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ROMANS CHAPTER ONE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I) INTRODUCTION
A) [Ro 1:1]:
1) PAUL IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS A SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST, CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE SET APART FOR THE GOSPEL OF GOD
B) [Ro 1:1-2]:
1) HOLY SCRIPTURES HERE REFERS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT WHICH PROMISES THE GOSPEL OF GOD TO BE FULFILLED
III) [Ro 1:1-4]:
IV) [Ro 1:5]:
V) [Ro 1:5-7]:
VI) [Ro 1:8-15]:
VII) [Ro 1:16]:
A) "FOR" POINTS ABOUT THE GOSPEL ABOUT WHICH PAUL IS NOT ASHAMED
B) THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION = THE POWER UNTO SALVATION RESIDES IN WHAT GOD HAD DONE THROUGH HIS SON IN HISTORY AT CALVARY
1) [Compare 1 Jn 2:2]:
2) [Isa 53:4-6]:
3) [Compare 1 Jn 5:9-13]:
C) SO ONE BENEFITS FROM THE SAVING POWER OF GOD BY SIMPLY BELIEVING IN THE GOSPEL
D) TO THE JEW FIRST AND THEN THE GENTILE WAS THE OFFER OF THE GOSPEL MADE
A) FOR GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS IS REVEALED IN THE GOSPEL WHEN ONE BELIEVES IN IT
B) INHERENT IN BELIEVING THE GOSPEL IS THE GIFT OF GOD'S ABSOLUTE RIGHTEOUSNESS
1) [Compare Phil 3:8-9]:
2) [2 Cor 5:21]:
C) GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS IS OUT OF FAITH UNTO FAITH
D) THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH
1) [Compare Gen 15:5-6]:
2) [Ro 3:21-24]:
IX) ALL MANKIND IS UNRIGHTEOUS AND UNDER GOD'S WRATH
A) [Ro 1:17-18]:
1) THE WRATH OF GOD IS BEING REVEALED AGAINST ALL MEN WHO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH OF GOD
B) [Ro 17-20]:
1) MEN WHO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH HAVE NO EXCUSE SINCE WHAT MAY BE KNOWN ABOUT GOD IS PLAIN TO THEM
2) GOD'S ETERNAL POWER AND DIVINE NATURE ARE CLEARLY SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD THROUGH HIS CREATION SO MEN ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE
a) [Compare Ps 19:1-6]:
C) [Ro 1:21]:
1) MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD BY GOD HIMSELF
a) [Compare Ro 1:19-20]:
2) MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD BUT MAN NEITHER GLORIFIES GOD NOR GIVES THANKS TO HIM - MAN'S THINKING THUS HAS BECOME FUTILE AND HIS HEART HAS BECOME DARKENED
a) [Compare Jn 1:19-20]:
b) [Compare Eph 4:17-19]:
D) [Ro 1:22-23]:
1) MAN CLAIMS TO BE WISE, YET BECOMES A FOOL AS HE EXCHANGES THE GLORY OF GOD FOR THE WORSHIP OF IDOLS
a) [Compare Isa 44:9-20]:
E) [Ro 1:24-25]:
1) GOD GAVE UNRIGHTEOUS MEN OVER TO SEXUAL IMPURITY FOR THEY EXCHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD FOR A LIE AND WORSHIPPED THE CREATED RATHER THAN THE CREATOR