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Date: Paul likely wrote this book from Corinth on his third missionary journey circa A.D. 57.
Purpose
Paul wrote the book of Romans to set forth the gospel and its implications for believers and unbelievers.
Rom 15:
Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2151.
Issues
(1) Can one be right with God through obeying the law (Rom.
1:1–3:20)?
The spread of the gospel to the ends of the earth.
Rom 15:22-29
Can one be right with God through obeying the law?
Abraham is the father of both Jew & Gentile Christians.
What is the law’s role as it relates to sin?
What are believers responsible for in relationship to OT food laws?
Theme
God’s righteousness is displayed in Christ as he unites Jews and Gentiles into one people of God.
Introduction
A doulos was not a hired servant who could come and go as he pleased.
A doulos was a person who had been purchased, and once purchased he became his master’s possession.
- A Slave - doulos
A doulos was not a hired servant who could come and go as he pleased.
A doulos was a person who had been purchased, and once purchased he became his master’s possession.
A doulos was not a hired servant who could come and go as he pleased.
A doulos was a person who had been purchased, and once purchased he became his master’s possession.
R. C. Sproul, Romans, St. Andrew’s Expositional Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2009), 16.
I have been purchased by Jesus - I am his possession.
Apostle - ἀπόστολος, An apostle, envoy, messenger
Paul tells us that it was his choice to be an Apostle but God called him and entrusted a message to him.
Paul’s message is the gospel.
(v. 1, 9, 15, 16)
He carries the message of the gospel of God.
Rom
The gospel demands public proclamation.
What is the nature of the Gospel?
The Gospel is the power “δύναμις” of God.
The gospel does for man what he can’t do for himself.
Salvation - σωτηρία - deliverance or preservation.
The gospel brings salvation through faith for all peoples.
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