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The Christians In Rome

The Epistle…  Man’s Sin Problem & Remedy 1:18 – 5:21  God’s remedy Ù justification by God’s grace & man’s faith 3:24 – 5:21  Salvation by faith, not “law keeping” 3:24-31  Case study to prove Ù Abraham 4:1-22  Follow Abraham’s example 4:23 – 5:11  God’s power to save illustrated 5:12-21

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #1 Ù “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?” 6:1-14  Sin increases…grace abounds more  God forbid!! We’ve died to sin

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #2 Ù “Shall we sin because we’re not under law, but under grace?” 6:15 – 7:6  Sin is no longer our master…Christ is  Law (“1st husband”) has died

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #3 Ù “Is the Law sin?” 7:7-23  Law is not to blame for man’s sin  Sin uses Law to deceive, kill man  Law only frustrates the man trying to be justified by it

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #4 Ù “Who will set me free from this body of death?” 7:24 – 8:30  Law only condemns, brings death  God will adopt us as sons by faith in Christ

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #5 Ù “If God is for us, who can be against us?” 8:31-39  God did not spare His own Son for us  God justifies those who man condemns  Nothing can separate us from God, His love

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #6 Ù “Is there unrighteousness with God?” 9:1 – 10:21  God has mercy on Gentiles who seek Him by faith, and He condemns legalistic Jews  Man cannot call God into question

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #7 Ù “Has God cast away His people?” 11:1-36  Even though God accepts Gentiles, the Jews can still be saved by grace through faith  All men are saved or fall on their own equally

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  How justified saints are to live 12:1 – 15:13  Application #1 Ù No worldliness 12:1-2  “Present yourselves as a living sacrifice…”  “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds…” cp. 2 Cor 10:3-5

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  How justified saints are to live 12:1 – 15:13  Application #2 Ù Humility 12:3-16  Don’t think of self more highly than we ought  Use the gifts God has given  Be devoted to one another in love  Be of the same mind toward one another

The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  How justified saints are to live 12:1 – 15:13  Application #3 Ù No revenge 12:17-21  Do not repay evil with evil  “Leave room for the wrath of God”  Serve your enemy with what he needs  “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good”