UnAshamed
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When you can clearly see your path prior to salvation and then afterwards, Your passion for God's Calling on your life takes precedence.
When you can clearly see your path prior to salvation and then afterwards, Your passion for God's Calling on your life takes precedence.
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name, among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;
To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you. For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established—that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
1. Paul discovered three essential characteristics that IDENTIFIED him with Christ.
1. Paul discovered three essential characteristics that IDENTIFIED him with Christ.
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
A. He was a Bondservant.
A. He was a Bondservant.
B. He was an Apostle.
B. He was an Apostle.
C. He was Set Apart.
C. He was Set Apart.
BOND SERVANT
Doulos (bond-servant) carries the basic idea of subservience and has a wide range of connotations. It was sometimes used of a person who voluntarily served others, but most commonly it referred to those who were in unwilling and permanent bondage, from which often there was no release but death.[1]
That practice reflects the essence of Paul’s use of the term doulos in . The apostle had given himself wholeheartedly in love to the divine Master who saved him from sin and death.[2]
APOSTLE
Paul next establishes the authority of his ministry, based on his being called as an apostle. Perhaps a better rendering would be “a called apostle,” which more clearly points up the fact that his position as an apostle was not of his own doing. He did not volunteer for that office, nor was he elected by fellow believers. He was divinely called by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
While Paul, then called Saul, was still blinded from his miraculous encounter with Jesus on the Damascus Road, the Lord said to Ananias about Paul: “He is a chosen instrument[3]
Apostle translates apostolos, which has the basic meaning of a person who is sent. It referred to someone who was officially commissioned to a position or task, such as an envoy or ambassador. Cargo ships were sometimes called apostolic, because they were dispatched with a specific shipment for a specific destination[4]
SET APART
Although Paul himself had once been the most ardent of the self-appointed Pharisees, he was now set apart divinely, not humanly. God revealed to him that he had been set apart by God’s grace even from his mother’s womb (). When he and Barnabas were set apart and commissioned for missionary work by the church in Antioch, it was on the direct instruction of the Holy Spirit ().[5]
[1] John F. MacArthur Jr., Romans, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991).
[2] John F. MacArthur Jr., Romans, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991).
[3] John F. MacArthur Jr., Romans, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991).
[4] John F. MacArthur Jr., Romans, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991).
[5] John F. MacArthur Jr., Romans, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991).
2. Paul’s Life was NOTHING unless He shared the Gospel with EVERYONE.
2. Paul’s Life was NOTHING unless He shared the Gospel with EVERYONE.
Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,
3. Paul’s Life Goal was to make sure ALL knew Jesus.
3. Paul’s Life Goal was to make sure ALL knew Jesus.
To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, making request if, by some means, now at last I may find a way in the will of God to come to you. For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established—that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
Romans
4. Paul was UNASHAMED to share His story.
4. Paul was UNASHAMED to share His story.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
5. Paul knew the GOSPEL was powerful.
5. Paul knew the GOSPEL was powerful.
The term euangelion (gospel) is used some sixty times in this epistle.[1]
One cannot help wondering why God would condescend to bring good news to a world that rejects and scorns Him. No one deserves to hear it, much less to be saved by it.[2]
[1] John F. MacArthur Jr., Romans, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991).
[2] John F. MacArthur Jr., Romans, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991).
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
6. Paul knew SALVATION was by Faith through Faith.
6. Paul knew SALVATION was by Faith through Faith.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”