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: 2 ~ 3 songs 8:40 Greetings and Announcements 8:45 Psalm Reading and Prayer 8:50 Lesson - Bible reading - Verse memorization - Today’s Phrase - Conversation - Lecture - Discussion - Pop quiz 9:45 Lord’s prayer 9:47 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 pager : Download and listen to John MacArthur’s sermon, NIV : Membership fee: 10,000 won for 6 months, voluntary. Please attend English Worship Service at 11:30AM ~12:30, in the same room as NIV class. 4

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

Greetings “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” (John 15:5-8) 6

Today’s Announcements 네이버밴드 for our bible study class is opened. Annual Events –Spring Picnic: 4/18 or 25 –Bible Memorization Festival: July –Fall Picnic: Oct. –Conversation Festival : Nov. –Sharing Time: Dec.27. To be efficient, write down this week’s phase and submit it. 2/22 : poll 02/08 prayer: In Hye Kim, Psalm 44 02/15 prayer: Sung Mo Yang, Psalm 45 7

Prayer List 8 DatePrayerPsalmsDatePrayerPsalms 1/4 하종순 392/22 최미혜 46 1/11 채희만 403/1 이재진 47 1/18 최경란 413/8 표정희 48 1/25 이미희 423/15 이자숙 49 2/1 손웅렬 433/22 이계희 50 2/8 김인혜 443/29 문정선 51 2/15 양성모 45

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 43 1.Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. 2.You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? 3.Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. 4.Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. 5.Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. 11

Today’s Prayer Prayer by Woong Ryul Sohn 12

This Week’s Verse There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism. (Rom.2:9-11)(Feb. 1) 13

Next Week’s Verse All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. (Rom.2:12- 13)(Feb. 8) 14

This Week’s phrase If a person is truly saved, there will be outward evidence of it in his life. If a person is ___________, there will be___________. (Feb.1) 15

Next Week’s phrase From that moment on, the believer enters into a responsibility of obedience. From that moment on, ___________enters into a responsibility of ___________. (Feb.8) 16

This Week’s Conversation A: Then, what do I have to do? How should I live? B: Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God! (1 Cor. 10:31) A: For the glory of God? What do you mean? B: To live for the glory of God is to manifest the very nature of God as a willing vehicle for His own divine working. A: I still don’t grasp it. I need to attend the NIV bible class. B: You are always welcome! 17

Next Week’s Conversation A: I wish I could do the good works that God requires. B: Like salvation itself, the good works it produces are made possible by God’s sovereign grace alone. A: So we should pray for help from the Holy Spirit. B: Exactly! Jesus Christ said, “If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.” A: What is the best way to remain in our Lord? B: Our Lord also said, “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is my Father’s glory.” (John 15:5~8) 18

Today’s Reading Romans 2:6~16 6.God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” 7.To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8.But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9.There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; 10.but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 11.For God does not show favoritism. 12.All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 19

Today’s Reading Romans 2:6~16 13.For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14.(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15.They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16.This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares. 20

Principles of God’s Judgment, Part 2 (Romans 2:6~16) 21

Principles of God’s Judgment The first three of the six criteria God will employ in final judgment were discussed in the previous chapter. (knowledge(v.1), truth(v.2-3), guilt(v.4-5)) The second three are deeds (Rom. 2:6-10), impartiality (vv ), and motive (v.16). Introduction 22

(v. 6) God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” In Romans 2:7-10 Paul draws a clear line between two classes of people, the only two classes that exist: the saved and the unsaved. Deeds (2:6-10) 23

To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. (v.7) ( 영광과 존귀와 썩지 아니함 ) True salvation is manifested in a believer’s perseverance in doing good, and the highest good he can do is to seek glory, honor, and immortality. Glory, Honor, Immortality  believer’s heavenly perspective and aspirations. First, the highest and most wonderful desire of a believer is glory, above all, God’s glory. The Deeds of the Redeemed (2:7) 24

A person who does not have such a desire deep within him cannot be a true believer. “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God,” (1 Cor. 10:31) To live for the glory of God is to manifest the very nature of God as a willing vehicle for His own divine working. A believer also seeks glory for himself, not in the fleshly, self seeking way that is common to fallen human nature, but by looking forward to his sharing God’s own glory some day when his salvation is perfected. The Deeds of the Redeemed (2:7) 25

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. (2 Cor. 4:17) 우리가 잠시 받는 환난의 경한 것이 지극히 크고 영원한 영광의 중한 것을 우리에게 이루게 함이니 ( 고후 4:17). When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. (Col. 3:4) In seeking this heavenly glory it is really a seeking of Christlikeness. The Deeds of the Redeemed (2:7) 26

Second, a true believer seeks honor, again not the worldly honor that most men long for but the honor that comes from God, the honor of His saying, “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’’ (Matt. 25:21) Third, a true believer seeks immortality, “For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality (1 Cor. 15:53). 이 썩을 것이 반드시 썩지 아니할 것을 입겠고 이 죽을 것이 죽지 아니함을 입으리로다 The Deeds of the Redeemed (2:7) 27

Paul is not discussing how a person comes to salvation or how God produces Christlikeness in him. He is describing what the life of a true believer is like, pointing out that those divinely-bestowed qualities will eventuate in the final glory of the divinely-bestowed eternal life. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life (1 John 5:20). 또 아는 것은 하나님의 아들이 이르러 우리에게 지각을 주사 우리로 참된 자를 알게 하신 것과 또한 우리가 참된 자 곧 그의 아들 예수 그리스도 안에 있는 것이니 그는 참 하나님이시요 영생이시라 ( 요 1 5:20) The Deeds of the Redeemed (2:7) 28

Eternal life is not simply a quantity of life, although by definition it lasts through eternity. Eternal life, however, is first of all a quality of life, the life of God in the soul of man. Paul said, “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal.2:20). His point is that a person who possesses the life of God will reflect the true character of God, and that it is on the basis of that reflected godly character that he will be judged. Eternal life induces spiritual breathing just as surely as physical life induces bodily breathing. Eternal Life 29

Justification by faith alone does not negate works of righteousness in the believer’s life. Scripture makes clear that just as surely as we are saved by our faith we will be judged by our works. When in sovereign grace God receives a sinner at the time of his conversion, He asks nothing but that he believe in Jesus Christ and submit to Him. But from that moment on, the believer enters into a responsibility of obedience, and the mark of his new spiritual life becomes his obedience to God. Eternal Life 30

v.8) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. v.9) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; Those who do not belong to God manifest many evil characteristics. The Deeds of the Unredeemed (2:8,9) 31

The first characteristic of the unredeemed is that they are selfishly ambitious, a phrase that translates the single Greek word eritheia, the root meaning of which may have been that of a hireling. Everything he does is for the purpose of serving and pleasing self. If you refer to someone as a hireling, you disapprove of them because they do not care who they work for and they are willing to do illegal or immoral things as long as they are paid. The Deeds of the Unredeemed (2:8,9) 32

The second and consequent characteristic of the unredeemed is that they do not obey the truth. The person who seeks his own way above all else naturally resists any other way, including God’s, which is the way of truth. The third characteristic of the unredeemed is that they obey unrighteousness. No person lives in a moral and spiritual vacuum. He is either godly or ungodly, righteous or unrighteous. The Deeds of the Unredeemed (2:8,9) 33

Jesus declared categorically that “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other” (Matt. 6:24). And it can be deduced that no man serves no master. It is either God or another. And when man does not serve God, all other masters lead him to sin. Serving God means obeying God’s will! Serving another master means obeying sin. The road to hell is here very simply defined as the spirit of antagonism against the lordship of Jesus Christ. The Deeds of the Unredeemed (2:8,9) 34

The unsaved person is by nature selfishly ambitious, and his enmity against God leads him to disobey God’s truth and instead to obey unrighteousness. To such people God will render (see v. 6) wrath and indignation. Orge (wrath) signifies the strongest kind of anger, that which reaches fever pitch, when God’s mercy and grace are fully exhausted. It will mark the end of God’s patience and tolerance with unregenerate and unrepentant mankind. The Deeds of the Unredeemed (2:8,9) 35

Thumos (indignation) represents an agitated, vehement anger that rushes along relentlessly. The root meaning has to do with moving rapidly and was used of a man’s breathing violently while pursuing an enemy in great rage. It is used by the writer of Hebrews to describe Pharaoh’s murderous fury at Moses (Heb. 11:27; cf. Ex. 10:28). The Deeds of the Unredeemed (2:8,9) 36

Consequently, there will be tribulation (trouble) and distress for every soul of man who does evil. Thlipsis (tribulation) has the root meaning of exerting extreme pressure, and is sometimes translated as affliction, anguish, or persecution. It is used of the persecution of the early church by the Jews in Palestine (Acts 11:19) and of the tribulation of the saints in general (John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Rom. 5:3; 2 Thess. 1:4). The Deeds of the Unredeemed (2:8,9) 37

v.9) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; v.10) but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. Paul uses the phrase “first for the Jew, then for the Gentile” twice in this passage. Jews were used to thinking of themselves as being first in God’s sight. The Deeds 38

As Paul here makes clear, the Jew first means that being first in salvation opportunity also means being first in judgment responsibility. The righteous deeds that God requires and for which men will be judged are, of course, impossible even for a believer to produce in his own power. Like salvation itself, the good works it produces are made possible by God’s sovereign grace alone and empowered by His Holy Spirit working within the life. The Deeds 39

The only way to produce righteous deeds is to possess the righteousness of Christ, which comes by trusting in Him as Lord and Savior, to possess the Holy Spirit who empowers those works, and to consciously seek to obey the Word of God! The Deeds 40

Today’s Prayer Topic We should consciously seek to obey the Word of God. 41

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) 42

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 43