Romans 1:5

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What is Pauls purpose, his goal in this calling?

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Romans 1:1–7 ESV
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.
PRAY
S.T.A.R.T.
Solemnly praise and recognize the greatness of our God and Savior connected to the Biblical text being preached
God our Father in heaven we praise you for your great and glorious grace! For as your Holy Word says we are saved by grace though faith. It is by and for this grace which you show and give to us that we praise you today.
Touch upon the subject of corporate sin and confess any shortcomings the body has committed related to the Biblical text to be preached
Forgive us for our sinful shortsightedness today oh LORD. Help us to live out this grace in our lives in real and tangible ways. Forgive us when we rely on our own strength and not your grace.
Ask God to help the body/local church to hear and apply the truths of the Biblical text to be preached
Review and remind the audience of the key related passages to the Biblical text being preached
Your word tells us that the obedience of faith comes through grace, therefore we ask that you might strengthen us to practice this obedient faith in our own lives, and we ask this in accordance with your grace.
Transition to the opening of the sermon and the Biblical text to be preached
We turn now to your truths in given by Paul as he seeks even now to complete the calling you have given to him by the same grace we too possess, the grace which comes from your promised Messiah Jesus!
Psalm 73:25 ESV
25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

Intro

Faith & Works....?
who is Paul?
what is this Gospel of God?
What is the purpose of the gospel of God?
What is Paul’s purpose for the drive he has in this letter?
Who is Paul?
What is “The Gospel of God”?
Why and for whom did Jesus come?
John Piper
Nature of Grace = Power of the Holy Spirit given by the resurrected Son of God
Effect of Grace = obedience of the faith
Goal of Grace = God’s Glory
John Piper
You cannot comprehend this book if you don't comprehend grace. We will see it again and again. It is at the heart of the book and the heart of the gospel and the heart of God.

Title & Text

Works of Faith
Romans 1:5–6 ESV
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,
Romans 1:5 ESV
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,
Romans 1:5 NASB95
5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,
Romans 1:5–6 NASB95
5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake, 6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;
Nature of Grace = Power of the Holy Spirit given by the resurrected Son of God
Effect of Grace = obedience of the faith
Goal of Grace = God’s Glory
John Piper
You cannot comprehend this book if you don't comprehend grace. We will see it again and again. It is at the heart of the book and the heart of the gospel and the heart of God.

Through Whom

through Jesus alone
who is Jesus?
why is Jesus so central?
What must we grasp here?

1: We Have Received Grace

grace - definition
grace defined
grace applied
grace explored
Romans 4:4–5 ESV
4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Romans 4:16 ESV
16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
Romans 12:3 ESV
3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Romans 15:10 ESV
And again it is said, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”
Romans 15:15 ESV
15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God
1 Corinthians 3:10 ESV
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.
1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
Ephesians 3:2 ESV
assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
Ephesians 3:7–8 ESV
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Rom
1 Timothy 1:14 ESV
and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Apostelship

Paul’s call by grace
Paul’s equipping by grace
Your call by grace
Your equipping by grace
Fatherhood,
Acts 1:25 ESV
25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
Galatians 1:16 ESV
was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;
Galatians 1:15–16 ESV
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;
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2 Corinthians 5:20 ESV
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
1 Timothy 1:14 ESV
14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
1 Tim 1.14

2: To Bring About The Obedience of Faith

what is obedience?
what is faith?
what does this statement mean?
Paul’s obedience by grace
Paul’s perseverance by grace
Your obedience by grace
Your perseverance by grace
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ch. 6:16; 16:26; 1 Pet. 1:2; [ch. 15:18; Acts 6:7]

Acts 6:7 ESV
7 And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
Romans 6:16 ESV
16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
Romans 15:18 ESV
For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed,
Romans 16:26 ESV
26 but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—
Rom 16.26
1 Peter 1:2 ESV
2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Romans 15:18 ESV
18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed,
1 Pet
Acts 6:7 ESV
7 And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

Among ALL the Nations

Acts 9:15 ESV
15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
- John Stott
The Message of Romans 4. The Scope of the Gospel Is All the Nations

We too, if we are to be committed to world mission, will have to be liberated from all pride of race, nation, tribe, caste and class, and acknowledge that God’s gospel is for everybody, without exception and without distinction. This is a major theme of Romans.

I

3: For the Sake of His Name

Jesus is the ALL in All
His grace = His power
His grace = His authority
His grace = His glory
1 John 3:23 ESV
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
Romans 9:17 ESV
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
1 Jhn
1 Peter 4:10–11 ESV
10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Galatians 2:20 ESV
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Among ALL the Nations

Acts 9:15 ESV
15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
- John Stott
The Message of Romans 4. The Scope of the Gospel Is All the Nations

We too, if we are to be committed to world mission, will have to be liberated from all pride of race, nation, tribe, caste and class, and acknowledge that God’s gospel is for everybody, without exception and without distinction. This is a major theme of Romans.

Including You -> Who Are Called -> To Belong -> to Jesus Christ

To Belong - to Jesus Christ

1 Cor. 1:2, 24. So 1 Thess. 4:7. See ch. 8:28, 30.

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Romans 8:28–30 ESV
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
1 Corinthians 1:2 ESV
To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Cor
1 Corinthians 1:24 ESV
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Cor 1.24
1 Thessalonians 4:7 ESV
For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.
Rom
1 Thes 4.7
Jude 1 ESV
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:

Rev. 17:14; [ch. 8:28, 30]

Revelation 17:14 ESV
14 They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
Romans 8:28 ESV
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Rev
Romans 8:30 ESV
30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
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1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
Romans 8:31–39 ESV
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 1:7 ESV
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.
Is it loving of God to do this?
Romans 10:13 ESV
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Is this your hearts desire?
Romans 5:2 ESV
2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Goal

To herald the grace God gives to His chosen people to live lives of faith filled obedience to the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ.

Application

Pursue the grace of God through Jesus Christ.
Practice faith filled obedience that brings glory to the name of Christ.

CLOSE = S.H.A.R.P.

E.N.D.
Exalt God in relation to the Biblical truths that were just taught
Oh God we exalt you for your great Grace which you extend to us, through the power of our resurrected King and savior Jesus.
Name the Biblical principles preached and ask God to help the local church body to obey these truths
Romans 11:36 ESV
36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
Rom 11:36
Magnify your glory through the outpouring of your grace in us!
Draw people to the cross of Christ by proclaiming hope and help in the person and work of Christ for salvation and sanctification
Draw us to yourself oh LORD by this gospel of grace, we pray, Amen.

Benediction

Romans 16:20 ESV
20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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