January 14, 2024 - Sunday AM Bible Class
This quarter Hiram leads a class reviewing the book of Romans.
Romans:
The Gospel of Grace for the People of God
Questions for Reflection
- Summarize Romans
- Why do we need to study Romans?
- How are we saved today?
- What is the Christian’s relationship to the Old Testament?
- What is your primary motivation for obeying Jesus Christ?
- What, in your opinion, is the most difficult section(s) in Romans?
Helpful tools for tackling Romans
- Read paragraphs and chapters and not just verses
- The Old Testament
- It was written for us
- Context, context, context
Background Information
- Who wrote Romans? Paul (1:1)
- When was Romans written? Winter AD 56-57 (Acts 20:3-4)
- Who were the recipients? Saints in Rome (1:7)
- Why? (Rom. 1:14-16, 15:24-26)
Major Themes in Romans
- The gospel (1:1, 1:9., 1:16, 2:16, 10:16, 11:28, 15:16, 15:19, 16:25)
- The obedience of the faith of the nations (1:5, 16:26)
- Justification by faith (1:17)
- The righteousness of God (1:17, 3:5, 3:21, 3:22, 3:25, 3:26, 10:3)
- Equality between Jews & Gentiles (2:29)
- Saved by grace and not by law (3:28, 6:14)
The Prologue (Romans 1:1-17)
- Paul introduces himself (1:1)
- The gospel is from God (1:2)
- Jesus is the promised Messiah from David’s lineage (1:3-4)
- Paul received apostleship from Jesus for the nations (1:5)
- Paul’s apostolic jurisdiction reached Rome (1:6)
- God’s view of His People (1:7)
- Paul’s prayer for the Romans (1:8-13)
Duration 46:09