The Universal Reign of Sin pt 2

Lesson 7 - 1_18-32 pt.1

Sunday, February 17, 2019

8:33 AM

The Introduction of Romans (1:1-17) - {The Need To Say Hello}The Apostolic Greeting (1:1-7)Paul's métier as an apostle (1:1)Paul's Message as an Apostle (1:2-4) - THE GOSPEL Paul's message promised in the Old Testament (1:2)Paul's message is revealed in Jesus Christ (1;3 –4)Paul's mission as an apostle (1:5-6)The Apostolic Greeting (1:7)Paul's Interest in the Church at Rome (1:8-15) Paul's prayer for them (1:8-12)Paul's thanksgiving (1:8)Paul's Intercession (1:9-12)Paul's Purpose vising them (1:13)Paul's Perspectives which includes them (1:14)Paul's preparedness to come to Rome (1:15)Paul's Epistle Theme (God's Righteousness in the Gospel) (1:16-17)Unashamed of the Gospel (1:16a)Essence of the Gospel (1:16b-17) (Refer to Moo Lecture 1 slide )The Heart of the Gospel: Justification by Faith (1:18-4:25)The Problem – The Universal Reign of Sin (1:18-20)The Revelation of GodThe Anger of God (1:18)The Eternal Power of God (1:19-20a)The Godhood of God (1:20b)All People are accountable to the God for sin (1:18-32)Their Rejection - (1:21-23)Their Results (1:24-32)Given over to impure lusts (24-25)Given over to degrading passions (26-27)Given over to depraved minds (28-32)

The Introduction of Romans (1:1-17) - {The Need To Say Hello} The Apostolic Greeting (1:1-7) Paul's métier as an apostle (1:1)Paul's Message as an Apostle (1:2-4) - THE GOSPEL Paul's message promised in the Old Testament (1:2)Paul's message is revealed in Jesus Christ (1;3 –4)Paul's mission as an apostle (1:5-6)

Paul's Interest in the Church at Rome (1:8-15) Paul's prayer for them (1:8-12)Paul's thanksgiving (1:8)Paul's Intercession (1:9-12)Paul's Purpose vising them (1:13)Paul's Perspectives which includes them (1:14)Paul's preparedness to come to Rome (1:15)Paul's Epistle Theme (God's Righteousness in the Gospel) (1:16-17)Unashamed of the Gospel (1:16a)Essence of the Gospel (1:16b-17) God’s righteousness is a gift to be received through faith. (2) Furthermore, in the quotation from Habakkuk which Paul cites to show the OT support for his teaching, the word dikaios is applied, not to God, but to the man who has faith: “He who through faith is righteous shall live” (16, RSV). (3) Finally, in the parallel Phil. 3:9 the thought of Paul is made unmistakably clear: “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ

various. Beacon Bible Commentary, Volume 8: Romans Through 1 and 2 Corinthians (Kindle Locations 636-640). Beacon Hill Press. Kindle Edition.

The Heart of the Gospel: Justification by Faith (1:18-4:25) The Problem – The Universal Reign of Sin (1:18-20)The Revelation of God The Righteousness of God (17)The Righteousness being established by God (His act of putting his people "in the right"

The Anger of God (18) God's Wrath - Divine Displeasure with Sin There is an essential relationship between God's righteousness and his wrath. If God responded to wickedness with no more than a benign tolerance, his righteousness could be called into question. NAC We recognize that divine wrath is not the same as human wrath, which normally is self-centered, vindictive, and intent on harming another. God's wrath is his divine displeasure with sin. New American Commentary - New American Commentary – Volume 27: Romans. We call it “wrath” because it shares certain basic characteristics of human wrath. But because it is God's wrath it can have none of the sinful qualities of its analogical counterpart New American Commentary - New American Commentary – Volume 27: Romans. Although the wrath of God is primarily eschatological, it is at the same time a present reality. The use of the present tense (apokalyptetai, “is being revealed”) indicates something that is taking place in the present.

New American Commentary - New American Commentary – Volume 27: Romans.

Revealed from heaven -

He will not let the ungodly appeal to ignorance as a justification for their actions. God has revealed truth about himself in the infrastructure of His creation, and what may be known about God is plain to them (v. 19).

Wesleyan Bible Commentary - Wesleyan Bible Commentary – Romans.

According to Paul - Against two things Ungodliness - without God -

I worship, probably intended here to express atheism, polytheism, and idolatry of every kind.

Adam Clarke, Adam Clarke's Commentary, (New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1826), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "A General Survey of the Epistle to the Romans".

Unrighteousness of men - as disregard for human rights injustice, unrighteousness, violation of justice (RO 1.18); C. Hodge takes these two terms to mean impiety toward God and unjustness toward humanity. Lack of respect for God leads to a lack of justice for people. History demonstrates that nations that forsake God lose their concern for the rights of the individual New American Commentary - New American Commentary – Volume 27: Romans.

Every person without exception knows either God’s righteousness or God’s wrath—His love or His displeasure, His saving power or His judgment. “In Christ,” Luther once remarked, “ ‘God is love.’Outside Christ, ‘Our God is a consuming fire.’” . Beacon Bible Commentary, Volume 8: The tense is the continuous present, so that Paul is describing a process which is going on before our very eyes.4 But as salvation anticipates the final manifestation of the righteousness of God, so wrath anticipates the final judgment of the sinner in “the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God” (2:5).

various. Beacon Bible Commentary, Volume 8: Romans Through 1 and 2 Corinthians (Kindle Locations 719-721). Beacon Hill Press. Kindle Edition.

Who suppress the truth - Why Is God Angry: 19-20 What can be known of God is manifest in them God, in his creation, has provided sufficient evidence of himself to hold accountable all who reject that revelation. What can be known of God is perfectly clear. God himself made it plain. Theologians call this natural revelation (as distinguished from special revelation). New American Commentary - New American Commentary – Volume 27: Romans. notice that God may be known because He makes himself known. Human discovery must be understood within the framework of divine disclosure. Beacon Bible Commentary, To demand some sort of absolute proof of God's existence is simply an indication of the recalcitrant nature of fallen humanity.

New American Commentary - New American Commentary – Volume 27: Romans.

But the case Paul is building here is not a case for God's existence. Paul argues that humans are morally accountable and that God's anger against their unrighteousness is justified, because violators of His righteous standard should have known better.

Wesleyan Bible Commentary - Wesleyan Bible Commentary – Romans.

“All the perversions of life [Paul will show] can be traced back to one fundamental cause, and this original sin is not to be found in the field of morals but in the soil of religion: perversion of life arises from perversion of faith.“14Beacon Bible Commentary,

The Revealed Attributes of God -

certain invisible attributes of God have been clearly perceived since the world began- NAC

The Eternal Power of God (1:19-20a)The Godhood of God (1:20b)

I WILL SUMMARIZE TONIGHT WITH THIS FROM John Stott - BST Commentary

Let me try to clarify the stages of the argument by engaging Paul in dialogue.

Paul: I am not ashamed of the gospel (16a).

Q: Why not, Paul?

Paul: Because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes (16b).

Q: How so, Paul?

Paul: Because in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, that is, God’s way of justifying sinners (17).

Q: But why is this necessary, Paul?

Paul: Because the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness (18).

Q: But how have people suppressed the truth, Paul?

Paul: Because what may be known about God is plain to them … For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities … have been clearly seen … (19–20).

One might, then, speak of a fourfold self-revelation of God, although the vocabulary of revelation is not used consistently throughout. For the sake of theological clarity I will state these divine disclosures in the opposite order:

First, God reveals his glory (his eternal power and divine nature) in his creation (19–20).

Secondly, he reveals his wrath against the sin of those who suppress their knowledge of the Creator (18).

Thirdly, he reveals his righteousness (his righteous way of putting sinners right with himself) in the gospel (17).

Fourthly, he reveals his power in believers by saving them (16).

Any question or comments?

All People are accountable to the God for sin (1:18-32)Their Rejection - (1:21-23)Their Results (1:24-32)Given over to impure lusts (24-25)Given over to degrading passions (26-27)Given over to depraved minds (28-32)