SF420 - The Servant of the Gospel (Rom 1 8-15)

@PAGE NUMBER = SF420

@TITLE = THE SERVANT OF THE GOSPEL

@LEVEL ONE = Romans 1:8‑15

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Paul continues to introduce Himself, His plans and His priorities.

@LEVEL TWO = In these verses he reveals His Heart to Them

@LEVEL TWO = We learn from Paul what it means to be a Minister, a Servant of the Gospel

@LEVEL TWO = A Servant of the Gospel...

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. PRAYS (1:8‑10)

@LEVEL TWO = Notice the Characteristics of His Prayers

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Prayed Thankfully: "I Thank"

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Prayed Intimately: "My God"

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Prayed Confidently: "Through Jesus Christ"

@LEVEL TWO = 4B. Prayed Unselfishly: "For You All"

@LEVEL TWO = 5B. Prayed Purposefully: "Because Your Faith..."

@LEVEL TWO = 6B. Prayed Sincerely: "God...Is My Witness"

@LEVEL TWO = 7B. Prayed Unceasingly: "Constantly I Remember You"

@SCRIPTURE = "constantly" = repeatedly and often

@LEVEL TWO = 8B. Prayed Specifically: "Come To You"

@LEVEL TWO = 9B. Prayed Submissively: "By God's Will"

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 2

@LEVEL ONE = 2A. PLANS (1:11‑12)

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. To See Them (v.11a, 13)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Paul was homesick for them

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Paul had been hindered from coming to them

@LEVEL FOUR = By Satan

@LEVEL FOUR = By service elsewhere

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Paul desired a harvest among them

@LEVEL FOUR = Harvest of souls

@LEVEL FOUR = Harvest of saints

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. To Serve Them (v.11b)

@SCRIPTURE = "impart to you some spiritual gift"

@LEVEL THREE = The purpose of spiritual gifts is service

@SCRIPTURE = 1 Corinthians 14:5  "I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified."

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. To Strengthen Them (v.11b‑12)

@LEVEL FOUR = That is the goal of all ministry

@LEVEL FOUR = It is a two way street

@LEVEL FOUR =  The key is faith

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 3

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. PRIORITIZES (1:14‑15)

@LEVEL TWO = His Priorities are Expressed By...

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. His Obligation (v.14)

Obligated...

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Personally

@SCRIPTURE = "I"

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Morally

@SCRIPTURE = obligated = an ower, i.e. person indebted

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Ethnically

@SCRIPTURE = "Greeks and non‑Greeks"

@LEVEL THREE = 4C. Socially

@SCRIPTURE = "wise and foolish"

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. His Eagerness (v.15)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. To preach the gospel

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. To preach in Rome

@LEVEL THREE = When Paul preached at...

@LEVEL FOUR = Jerusalem, the religious center, he was mobbed.

@LEVEL FOUR = Athens, the intellectual center, he was mocked.

@LEVEL FOUR = Rome, the governmental center, he was martyred.

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 4

@LEVEL ONE = APPLICATION

@ILL TITLE = A SIMPLE SERVANT

@ILL TEXT = Dr. G. Campbell Morgan was especially impressed by this truth when he was handed a poem one day written by a 19‑year‑old servant girl whose household chores kept her occupied 12 to 15 hours a day.  Later, at a service in Westminster Chapel, London, he read the homespun rhyme penned by this faithful worker and commented favorably upon its contents.

@ILL TEXT =

@POEM TEXT = "Lord of all pots and pans and things<R>Since I've no time to be a saint<R>By doing lovely deeds or watching late with Thee,<R>Or dreaming in the dawnlight or storming Heaven's gates,<R>Make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!

@POEM TEXT = Although I may have Martha hands, I have a Mary mind;<R>So when I black the boots and shoes, Thy sandals, Lord, I find!<R>I think of how they trod the earth each time I scrub the floor.<R>Accept this meditation, Lord; I haven't time for more.

@POEM TEXT = Warm all the kitchen with Thy love,<R>And light it with Thy peace.<R>Forgive me all my worrying and make all grumbling cease.<R>Thou who didst love to give men food in room or by the sea,<R>Accept this service that I do ‑ I do it unto Thee."