1. Romans: Deliverance from Enslavement

2. Introduction 1:1-17 Condemnation 1:18-3:20 Justification 3:21-4:25
Romans - Summary
Introduction :1-17
Condemnation :18-3:20
Justification :21-4:25
Sanctification :1-8:38

3. Gospel Salvation Wrath Condemnation/condemnation
Four
Words

4. Literally = “Good news”
Gospel
Literally = “Good news”
Does not mean “the message that brings eternal life”, though it can mean that.
In Romans = “the good news that brings deliverance from the enslavement to sin”.
Four
Words

5. Literally = “Deliverance”
Salvation
Literally = “Deliverance”
Does not mean “eternal deliverance from hell”, though it can mean that (?).
In Romans = Something the Gospel produces in the life of every believer who appropriates its power
Four
Words

6. Does not mean “Hell”. It is temporal.
Wrath
“Bondage and corruption of sin; enslaving consequences of sin; removal of God’s grace”.
Does not mean “Hell”. It is temporal.
Four
Words

7. Only God can make unrighteous people righteous.
Only righteous people can enjoy the Spirit’s power, escape enslavement, and enjoy reward.
Only God can make unrighteous people righteous.
To God be the glory!

8. Condemnation #1 = The verdict
“Guilty!”

9. Condemnation #2 = The Penalty: Enslavement

10. Adam sin experience of death Jesus experience of life
Romans 5:12-21: Summary

11. Standing In Christ Truth in time In time Relational Truth
In Christ, I am eternally
Eternal truth
Perfect
In Christ
Complete
Forgiven
In time, I am being…
Truth in time
Perfected
Completed
In time
Forgiven

12. New Nature; the “real me” Trapped inside of a “dead” bodyMy
Status
N.N.
Trapped inside of a “dead” body

13. Trying to keep the Law doesn’t work.
We died to the Law and have been joined to Christ to bear fruit for God.
Trying to keep the Law doesn’t work.
Romans 7:1-6
Joined to Christ

14. The Law kills spiritual life.
The Law stirs up the desires of our flesh.
Because of our natural desires, it’s not uncommon that the very fact that something is wrong makes it more appealing to us.
Romans 7:7-12
The death of life

15. We want to do what is right, but don’t know how.
Our flesh is at war with our new self.
(Gal. 5:16-17)
Romans 7:13-20
Two faces have I

16. This is key and anticipates v. 24.
The desire to do good lies “ready at hand” for us; we want to do right.
“I do not discover”
This is key and anticipates v. 24.
“…The believer often does not find the secret of victorious Christian living until he is urgently seeking to discover it”.
p. 198 “Romans” (Hodges)
In the hands of God, failure can become the key to success.
Romans 7:13-20
Two faces have I

17. The four laws that lead to enslavement. Four Principles of Enslavement
Four spiritual laws that work together so that, in this case, we are led to enslavement.
Romans 7:21-25
Four Principles of Enslavement

18. Four Laws of our Spiritual Reality
The Law of God: Mosaic moral code.
The Law of my body’s members: Overcomes the desire of the New Man by using the reign of sin in our bodies.
The Law of my understanding (mind): Paul’s inward man that understands the Law is holy, spiritual, and good (7:12, 14)
The Law of sin in my body: The reign of sin (6:12) that results in enslavement.
Romans 7:22-23
Two faces have I

19. The experience of death and enslavement leads Paul to emotional frustration, but he finds hope in the God who gives life to the dead.
Romans 7:24-25
The only Hope

20. “Who will deliver me from the body of this kind of death?”
Sin brings an experience of death and enslavement.
The key question in Romans is,
“How do we get a dead (uncooperative) body alive?”
Romans 7:24-25
The only Hope

21. Jesus = the “Lawbreaker”?
The Spirit of Christ Jesus is the only One who can break the bondage of the Law of sin in our lives.
Romans 7:24-25
The only Hope

22. Producing fruit for God is not simply a matter of the will, it’s a matter of relationship.