ROMANS 1
12 Outlines
Romans 1:1
MUCH IN COMMON
I do not have much in
common with Johann Sabastean Bach, Thomas Edison or Dwight
D. Eisenhower, but I admire them.
Sometimes we feel the
same way about great Bible characters.
We admire them, but see
little in common with us. That's a wrong perception. Take for instance, the
Apostle Paul. If we are born again, we have much in common with Him.
THE SAME SERVICE -
"A Servant of Jesus Christ"
THE SAME SUMMONS -
"Called"
We are not called to be apostles. However,
the word apostle means
"One
Sent".. We are summoned and sent to performing
good works,
witnessing,
and doing God's will.
THE SAME SEPARATION -
"Separated unto the Gospel of God."
The Gospel is "good news". We are
separated by God to living and sharing
God's good news.
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:1-6
GOD AT WORK!
As the Book of Romans
opens we find God at work in the world.
A FAITHFUL PATTERN or
A PATTERN OF
FAITHFULNESS - Vs. 1
God was faithful to call
Paul, a former enemy of Christ, into the Gospel ministry. 1
Timothy 1:11-17
He was called to be a
servant.
He was called to be an
Apostle.
He was separated to the
Gospel of Christ.
A FULFILLED PROMISE or
A PROMISE FULFILLED -
Vss. 2-4
Jesus was promised by
the prophets - Vs. 2 (Micah 5:2, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah
53).
Jesus was of the Seed of
David - Vs. 3 (Matthew 1:1-17, Luke
Jesus was declared to be
the Son of God through the Resurrection from the Dead - Vs. 4
A FORCEFUL PRESENTATION
or
A PRESENTATION THAT'S
FORCEFUL - Vss. 5-6
Paul and others received
"grace" and apostleship so that they could forcefully proclaim the
Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ among all nations.
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:1-7
GREETINGS FROM PAUL
THE MAN - Vss. 1-2
1. "Servant of
Jesus Christ"
2. "Called to be an
apostle"
3. "Separated unto
the gospel of God"
HIS MASTER - Vss. 3-4
HIS MINISTRY - Vs. 5
HIS MESSAGE - Vss. 6-7
1. Grace
2. Peace
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:1-7
COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL
INTRODUCTION - Vs. 1 - Paul as a servant of the Lord
Jesus Christ was called to be an apostle whose life was separated to the
communication of the Gospel of God.
THE PROMISE OF THE GOSPEL - Vs. 2
Old Testament prophets had promised the Gospel. One notable promise of the coming Gospel is
Isaiah 53.
THE PERSON OF THE GOSPEL - Vs. 3
The Gospel is centered in the Lord Jesus Christ, who
came to earth. John 1:1-5, 14
THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL - Vs. 4
The power of the Gospel is centered in the
resurrection of Christ from the dead.
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL - Vss. 5-6
The Apostles received grace and apostleship so people
from all nations would be saved.
THE PEOPLE OF THE GOSPEL - Vs. 7
The people of the Gospel are those called as saints,
those who have trusted Christ as Savior.
They are those who receive grace and peace.
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:7-12
PASTOR PAUL
A PASTOR'S PROCLAMATION
- Vs. 7
As a pastor, Paul wanted
the Romans to have Grace and Peace
A PASTOR'S PRAYERS -
Vss. 8-10
As he prayed he was
thankful for those he prayed for. Vs. 8
Paul always prayed for his
congregations and those congregations that he was
yet to meet. Vs. 9
As he prayed he also
prayed for opportunities to minister. Vs.10
A PASTOR'S PURPOSE -
Vss. 11-12
He wanted to help them
spiritually. Vs. 11
He wanted to be blessed
by their fellowship. Paul was able to be blessed by
them to whom he ministered. Vs. 12
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:13-17
MISSIONARY!
Romans #3
PAUL'S PLAN - To Bear
Fruit - Vs. 13
PAUL'S POSITION - Debtor
- Vs. 14
PAUL'S PREPARATION -
Ready! - Vs. 15
PAUL'S POWER - The
Gospel - Vs. 16
PAUL'S PROMISE -
"The Just Shall Live By Faith" - Vs. 17
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:13-17
MINDSET FOR MISSIONS
If we as a church are
going to be the best possible help to our missionaries, and if we are going to
reach our own community for Christ, we need a mindset for missions. We need to have the right Biblical
perspective for reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am not saying that anyone of us will be a
full time missionary, although that is possible. I am saying that if we have a missions mindset we will be more effective in our service
for Christ and our missionaries.
In Romans 1:13-17, I
believe that the Apostle Paul reveals to us his own personal mindset for
missions. Paul, a missionary himself, shows what it is like to have a heart for
missions.
In looking at this
passage I found five questions that we can ask that will help us determine if
we too have a mindset for missions.
WHAT IS MY DESIRE? - Vs.
13
Have you noticed that we
don't always get what we want? Even when
what we want is good, God doesn't always give it to us, or he makes us wait
until His timing is perfect.
Paul wanted to go to
Paul was hindered from
going to Rome, but that did not stop him from serving God as a missionary where
he was. And that did not stop Paul's desire to bear fruit in
We might want to go on a
short-term missions trip.
We might want to share
Christ with a specific person or a specific people group. And God may seem to
say, "no".
However, the most
important thing is to serve Christ and share Christ with others right where we
live.
Paul not only wanted to
bear fruit in Rome, but wherever he was.
Wherever Paul went he
tried to communicate the Gospel of Christ to Jew and Gentile alike. He desired to see people saved.
My friend, you and I
will not be fruitful in the area of witnessing for Christ unless we want to be.
I believe that every
Christian is called to be a missionary.
Some are called to be missionaries on foreign soil or another part of
their country. Others, like us, are
called to be missionaries right where they are. Consider the pattern that Jesus gave for
missions.
Acts 1:8
Many of us need to stay
in
·
You will not be a good ambassador
for Jesus Christ unless you have a desire for people to be saved.
·
You will not be a good
ambassador for Jesus Christ unless you desire to be used of God in bringing
people to Christ.
Why should you have a
desire to be fruitful in witnessing for Christ? John 3:17-18
So, what is your desire?
Is it to be usable as a
missionary for Christ right where you are?
If it isn't your desire,
why isn't it?
DO I SEE MYSELF AS A
DEBTOR? - Vs. 14
A debtor is someone who
has an obligation. He owes someone something.
Paul considered himself
a debtor. He had an obligation to
non-Jews.
There was good reason
for Paul to feel this way. Before Paul
was saved, he was antagonistic to the Gospel. When God saved Paul, he saved him
so that he would be a missionary to the Gentile. This is what Jesus told Paul when he appeared
to him on the Road to
And Paul, never got over
the fact that Jesus saved him and gave him a ministry.
1 Timothy 1:12-13
So we understand why
Paul felt indebted to do missionary work.
But, why should we feel
indebted?
If you are a Christian,
God has saved you from an eternity in hell. Out of appreciation, you should
love Christ, and want others to know Him personally. Christ loved you enough to save you. You should
love Him enough to tell others what He has done for you.
If you are a Christian,
you know something that other people don't know. It is your obligation to tell them what you
know. Psalm 107:2
We know that a person
without Christ is in trouble.
Because of what we know,
we are obligated to share that information with others.
1 Peter 3:15
My friend, do you feel
any obligation, any debt because of what Christ has done for you and because of
what you know that can help others?
AM I DEDICATED? - Vss.
15-16a
There a lot of dedicated
people around here.
·
There are people
dedicated to hunting.
·
There are people
dedicated to yard sales.
·
There are people
dedicated to eating.
·
There are people
dedicated to learning.
·
There are people
dedicated to taking care of their children.
·
There are people
dedicated to the internet.
·
There are people
dedicated to their husbands and wives.
·
There are people
dedicated to their friends.
Usually, a dedicated
person:
·
Likes what he or she is
dedicated to
·
Believes in what he or she
is dedicated to
·
Persists at doing what
he or she is dedicated to
·
Spends time doing what
he or she is dedicated to
·
Talks about what he or
she is dedicated to
Paul was dedicated to
sharing Christ with others.
It showed in two ways.
First of all, Paul was
eager to share.
That word
"ready" in verse 15 means "eager".
Paul was eager to share
what had made him free.
He wanted people to know
about Christ, and because he was eager to share, he did it often.
Because Paul was eager to
share Christ, he was dedicated, as the following verses show.
Acts 20:16-21
Paul was not only
dedicated because he was eager, but because he was not ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ.
If you are truly
dedicated to Christ, you will not be ashamed of his Gospel.
Many times we fail to
communicate the Gospel to our own family members, because we don't want them to
get angry with us.
Many times we fail to
communicate the Gospel to our friends because we don't want to lose their
friendship.
Many times we fail to
communicate the Gospel of Christ because we do not want to open ourselves up to
ridicule.
What do you do when
Christ is ridiculed in your presence?
What do you do when God
gives you the opportunity to speak in his behalf?
Are you dedicated enough
to be eager to share?
Are you dedicated enough
to not be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ?
WHAT IS MY DYNAMIC? -
Vs. 16b
In other words, what is
the source of my power? On what am I
relying for strength as I share the Gospel?
The Gospel of Christ is
the power of God.
When you share the
Gospel of Christ, you can expect God to work in his power.
That doesn't mean that
everyone who hears the Gospel will be saved.
But it does mean that when you present the Gospel some will be saved. 1
Corinthians 2:1-5
My friend, when we share
the Gospel of Christ, we have the power of God working on our side? Are you using it as your dynamic?
ON WHOM DO I DEPEND? -
Vs. 17
Only righteous people go
to Heaven.
There's only one
problem. Nobody's righteous. Romans
The key word is
"faith" in verse 17.
Jesus was righteous.
Jesus did no sin.
Jesus died in your place
on the cross of
The gospel is summed up
in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4.
To believe the Gospel to
depend on the fact that a righteous God died in your place. And because God the Son died in your place, God the Father, will make declare you righteous when you place your
faith in Christ.
Romans 5:1, Romans
Are you depending on
Christ for your salvation?
And Christian are you depending on Christ for daily strength?
You must continue to
live by faith after being saved!
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:14-17
RESOLVED
The Apostle Paul was
resolved to win souls to Christ. We
should have the same attitude he had when he said:
I AM DEBTOR Vs. 14
I AM READY Vs. 15
I AM NOT ASHAMED Vss.
16-17
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:14-17
PREPARED TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL
PAUL SAW HIS OBLIGATION - "I am
debtor." Vs. 14
PAUL SOUGHT AN
PAUL SHARED HIS OPENNESS - "I am not
ashamed." Vss. 16-17
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:18-32
THE HEATHEN ARE LOST!
In my last church I often talked with an old priest.
He often brought up the fact that he couldn't see that God would ever punish
those who had not heard the Gospel.
Romans 1:18-32 is very clear that the answer to the age-old question,
"Are the heathen lost?" is "YES!"
GOD'S REVELATION Vss. 18-20
God has revealed himself to man.
MAN'S REJECTION Vss. 21-23
GOD'S RELEASE Vss. 24-25
MAN'S RUIN - Vss. 26-32
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:18-32
OUR SIN-SICK WORLD
GOD'S WRATH - Vs. 18
GOD'S WISDOM - Vss.
19-20
God, in His wisdom, has
revealed himself to man.
GOD'S WOE - Vss. 21-23
Man, in his stupidity,
has rebelled against God, thus causing Him woe
GOD'S WORK - Vss. 24-32
- HE GAVE THEM UP!
God gave them up to
uncleanness - Vss. 24-25
God gave them up to vile
affections - Vss. 26-27
God game them up to a
reprobate mind - Vss. 28-32
***************************************************************************
Romans 1:24-32
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY
HOME
There's an old hymn that
goes,
" This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through;
My treasures are laid up
somewhere beyond the blue;
The angels beckon me
from heaven's open door,
And I can't feel at home
in this world anymore."
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY
HOME!
Abraham the father of
faith and of the Jewish nation felt that this old world was not his final goal.
Hebrews
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY
HOME
Hebrews
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY
HOME
Phil
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY
HOME
Read Revelation 21:1-5
Read Revelation 21:22-27
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY
HOME!
And this world is not
your home either, if you have placed your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as
Savior. John 3:36
Are you a citizen of
Heaven?
If you are you can say,
"This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through!"
Peter calls those of us
who are citizens of heaven "strangers and pilgrims". This world is
not our permanent home!
Christian it is of
extreme importance that you understand something. This world, as it is today, is not where your
affections and interests are to lie. You have something better.
Today we look at the
nature of this old world and exactly what it is like because of its rebellion
against God. You and I should look at
this passage of Scripture describing this world and say, THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME!
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME:
WHERE SENSUALITY IS PERSISTENT - Vss. 24-25
God has responded to
man's rebellion by giving them "up" or "over" to their own
wickedness!
Vs. 24 - Mankind
rebelled against God, and God permitted them to go! They were given over to uncleanness or impurity
because of their own lust!
While the word lust can
refer to any natural desire, it was most often used to refer to that which was
carnal, fleshly, and sinful.
It is from within that
man's sensual, sinful activity come. Matthew 15:19
Notice that men end up
dishonoring their own bodies between themselves. Many of man's sins are of a sensual
nature. God honored man by giving him
the beauty of sex in marriage. Genesis 2:22-24
Man has taken the beauty
of sex in marriage and replaced it with sensual lusts, going beyond what is
normal and beautiful.
Hebrews 13:4 -
"Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed
undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."
Sex within marriage is a
beautiful thing.
But sensuality is all
around us, outside of the marriage bonds.
How many people do you
know who are living together instead of being married?
How many people do you
know who have committed adultery?
How many Television
shows have you seen that treat sex outside of marriage as permissible and
sometimes even funny?
How many products have
you seen advertised by scantily clad women and men who are "hunks"?
How many times a day are
you bombarded with the thought that if it feels good to you, it's all right?
Vs. 25 tells us why this
all happens. People have exchanged the truth about God into a lie! People
worship the creature instead of the creator! The creature wants to be like God
or even superior to God. That was Satan's
desire when he rebelled against God.
That was Eve's desire when she took the forbidden fruit.
Man is involved in
sensuality because he wants to worship himself!
He wants to make himself
feel good!
He wants himself to be
comfortable!
He wants himself to be
gratified!
And think of this, when
we make our plans and ourselves more important than God and His plans, we are
worshiping ourselves!
Even those of us who are
Christians need to watch out for that!
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY
HOME: WHERE SEX IS PERVERTED - Vss. 26-27
God has allowed mankind
to go another step "down".
Sensuality and all sorts
of sin involving sex and the worship of the creature are bad enough.
But mankind has gone a
step further into the world of perversion.
Women and men both have
gotten involved in homosexuality.
Homosexuals are trying
to tell us that their alternate lifestyle is "normal", and that there
should be "same-sex" marriages.
And anyone who resists
allowing homosexuals to be treated as normal is branded as a bigot.
My friends, it is God who
says right here that homosexuality is not normal.
My friends, it is God
who says that homosexuality is sin!
My friends, it is God
who says that homosexuality is perverted!
My friends, it is God
who says that He has judged man because of homosexuality at the end of Vs. 27.
We are to love those who
are outside of Christ and treat them respectably, but we can not approve of the
sin of homosexuality any more than we can approve of lying, cheating, stealing,
ungodly anger, gossip or murder.
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY
HOME: WHERE SIN IS PREVALENT - Vss. 28-32
Here is a long list that
shows just how prevalent sin is. I quickly explained what each word meant when
I preached this sermon.
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME, I'M JUST A PASSING THROUGH! I'm looking for a city whose
builder and maker is God! This life is temporary! And I'm glad. I'm glad!
But wait a minute, if
the world is this wicked, and it is, what should our response be to it as those
who are leaving this world for a better world?
1 Peter
For example we are not
to be envious like the world.
We are not to be immoral
or sensual like the world.
We are not to break our
promises, like the world.
We are not to disobey
our parents, like the world.
We are not to be greedy
like the world.
We are not to be
malicious like the world.
1 John
We remain attached to
this old world, and then wonder why we make no progress in the Christian
life. If we love this world, we are not
acting like citizens of the next world.
In closing, let me ask
you this question, "What are you holding on to that belongs to this
world?"
Is it jealousy, pride,
immorality, gossip, maliciousness, anger?
Whatever it is, leave at
the foot of cross.
Give it to Jesus and
move on in Godliness.
If you are a citizen of Heaven,
act like one!
If you are not a citizen
of Heaven, become one!
RETURN
TO ROMANS – GALATIANS INDEX