his own question? Sign up for our newsletter to receive your free Bible study E-book of Hebrews. On what grounds did Paul find reason to boast in Christ? If you are so bound you cannot make up your mind to resist your sins, then tell Christ of your helplessness. 44. 20. Those who do so shall be saved from wrath and brought into the new world. This is an error. What is true of each of the persons whom God has predestined to be in the image of His Son? Notice that our resurrection depends on the fact that the Holy Spirit is dwelling in us, and will issue from the Holy Spirit who is in us. When a Christian church becomes full of people seeking revenge, being filled with unforgiveness, that church has lost its testimony. But the teachers and saints even of his own day could not grasp Paul’s thinking. Whatever He does, we do. The wicked continually seek to heap to themselves everything of value, of profit. The goal of the Christian discipleship is to attain the redemption of our physical body. The new-covenant Church, the Church of the Firstborn, began when the Lord Jesus Christ, its first Member, rose from the dead. What are the wages of sin? His likeness cannot be reproduced by the efforts of flesh and blood. 32. What must we do to maintain perfect union with Him in His death and resurrection, in practical daily living? What question does Paul ask? The inner spiritual resurrection cannot take place instantly. 7. Of all the laws, statutes, and ordinances, none asked for the offering of the body of the believer as a living sacrifice, a thing devoted totally to the Lord for His glory. They readily can be grafted back on their own tree. It absolutely is true that no human being can save himself, can deliver himself from sin. 25. Satan no longer can make any lawful claim on the creation. This concept is incorrect. The future will take place as described in the Book of Revelation. Why is love the fulfillment of the Law of Moses? They do not persist before the Lord in denouncing and hating the deed. The violence of the setting up of the Kingdom of God on the earth is described in Joel 2:1-11, Isaiah 13:3-11, Micah 5:7-9, Habakkuk 3:11-16, Malachi 4:3, Jude 14,15, Revelation 19:11-21, and in other passages of the Scriptures. 25. As soon as the Holy Spirit enters us in resurrection power He begins to lead us into judgment, into putting to death the sinful actions of our body. 47. The Divine redemption always is conditional, always based on our behavior, always an opportunity through Christ, always proceeding as we interact with the Spirit of God. Zion was David’s city, and David was a man of war. 32. The awareness of the sovereignty of God in salvation is necessary if we are to accept the clear statements of the Scriptures. They had yielded their bodies as slaves to impurity and lawlessness. The members of the household of Narcissus, people who “are in the Lord.” To fall into murderous rages? 32. 2. The moment they became conscious of their nakedness they then were naked. 14. The lusts dwelling in Paul’s flesh were keeping him in captivity to sin. We must keep in mind that the adamic personality is temporary. This is the revealing to the creation of the sons of God. Fornication, lust, stealing, lying, covetousness, foolishness, rage, drunkenness, envying, profanity are unclean of themselves. We make the choice as to whom we will serve. Paul teaches us that the last days of the present age will witness a revolt against all authority. Notice the preceding verse. Walking “after the Spirit” means we are pursuing these three areas by waiting on the Lord, not in passivity or inevitability but in vital union with Him through prayer and patient, unrelenting obedience. Hi David, Thanks for sharing this info on Romans 12. Righteousness will be ascribed on the basis of our faith in the promise of God, as was true of Abraham. This is true. He has moved from the demands of the Law to an inconceivably greater demand: “Offer your physical body to Me. Why were we buried with Him by baptism into death? The bondage of sin, corruption of character and behavior, destroyed relationships, separation from God, physical sickness, and premature physical death. Christ died and rose again two thousand years ago. As Christ is formed in us and dwells in us His righteous Nature begins to affect every part of our personality: our speech, our actions, our motives, our imaginations, our emotions, our reasonings, our physical health, our ability to distinguish between good and evil and to choose the good, our understanding, our attitudes—in short, all we are, do, say, and perceive. We can be—and should be—more than conquerors! They break the laws of their country and then are surprised when they are sent to jail. How did Abraham respond to the promise of God concerning his Seed? The mark of maturity is skill in the word of righteousness (Hebrews 5:13). Since this is true, the only purpose of the commandments of Christ and of His Apostles is to show us clearly that we cannot save ourselves. We must demonstrate our worthiness by walking with Him today, washing our robes and making them white in the blood of the Lamb. If we fight the good fight of faith, gaining, through the Holy Spirit, mastery over the sin that dwells in our flesh, we will receive the robe of righteous conduct. 8. Romans. What is Paul’s response to the fact that his explanation of the new covenant is leading some to conclude that we can and should continue in our sinful conduct? We will destroy our own resurrection. This is at least part of the reason why people are unwilling to receive Christ as their personal Lord. In all instances, the first business of the Christian each day is to pray for the will of God and to perform God’s will to the best of his knowledge and ability, always asking the Lord for grace to help in the battle. This is a self-test on chapters 6 - 10 of the book of Romans. Second, we must follow the Spirit as He creates Christ in us. They teach that God judges us according to what we know, not according to what we do not know or what we have not heard. One day soon God will be able to trust His sons with vast, universal assignments of accomplishment and rulership. However, righteous behavior indeed does proceed from the new covenant. The only Person who possesses the authority to condemn us is making intercession on our behalf. It all was accomplished in eons past for each of the elect. Therefore in the day of resurrection we will lose our personality, we will reap corruption and spiritual nakedness. How shall we respond to this?”, Notice the sovereign action: “I will call”; “there shall they be called.”. What should we do about the lusts and desires of our physical body? How is peace established between God and us? 35. If we will pray, read our Bible, gather with fervent saints, obey the Lord when He tells us to do something, serve, give of our money, we then will find that by making an effort we can achieve the changes in our conduct that are commanded by the Apostles of Christ. This is not an overstatement! For those who have obeyed the Holy Spirit in putting to death the deeds of their body the coming of salvation will mean the removal of the last traces of sin and the receiving of a body that loves righteousness instead of sin. Or is He your servant to use as you will? Author: The Apostle Paul (1:1) A. Third, we must allow the Lord Jesus to work with us until our self-will has been brought low and we have learned to find our peace and joy in the will of Christ. When Abraham believed that God would do what He promised, would do the impossible on his behalf, God counted that act of faith as being Abraham’s righteousness. 19. The people under the old covenant displeased God, attempting to please God apart from faith in Him. 23. The Dispensational purists are teaching that the New Testament exhortations to holiness are not a part of Christianity, since we are saved by grace and not by godly behavior. Although all Heaven is blessed and rejoices when a sinner repents and returns to the Father’s house, it remains true that God’s eternal purpose has not been fulfilled when we receive the Lord and have our sins forgiven. “He that endureth to the end shall be saved.” What does this mean? The maximum sentence handed down from the Judgment Seat of Christ is eternal banishment from the Presence of our Creator in an area of tormenting fire. 27. The rule of grace keeps on creating righteousness in our personality. We are looking for paradise but God is looking for righteous people. Since God the Father has raised Christ from the dead the way is now clear for ascribed righteousness to flow to us as individuals. 30. The most important knowledge any individual can possess is the will of God for his life. In the same manner, God is in Christ in us. Unlike the old covenant, the new covenant is of the Holy Spirit rather than of a body of laws and ordinances contained in writing. 19. The Apostles of Christ were Israelites. In the cross God has demonstrated both Divine righteousness and Divine mercy. Paul’s love for the believers, Jews and Gentiles alike, is revealed by the number of individuals whom he addresses by name in his Epistles. The first resurrection from the dead is not a departure to Heaven. In this they are illogical and unscriptural. Also, we ought not to despise people who are not of God’s elect but who are honorable in their behavior. Their water baptism is a religious rite by means of which they have (so they hope) completed the ceremony that guarantees their entrance into Heaven when they die. That sin might be more sinful, might abound. Just before the coming of Jesus a repentant Church, the “hair” of its sanctification growing out, will bow in the death of absolute obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. To make an atonement (reconciliation) for our offenses against God’s Law. We have made the same mistake as the Jews—and for the same reason. He will lose his spiritual life. 16. What does Paul invite the saints in Rome to consider? A believer in Christ is a saint, a holy person. What about such differences of opinion? 8. Entering the death of the cross requires more faith and trust than most believers have. God has shown His righteousness with respect to the sins that have been committed previously. 14. 6. Who were sending their greetings to the saints in Rome? 38. This isn't intended to be a Cliff's Notes version of Paul's epistle . Felix was frightened, not elated, by Paul’s words. It appears to us that the two doctrines come from the same root. How are we to serve God under the new covenant? The lake that burns with fire and sulfur is not a redemptive fire. The waving of the firstfruits sets apart the whole harvest as holy to the Lord. A righteousness coming from God through faith in Christ for all those who believe, no difference being made between Jew and Gentile. He should not continue eating that particular type of food. Can it be true that the churches are not burning brightly in power and righteousness because the members are not mixing faith with the written Word of God; and that the present impoverishment of the testimony has nothing to do with the circumstances of the world? Because it is the power of God to salvation to every individual who believes it and receives it. When the person fails to conduct himself properly, provision for reconciliation to God has been provided through animal sacrifice. God picks and chooses according to His own purposes in Christ. H ere is a Bible study, summary, and commentary for Romans 1:. Divine justice has not been harmed and a way has been provided for the repentant, believing sinner. The adamic shall pass away. Righteousness and holiness are revealed in the behavior and teaching of the Apostles of the Lamb. How do we know that God will not hesitate to send judgment on the Gentile Christians, if we stray from the path He has marked out for us? A lawless Christian Church and a lawless secular society will support each other. Such thinking has no apparent relationship to the sixth chapter of Romans or with the passages of Scripture that describe the coming of the Lord and the first resurrection from the dead. This error in understanding has perverted beyond recognition the Gospel of grace taught by the Apostle Paul. There may be an actual wall around the holy city, but the spiritual meaning of the wall is the immunity to sin and rebellion, the love of righteousness and holiness, and the obedience to God that are being created in the sons of God. What benediction does Paul pronounce on the saints in Rome? When we sin we confess our sin and then repent of it. What is true of each of us, whether we live or whether we die? All else is “Babylon”—religious confusion. What is true of people who are living “in the Spirit”? From the condemnation of sin and the compelling power of sin. Many godly saints were produced under the old covenant, such as the parents of John the Baptist. Not be lazy when diligence is required. He refrains from eating, meanwhile thanking God for His goodness. When we believe God performed the impossible by raising Christ from the dead, and that He has raised us up in Him, God counts that act of faith on our part as being our righteousness—our right standing in His sight. The Christians churches are seeking to increase their numbers, with the understanding that their congregations are on their way to Heaven. However this does not mean we are free to behave unrighteously. What God had promised He was able also to do. Perfect so far! That they were full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able to admonish one another. What is true of the saint who observes a particular day as being holy? They died in that the law of sin entered the members of their bodies. What is produced as an inseparable aspect of holiness in the Presence of God? It may be “ministering” but it is not bearing witness of Christ. 25. 39. Only by presenting our body a living sacrifice, proving the will of God in each instance. We are being created in His image as Christ is being formed in us through the various workings of the Holy Spirit of God. Each believer should be persuaded, assured in his own mind. 17. All food is clean to the Christian (Acts 10:15). Read Psalms 5:9; 10:7; 14:2,3; 36:1; 140:3; Isaiah 59:7,8. It is not what Paul, James, Peter, and John taught. Frank Matera as your guide, you will come to understand the Christian message more deeply. But it shall never be given. Inner resurrection can take place only as the Holy Spirit brings us into circumstances that cleanse and crucify a part of our personality, and then raises the slain part into newness of life in Christ. From the days of Abel righteousness always has come by faith, as we read in the eleventh chapter of the Book of Hebrews. One starry night, after Abram had rescued Lot from Chedorlaomer, the Lord spoke to him a word of comfort and assurance: “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.”, Abram (Abraham) told the Lord what was on his heart: “And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.”, Then God promised Abraham: “And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.”. However, the date of sentencing was set when the angels of Heaven fell in pride and disobedience. Rather we are to be directing our attention to the things of Christ: prayer, His Word, assemble with the saints, serving the Lord, seeking first the Kingdom of God. Faith apart from works of godliness is dead—and a dead faith is not the salvation that proceeds from the God of Israel! We do not say that a believer should never borrow money from a lending institution. The fact that God selected Abraham from all the inhabitants of the large city of Ur, and chose Abraham’s descendants, the nation of Israel, with whom God has dealt in a manner that has never been true of any other race of people, is one of the clearest demonstrations in all Scripture of Divine foreknowledge, predestination, and election. Or did He mean when men witness our righteous conduct they will glorify God? What does it mean to put something to death? Before they became believers they had not believed God and had been disobedient to Him.
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