Saemoonan English Bible Study

Purpose of English Bible Study Study the Bible in English. Study English through the Bible. Focus on; Proper pronunciation Scripture reading/comprehension Listening/speaking/conversation 2

Time table 8:30 Praise time: 1 ~ 2 songs 8:40 Greetings and Announcements 8:45 Psalm Reading and Prayer 8:50 Lesson - Bible reading - Verse memorization - Lecture - Discussion - Conversation - This week’s phrase 9:45 Today’s prayer 9:48 Lord’s prayer 9:49 Dismissal song 3

NIV Bible Study Class Learn God’s Words through the NIV English Bible Text –NIV Bible 2011 version –Rev. John Macarthur’s Commentary on Romans Home page : Download and listen to John MacArthur’s sermon: NIV Bible Web: Naver band: Membership fee: 10,000 won for 6 months, voluntary. Please attend English Worship Service at 11:30AM ~12:30, in room B137. 4

Organizing members Teachers: C. Justin Lee, Hong Bong Kim Team Leader: Hong Bong Kim General Secretary: Jung Seon Moon Treasurer: Advisor: Kye Hee Lee Contact: –C. Justin Lee: –Hong Bong Kim: 5

Greetings 6

Today’s Announcements No class: 2/7 추운 : cold, chilly, freezing, frosty, frigid 1/24 prayer: Woong Ryul Sohn, Psalm 81 1/31 prayer: Hee Mann Chae, Psalm 82 2/7: No class 2/14 prayer: Hyun Soon Bae, Psalm 83 7

Prayer List (Jan.~Mar.) 8 DatePrayerPsalmsDatePrayerPsalms 1/3 손기순 78: /21 김인혜 84 1/10 이미희 792/28 양성모 85 1/17 하종순 803/6 이재진 86 1/24 손웅렬 813/13 표정희 87 1/31 채희만 823/20 이자숙 88 2/7 휴 강휴 강 -3/27 이계희 89:1-15 2/14 배현순 83

Today’s New Members 9

Apostle’s Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell, The third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit; The Holy Catholic Church; The communion of saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body; And the life everlasting. Amen 10

Today’s Psalm Reading: Woong Ryul Sohn Psalms 81 1.Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob! 2.Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre. 3.Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival; 4.this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5.When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say: 6.“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket. 7.In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. 11

Today’s Psalm Reading: Woong Ryul Sohn Psalms 81 8.Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel! 9.You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me. 10.I am the L ORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. 11.“But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. 12.So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 13.“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, 14.how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! 12

Today’s Psalm Reading: Woong Ryul Sohn Psalms Those who hate the L ORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. 16.But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” 13

Today’s Prayer Prayer by Woong Ryul Sohn 14

This Week’s Verse And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. (Romans 4:12,13)(Jan. 24 th ) 15

Next Week’s Verse For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. (Romans 4:14-16)(Jan. 31 th ) 16

Today’s Reading Romans 4:9~17 9.Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. 10.Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11.And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12.And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. 17

Today’s Reading Romans 4:9~ It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 13. 아브라함이나 그 후손에게 세상의 상속자가 되리라고 하신 언 약은 율법으로 말미암은 것이 아니요 오직 믿음의 의로 말미암 은 것이니라 14. For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 14. 만일 율법에 속한 자들이 상속자이면 믿음은 헛것이 되고 약속 은 파기되었느니라 15. because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. 15. 율법은 진노를 이루게 하나니 율법이 없는 곳에는 범법도 없느 니라 18

Today’s Reading Romans 4:9~ Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17. As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not. 19

Chap. 18 Abraham – Justified by Grace (Romans 4:9-17), Part 4 20

Introduction 21 In Romans 4:9–17 Paul demonstrates three closely related truths: (1) Abraham’s justifying faith did not come by his circumcision (vv. 9–12); (2) it did not come by his keeping the law (vv. 13–15); (3) but rather it came solely by God’s grace (vv. 16–17).

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 22 Paul’s second point in this passage is that Abraham not only was not justified by the rite of circumcision but also was justified by keeping the Mosaic law. Again the chronology of the Jewish Scriptures proves his point. As every Jew well knew, the law was not revealed to Moses until more than five hundred years after Abraham lived, and that patriarch obviously had no way of knowing what the law required.

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 23 When Abraham was declared right with God, he was neither circumcised nor in possession of the Mosaic law. Therefore, the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 24 The promise to Abraham (Gen. 12:3; 15:5; 18:18; 22:18). (Gen. 12:3) I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” (Gen. 15:5) He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” (Gen. 18:18) Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. (Gen. 22:18) and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 25 In analyzing God’s promise to Abraham, four significant factors emerge. First, the promise involved a land (see Gen. 15:18–21) in which Abraham would live but that would not be possessed until some five centuries later, when Joshua led the Israelites in their conquest of Canaan. (Gen. 15:18-21) On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 26 Second, the promise also involved a people, who would be so numerous that they could not be numbered, like the dust of the earth and the stars in the sky (Gen. 13:16; 15:5). Eventually, Abraham would become the “father of many nations” (Gen. 17:5; cf. Rom. 4:17). (Gen. 17:5) No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. Abram means exalted father Abraham probably means father of many

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 27 Third, the promise involved a blessing of the entire world through Abraham’s descendant (Gen. 12:3). Fourth, the promise would be fulfilled in the giving of a Redeemer, who would be a descendant of Abraham through whom the whole world would be blessed by the provision of salvation. That promise to Abraham was, in essence, a preaching to him of the gospel (Gal. 3:8). (Gal. 3:8) Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” 또 하나님이 이방을 믿음으로 말미암아 의로 정하실 것을 성경이 미리 알고 먼저 아브라함에게 복음을 전하되 모든 이방인이 너로 말미암아 복을 받으리라 하였느니라

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 28 Abraham believed that gospel, and even when Isaac, the sole divinely-promised heir, was about to be offered as a sacrifice, Abraham trusted that somehow God would “provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering” (Gen. 22:8). (Gen. 22:8) Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 29 Through the writer of Hebrews, the Lord gives a beautiful revelation of the extent of Abraham’s understanding and faith. (Heb. 11:17-19) By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death. ( 비유컨대 그를 죽은 자 가운데서 도로 받은 것이니라 )

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 30 Jesus told the unbelieving Jewish religious leaders, (John 8:56) “Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.” In a way that is not explained, Abraham foresaw the coming of the Messiah, who would be born as one of his promised descendants. It was through that descended Messiah, the Christ, that Abraham would bless the entire world and be heir of the world.

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 31 (Gen. 22:17,18) I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.” (Gal. 3:16). The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 32 Later in that same chapter the apostle says of all believers, Gentile as well as Jew, “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise” (Gal. 3:29). In Him they become part of that single spiritual seed, “whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit” (1 Cor. 6:17).

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 33 Because they are identified with God’s only begotten Son, believers become themselves children of God. (Rom. 8:16–17) The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. 성령이 친히 우리의 영과 더불어 우리가 하나님의 자녀인 것을 증언하시나니 자녀이면 또한 상속자 곧 하나님의 상속자요 그리스도와 함께 한 상속자니 우리가 그와 함께 영광을 받기 위하여 고난도 함께 받아야 할 것이니라

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 34 It is not human descent from Abraham but spiritual descent from him, by following his example of faith, that makes a believer an heir both with Abraham and with Christ. As Paul reminded the Corinthian believers, most of whom doubtless were Gentiles, human descent means nothing as far as a person’s standing before God is concerned. (1 Cor. 3:21–23). So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 35 On the other hand, Jesus told the unbelieving Jewish leaders that, although they physically descended from Abraham, spiritually they were sons of their “father the devil” (John 8:44). (John 8:44) You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires… Justification has never been through the Law, just as it has never been through circumcision.

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 36 He was also speaking of the general principle of human lawkeeping, in which many Jews trusted for their salvation. As Paul clarifies later in the epistle, God’s law “is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good” (Rom. 7:12; cf. Gal. 3:21). But the law was never given as a means of salvation, even for Jews. “For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” (Gal. 3:10).

Abraham was not justified by the Law (vv.13-15) 37 The purpose of the Law was to reveal God’s perfect standards of righteousness and to show men that they are unable in their own power to live up to those standards. Awareness of that inability should drive men to God in faith. The law was given as a “guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith” (Gal. 3:24). 이같이 율법이 우리를 그리스도께로 인도하는 초등교사가 되어 우리로 하여금 믿음으로 말미암아 의롭다 함을 얻게 하려 함이라

This Week’s Conversation A: What is the meaning of circumcision? B: What do you want to know? A: What is God’s intent in circumcision? B: Moses had declared it clearly in Deuteronomy. A: What is it? B: The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. (Deut. 30:6) A: Wow! Now I see the meaning of circumcision. B: God always wants first of all to cut away the sin that covers the heart! 38

Next Week’s Conversation A: Are you an Abraham’s descendent? B: No! I’m not Jew. A: Do you believe in Christ? B: Of course! A: Then you are Abraham’s offspring. Scripture says “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” (Gal. 3:29) B: Now I see. It signifies spiritual descent. A: Exactly! 39

This Week’s phrase That was always God’s intent, and the Jews should have known it long before Paul pointed it out in his Roman letter. ____________ should have known it long before _____________________. (Jan. 24.) 40

Next Week’s phrase Abraham’s faith was exemplified in his willingness to go to a land he had never seen, which was a promised inheritance he would never possess. ____________ was exemplified in one’s willingness to ____________. (Jan. 31.) 41

Today’s Prayer For being united with the Lord! 42

The Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13) 43

God will make a way Where there seems to be no way He works in ways we cannot see He will make a way for me He will be my guide Hold me closely to His side With love and strength for each new day He will make a way.... He will make a way 44

Shalom My Friend Shalom, Shalom Till We meet again Shalom, Shalom 45