Romans 1:2-4
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1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Prayer
Prayer
S.T.A.R.T.
Solemnly praise and recognize the greatness of our God and Savior connected to the Biblical text being preached
Lord there is none beside you and we are honored to gather today to glory in your greatness. We praise you for this gospel, your gospel that was wrought through and by you alone. Todays word contains your deep theological truths, please feed us by them.
Touch upon the subject of corporate sin and confess any shortcomings the body has committed related to the Biblical text to be preached
Jesus we understand that it is our sin that separates us from fellowship with you and therefore we confess our sin and guilt before you and we humbly come to seek your forgiveness and the power for repentance and salvation that only you can give.
Ask God to help the body/local church to hear and apply the truths of the Biblical text to be preached
We ask now that you might personalize Paul's proclamation of the prophesied promise of power and grant it dominion in our lives.
Review and remind the audience of the key related passages to the Biblical text being preached
This section of your holy scriptures is so rich and deep therefore we need your Holy Spirit of Power to grant us understanding as we open to .
Transition to the opening of the sermon and the Biblical text to be preached
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Intro
Intro
Parents favorite answer is “because I said so”
Jesus loves me this I know for… The Bible Tells Me So
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1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Set apart for the gospel of God”
2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
The apostles did not invent it
This is the Gospel which belongs to God
- John Stott
The Message of Romans 1. The Origin of the Gospel Is God
What we have to share with others is neither a miscellany of human speculations, nor one more religion to add to the rest, nor really a religion at all. It is rather the gospel of God, God’s own good news for a lost world.
S.T.A.R.T.
Which brings me to my / Paul’s first point.
Solemnly praise and recognize the greatness of our God and Savior connected to the Biblical text being preached
2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
Touch upon the subject of corporate sin and confess any shortcomings the body has committed related to the Biblical text to be preached
Ask God to help the body/local church to hear and apply the truths of the Biblical text to be preached
He Promised
Review and remind the audience of the key related passages to the Biblical text being preached
God / not Paul
19 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
promises of man [vs] promises of God
omnipotence of God
Beforehand
Transition to the opening of the sermon and the Biblical text to be preached
not a mistake
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
1 Pet 1
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Epistle to the Romans A. Salutation, 1:1–7
Notice that the prophets are called his prophets. Paul is not speaking of men of vision in general, men who by their innate abilities could discern the signs of the times. He is speaking of men who belong to God, the vehicles of his message. When a promise is given through (not “by”) such men, then clearly it is the promise of God.
Through His Prophets
written by men
directed by God
through
His prophets
31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Jesus
39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
His apostles
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
In the Holy Scriptures
only here!
Holy Bible
meaning of holy?
you are holding God’s Word!!!
God’s promise in writing…!
31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’ ”
This NT is a continuation and fulfillment of the OT
Paul - anticipates his sections on Law Fulfillment
3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Concerning His Son
God’s gospel = about Jesus = His Son
- Calvin
This is a remarkable passage, by which we are taught that the whole gospel is included in Christ, so that if any removes one step from Christ, he withdraws himself from the gospel.
if we change Jesus we destroy the gospel…!
Humanity
Deity
Descendant of David
promised & prophesied in the OT
5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
23 And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken.
Eze 34.23-24
fulfilled in the NT
42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
flesh
sinfulness = sarx
messiah had to be of this line
messiah had to be of this flesh
5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
The Message of Romans 3. The Substance of the Gospel Is Jesus Christ
It seems then that the two expressions ‘according to the flesh’ and ‘according to the Spirit’ refer not to the two natures of Jesus Christ (human and divine), but to the two stages of his ministry, pre-resurrection and post-resurrection, the first frail and the second powerful through the outpoured Spirit.
messiah had to be of this line
messiah had to be of this flesh
4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
Rom
Declared? = appointed? - come back to this…
Son of God
Power
Spirit of Holiness = Holy Spirit
Resurrection
dead - firstfruits
Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans Exegesis and Exposition
The idea here, then, is not that Jesus was “declared” or “shown to be” at the resurrection what he was all along, namely, the eternal Son of God. Rather, the point is that Jesus was “appointed” to be God’s Son in power at the resurrection of the dead. He was exalted to a level of power and authority that he did not have previously.
The Message of Romans 3. The Substance of the Gospel Is Jesus Christ
It seems then that the two expressions ‘according to the flesh’ and ‘according to the Spirit’ refer not to the two natures of Jesus Christ (human and divine), but to the two stages of his ministry, pre-resurrection and post-resurrection, the first frail and the second powerful through the outpoured Spirit.
not about nature but about stages pre & post resurrection
Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans Exegesis and Exposition
Jesus had to take on flesh and enter into the old age in order to inaugurate the new age that is characterized by the Holy Spirit. The contrast between the flesh and the Spirit is quite similar conceptually to Paul’s remarks about the humiliation and exaltation of Christ in Phil. 2:6–11. Paul does not disdain the humiliation of Christ. It is a stage that is, however, left behind upon his exaltation. The age dominated by the flesh is one of weakness, while the age of the Spirit is one of power.
take flesh for old age new age of spirit
age of weakness / age of power
Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans Exegesis and Exposition
The idea here, then, is not that Jesus was “declared” or “shown to be” at the resurrection what he was all along, namely, the eternal Son of God. Rather, the point is that Jesus was “appointed” to be God’s Son in power at the resurrection of the dead. He was exalted to a level of power and authority that he did not have previously.
Jesus Christ Our Lord - !!
Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans Exegesis and Exposition
The lordship of Jesus as Messiah flows naturally from what Paul has just written.
11 for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
The Bible Tells Me So!!!
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Maybe to use?
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Close
Close
- R.C. Sproul
The Gospel of God: Romans The Gospel of God (1:1c–6)
Romans is not at all the result of the theological insight of Paul, one of the most educated Jews in first century Palestine, but it is a message that comes from the mind of God, with the power to change lives.
Prayer
Prayer
E.N.D.
Exalt God in relation to the Biblical truths that were just taught
Oh God how we exalt you for your mercy and grace upon us for granting to us the power of your transforming Spirit through which we can understand and believe your prophesied word of the coming Messiah. Jesus Christ our Lord who has defeated the weaknesses of sinful flesh and gained our victory in the power of that same spirit. We thank you that we too have this promise of resurrection and life eternal with you forevermore.
Name the Biblical principles preached and ask God to help the local church body to obey these truths
Will you help us to claim personally and proclaim publically your gospel which Paul has heralded to us today.
Draw people to the cross of Christ by proclaiming hope and help in the person and work of Christ for salvation and sanctification
Lead us also ever to the cross of Christ which is a stumbling block of weakness to those who are perishing but a beacon of hope and help for those seeking His power in salvation and sanctification.
Benediction
Benediction
Benediction
Benediction
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.