ROUANS Introduction

Paul had long wished to visit Rome, to ^preach the gospel in this cenlsr_oiP.ear±h ly power, to use it as.a "base..for his op-erations in the regions of the far West. 15: 2k (Spain) "/U'^'-8'1

Had not been able to do so, so during 3 %g^_ stay in Corinth when he was gathering offering for Judea, he found that Phoebe, a member of church at nearby Cenchrea, was about to depart for Rome, he wrote this •qpistle Ä sent it by her. Written in AD 58. It has been called the most profound work in existence. C^ÙAAÀOZ^ Origin of church - unknown. P- <Iä&»IJ Roman church claims Peter established it. Ed proof that Peter ever there, not_likely Paul would have written, given salutations etc. without including Peter if he had been there.

Pilgrims from Pentecost, or those scattere by persecution following death of Stephen, •or christians travelling to Rome for busi-ness may have founded the church. Filled with many such members, as we see_ in last chapter of salutations.

By now it was strong, had worldwide^ fame. Contained many Jgwja, but mostly Gentile. Written in Greek, altho to Roman church. Greek was language of educated then, and

•» was more_Xikely to be unilërstapd. by all peoples, in other churches, than ItgttKH. Latin.

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V 1- Paul,. Roman name. Saul-Eebrew name. Servant-bound, tied, or fettered. Sought no higher office. Apostle- One sent forth with orders. (^

Qualifications: Î7) Must have seen the Lord after his resurrection. f£L) Must have been called A chosen to that work by__CJuciai himself. Ä

r^lQ Must have been inspired to qualify tíiem for their work. Secured against mtsr take by guidance of Holy Spirit "Bring things to their remembgance, guide to all truth, show them things to come" i*"''*' ;ci— H. Have power of miracles. 5. Mission aa± was universal, not confined to*any particular church. Settled dontrov-ersias. exercised discipline. ICor. 5:3-6 These qualifications left them without predecessors br successors. Called by_Christ-Separated, entirely devoted to work of

gospel. V 2- origin of gospel- its antiquity-promised all thro Old Test ament, not just by word of mouth. 0^t_ o.g> ;2.*>,2.%t& ^

3-' Its subject matter-Christ. 7 What was Christas, two-fold nature, & how

revealed here? Human-seed of David. Mary_&_Jo_seph both-" of house ofJDayid. Divine nature.- declared with power, his

resurrection, (sign of Jonah, the sign of all «iigns to which Christ painted when Jews asked for a s ign)^ ii: Af,3o

Even the faith of the aposltes themselves rested on the resurrection.

V 5- Reed, grace and aposl ieship- Counts -> i t favor to be apost le , even tho they were • made a spectacle to the world, led l ives

of t o i l , trouble & danger, were k i l l ed a l l ^ the day long. We ..should count i t great favor to be allowed to work for God, tho dangers & difficuTfies be encountered.

- . • Purpose for Paul ' s separation to gospel-jo bring people to "obedience of f a i t h" . Chr is t ian i ty i s an obedience. To obey the f a i t h i s to yield to i t s demands, commands

-Among a l l nat ions- contrast with other apos i les .

To a l l in Rome- Romans,, Jews, Greeks. High, low, ¡bond, free, : learned, ignorant Called to be sa in t s - set apart to service of God.

V8- Eow does Paul manifest his i n t e re s t .in the Christians at Bornent 3-^^^^ 1. -By.gratitude tp God for fa i thfu lness . <P1fThan^my God^thToügfcuJesus Chris t" .

Christ is mediator, praye.r.s & thanks offered thro him, ''fini 3:17, Eph. 5:20

John lU:13,lU; John 15:16, 15:23. _ Thankful that the i r faith.was spoken of through whole world. Why mention i t ? To jBncourage them to l ive up to the i r reput-ation^. ¿ g+ #$. Claudias has. banished a l l Jews from.. Rome, the Jewish Christ ians had scat tered, &

Ä,had now returned to Rome, leaving good reputation wherever they'd gpfâfY*tCri'r\>t,•_-?.,

Vi. 2È Manifests interest by prayers for them. Prominent position occupied by church & its opportunities to spread gasjaai influ-

enea for good..or evil, made them worthy objects of his prayers. Shows what weight Paul attached to prayers. One of the greatest kindnesses we can do for our friends, and sometimes the 0ÏÏL|̂ ' one, is to pray for them.

Shows Paul's constancy in prayer-unceasing He followed the admonitions he gave to .others. ( d+_4Ás ^¡(7 -

. *-\ V \o • #34 Showed interest by great desire to visit them. Wanted to visit them by any means. ^ How accomplished? /* "¿*Jc - ^¿^¿,2.7, ¿8 Could not be called "prosperous" journey from human standpoint.

? V 11-* Longed to see them to impart spirit-

|. ual gift. ^^^uu^'^*j^^üTtW^t^ Object of spiritual gifts, to establish more firmly, more deeply rooted. «

1 V 12- They would be confort to PauT, he ecknowledgeigooà among them. Tho inspired he needed encouragemnts of others. "<~"

V 13- Would come to Rome tó have fruit in that place also, fiaraly likely any apostle had been to: Rome. Desired to give them—, benefit of highest spiritual gifts.

V lk- God had redeemed Paul- he was under obligation to proclaim it. Had been en-ttnasted with great, talents, & he must <*• use them for Master's service. V.re must remember when we covet great things that the more we receive, the more in debt we are to God, to u_sa what we have for His

^ glory. We are only stewards of Lord' s

goods. 1 Cor. 9:16,17 )~4 tr iC ür^íñl-^C^Í -&r%¿-iO«JJeMLJiAe.4J < v A-» GofcpeinSrought disgrace, persecu-tion, suffering to Paul, but not ashamec of i t . £

i ashamedjr

& might be tempted to be ashamed bee. subject of i t hanged on t ree , doctrine plain, not scholarly, professors of i t mean & despised, spoken against . He was deprived of place among honored

of that day by his adherence to t ru th , but hisjmgiex has l ived tfaiio1 19 centuries as no other jnan1s.

^Should teach a l l that fai thfulness & suffering for r ight i s only way to las t ing honor and renown on earth & e ternal glory in heaven.

Power of God- Thro provisions of gospel reaches hear t , turns man from sin, forgive washes away sins, brings him into Chris t , transforms him into being f i t to l ive with him forever.

To those that bel ieve- Medicine w i l l not .cure if pat ient wi l l not take i t . Àïsbelief wi l l condemn. (]fe_t_bellef_onl^ but .obedience of f a i t h . OLstj-H :» - ———

V 17- Revealed rightousness of God, to ^ l i s t i n g u i s h i t from righteousness of law.

This plan is by fa i th , & benefi ts extended

to a l l that have f a i th . -y^^i^J^^^j^^-Righteous l ive by fa i th put into pract ice

Faith apart from works is barren. Jas 2:20

V 1 8 - Wrath of God r evea l ed - Whoever v i o \ l a t e s law of na ture exper/ence wrath of God connected wi th such v i o l a t i o n . V i o l a t i o n of moral & div ine laws ca r ry

Ungodl iness -s in a g a í n s t God himself Unr igh teousness - s in aga in s t God's l aws .

Speaking 0 f Gen t i l e s here / fend " t r u t h " „ was not O.T. but t r u t h s handed down from p a t r i a r c h a l d a y s T ^ ? , , / <? - V / ï ~ Vrq-JueiùZL.a' Vic>7nc *^'clí¿¿ ?

V 2 1 - "Knowing God?- God once revea led himself to a l l a l i k e - to Ad am, throu , * a n g e l s , i n sp i r ed men. Some had. i t in r e v e l a t i o n , some in tradJ.tion.'w°6nly_.. knowledge world had of God. u n t i l godpel .

{ ö l o r i f y as God.Regard wi th reverence , ' w o r s h i p as maker of un ive r se . Not w i l l i n g

t o do t h i s , which r e s t r a i n s men from s i n , they were given over to va in & wicked d e s i r e S i ^ x J ^ i ^ Ä t ^ - ^ V t * i^i^^U^txC fr+*fi •&-#-> 22- P ro fe s s ing themselves to be w i s e . Thought they could l i v e without God. BECAME POOLS- &í%tUt¿ yt^¿^ " ^ 23- S t a r t e d out worshiping Goa th ro ¿fcti^, t hese images, th ink ing the image w o u l d ^ * ' he lp mind. Soon came to view i t a s God. ' God does not need man to invent a i d s he has not orda ined . '«¿> (fu¡-iUii, -Jtn^a¿_^ ^ 2U- Worship if i do l s l eads t o unclean & v i l e p r a c t i c e s . God did~not cause impuri ty , but he aband-oned them to t b e i r l u s t s . Without God, ~ f-they had nothing to con t ro l t h e i r f l e s h l y l u s t s « ^ -25-^ Lie^ deceptive reasonings of own hearts. Sdt^<<^.<L*-rn_~Zcr,u<i_.- **Le&*^,JJJ%---

\ 26- Shows need of heataan world for gqs-pe 1. ¿&^¿*A*-4^/ God gave them up bee. they loved the lie rather than truth, and worshiped idol rather than creator.

Sins mentioned most degrading that can be ^charged to man. fjm * » ^ r ^ ^ t S l ^ n h /

Perversion of women, form not known̂ i-i5 • j5 Moses gave law aga:nstt such in Lev., 18: ¡t-22, 23. y^yyt^je^u^jÙ^.i ~^-^^^^kZ^L 27- Lusts of men- examples of Sodom. gT^E/

o Men «ho thus sinned rec' d recompense of 1 error due them. Such depravity is worse than than of brute Men are created with faculties which if rightly used will raise them far above brutes; if perverted will drag them down as far below the brute as the right use would raise them up.above. These were particularly used in worship of Venus. These vices still so prevalent among heathen that modern missionaries have been accused of forging these descrip-tions, they cannot believe such an accur-ate description could have been written of them so long ago. fjXúJ-¿«#«^W^J

28- Refused to have God in their knowledge bee. he condemns their course. '&A**a^v*ß~, fo J-U¡^O<-í^U— ^yru^jL^ (t^t/exctet', <^^teU^e^f(y)

•«Reprobate mind- lost to virtue, wholly given up to sin, lost to all sense of duty.

55ÍlM|° 3s n e s s~ iniquity in general. :ïc^ânéss- produces injury to others. Covetousness- unlawful desire , or undue

desire to own, esp. another's, maliciousness- hatred which takes pleasure in doing injury to others.

_Envy- Selfish ill will toward another bee. of has endowments, possesssions, success grudging of another's enjoyments. Enjoys misery in others.

_ murder-Strif*- Angry contention,conflict, dispo-

sition to be quarrelsome, not for truth but for its own sake.

—deceit- attempt to decive or lead into error, anything which causes one

to believe th-t which is false, malignity- state of mind which causes its

possessor to put worst, construction on every action.e«kz-¿í~t̂ ;,E¿¿ ¿i^M,

whisperers- slyly blacken name of another, or cause suspicion to be raised,

backbiters- speak Jll behind oick of person hateful to God.-polluted with sin. insolent- offensive, disrespectful, do

what they like regardless of rights, m

feelings, property of others.&<*dtJbJ¿j haughty-proud, conceited about own beautyT

wealth, accomplishments. Look with* contempt on others. —-

boastful-Ready to proclaim own merits inventors of evil things.- Thinking up

new ways of gratification of lusts disobedient to parents- Held in great dis-repute by God, compared to these awful '

sins. ""/JLjUt "~~""" without understanding- No perception of

spiritual or m*oral values covenant breakers- violate ligations J

impo s e&_by—cont xBçt s.

without natural affection- parents for children, husband for families,-wives,...

Ä etc. Not only refers to lack of feeling in familyHrTirijie, but to those who flocked to circus to see flights of

^ gladiators, applauding the shedding o: human blood, gloating over agonies of dying

unmerciful- no mercy to poor, infirm, helpless, or to enemy even.

This picture is man without God and his word. As man wandered from God, he degenerated

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