Saemoonan English Bible Study 2016-09-11 http://niv.saemoonan.org

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

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

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 : http://niv.saemoonan.org. Download and listen to John MacArthur’s sermon: http://www.gty.org NIV Bible Web: http://www.biblica.com Naver band: http://band.us/#!/band/53063578 Membership fee: 10,000 won for 6 months, voluntary. Please attend English Worship Service at 11:30AM ~12:30, in room B137.

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: cjl@kist.re.kr, 010-2825-7128 Hong Bong Kim: hongbkim10@hanmail.net, 010-7109-3308

Greetings

Today’s Announcements 9/11 Prayer: Ja Sook Lee, Psalm 105:16-30 9/18: No class 9/25 Prayer: Hee Mann Chae, Psalm 105:31-45

NIV Class Prayer List (Jul.~Sep.) Date Prayer Psalms 7/3 권순호 99 8/21 박은주 104:1-18 7/10 하종순 100 8/28 표정희 104:19-35 7/17 손웅렬 101 9/4 이재진 105:1-15 7/24 배현순 102:1-14 9/11 채희만 105:16-30 7/31 김인혜 102:15-28 9/18 휴강 8/7 양성모 103:1-12 9/25 이자숙 105:31-45 8/14 김정은 103:13-22

Today’s New Members

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 universal church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen

Today’s Psalm Reading: : Ja Sook Lee Psalms 105:16-30 16 He called down famine on the land     and destroyed all their supplies of food; 17 and he sent a man before them—     Joseph, sold as a slave. 18 They bruised his feet with shackles,     his neck was put in irons, 19 till what he foretold came to pass,     till the word of the Lord proved him true. 20 The king sent and released him,     the ruler of peoples set him free. 21 He made him master of his household,     ruler over all he possessed, 22 to instruct his princes as he pleased     and teach his elders wisdom.

Today’s Psalm Reading: : Ja Sook Lee Psalms 105:16-30 23 Then Israel entered Egypt;     Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham. 24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;     he made them too numerous for their foes, 25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people,     to conspire against his servants. 26 He sent Moses his servant,     and Aaron, whom he had chosen. 27 They performed his signs among them,     his wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and made the land dark—     for had they not rebelled against his words? 29 He turned their waters into blood,     causing their fish to die. 30 Their land teemed with frogs,     which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.

Today’s Prayer Prayer by : Ja Sook Lee

This Week’s Verse What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:21-23) (Sep. 11.)

Next Week’s Verse Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives?  For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. (Romans 7:1-2) (Sep. 25.)

Today’s Reading Romans 7:1-6 1Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives?  2 For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him. 3 So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man. 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 

Today’s Reading Romans 7:1-6 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh,[a] the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death.  6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Today’s Reading Romans 7:1-6 1 형제들아 내가 법 아는 자들에게 말하노니 너희는 그 법이 사람이 살 동안만 그를 주관하는 줄 알지 못하느냐 2 남편 있는 여인이 그 남편 생전에는 법으로 그에게 매인 바 되나 만일 그 남편이 죽으면 남편의 법에서 벗어나느니라 3 그러므로 만일 그 남편 생전에 다른 남자에게 가면 음녀라 그러나 만일 남편이 죽으면 그 법에서 자유롭게 되나니 다른 남자에게 갈지라도 음녀가 되지 아니하느니라 4 그러므로 내 형제들아 너희도 그리스도의 몸으로 말미암아 율법에 대하여 죽임을 당하였으니 이는 다른 이 곧 죽은 자 가운데서 살아나신 이에게 가서 우리가 하나님을 위하여 열매를 맺게 하려 함이라 5 우리가 육신에 있을 때에는 율법으로 말미암는 죄의 정욕이 우리 지체 중에 역사하여 우리로 사망을 위하여 열매를 맺게 하였더니

Today’s Reading Romans 7:1-6 6 이제는 우리가 얽매였던 것에 대하여 죽었으므로 율법에서 벗어났으니 이러므로 우리가 영의 새로운 것으로 섬길 것이요 율법 조문의 묵은 것으로 아니할지니라

Dead to the Law (Romans 7:1-6)

Introduction As you study the Old Testament, you cannot help being struck by the dignity and honor accorded the revealed law of God—also referred to by such names as His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and testimonies. God inspired Moses to write:

Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it, so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deut. 6:1–9)

Introduction Solomon wrote, “The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person” (Eccles. 12:13). Psalm 119 uses some ten different synonyms for God’s law. The writer declares:

Introduction How blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord (v. 1); Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should keep them diligently (v. 4); Oh that my ways may be established to keep Thy statutes! (v. 5); Thy word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee (v. 11); Blessed art Thou, O Lord; teach me Thy statutes (v. 12); I shall delight in Thy statutes; I shall not forget Thy word (v. 16); Give me understanding, that I may observe Thy law, and keep it with all my heart (v. 34); O how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day (v. 97); The sum of Thy word is truth, and every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting (v. 160); Those who love Thy law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble (v. 165); Let my tongue sing of Thy word, for all Thy commandments are righteousness (v. 172).

Introduction To his father-in-law Jethro, Moses explained that his primary purpose as the divinely-appointed leader of Israel was to “make known the statutes of God and His laws” (Ex. 18:16). Isaiah proclaimed, “The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake to make the law great and glorious” (Isa. 42:21).

Introduction The great king David was inspired to pen this definitive declaration of the purpose, the eminence, and the grandeur of God’s law: “The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb” (Ps. 19:7–10). The last command given by God in the Old Testament is “Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel” (Mal. 4:4).

Introduction God’s law was so dominant in ancient Israel that many Jews had made it virtually an idol. In the Babylonian Talmud, the primary collection of ancient rabbinical commentary on the Torah (the Mosaic law), Rabbi Raba wrote, “The Holy One created man’s evil inclination but created the Torah [the Mosaic law] to overcome it” (Baba Bathra, 16a). Although it clearly contradicts the divinely-revealed Torah itself, Raba’s comment demonstrates how high the law was elevated in the minds of most Jews. Rabbi Judah, another noted talmudic commentator, said, “The nature of the Holy One differs from that of mortal men. When a man prescribes a remedy, it may benefit one individual but injure another. But God gave the Torah to Israel as a source of healing for all” (Erubin, 54a).

Introduction By the time of Christ, many Jews considered obedience to God’s law to be not only the demonstration of salvation’s godliness that God intended it to be but also the means of salvation, which God never intended. Faithfulness to the law came to supercede faith in the God who had given the law. As illustrated throughout the gospel accounts, such Jews often accused Jesus of contradicting and disobeying the Mosaic law.

Introduction Paul was vehemently criticized by his unbelieving Jewish opponents for supposedly disregarding the Mosaic law. When Paul returned from his third missionary journey, the elders in the Jerusalem church advised him to join a group of four other Jewish men in a Nazirite purification ceremony in the Temple. By participating in that rite he would demonstrate his respect for the law and perhaps defuse some of the false criticism. Because such an act would in no way compromise the gospel, the apostle willingly agreed (Acts 21:20–26). As it turned out, however, his actions were misinterpreted and misrepresented, and Jewish opposition against Paul was hardened still further (see w. 27–30). Nevertheless, the incident clearly demonstrates the intense Jewish reverence for at least the external and ceremonial aspects of the law.

Introduction Before his conversion, Paul (then known as Saul) was the epitome of Jewish legalism. In his letter to the Philippian church he testifies to the trust he once had in his own human observance of the law. “If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh,” he wrote, “I far more: circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless” (Phil. 3:4–6).

Introduction The opposite view of the Old Testament law was also a problem during Jesus’ ministry and in the early church. As in every age, many people were looking for a way to be religious without being hampered by a lot of restrictions. To them, the idea of salvation by grace through faith alone apart from the law seemed like a perfect way to have their cake and eat it too. They would simply “trust God” and then do as they pleased.

Introduction To make clear His own high regard for the divine law given through Moses, Jesus declared early in His ministry, “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:17–19).

Introduction Paul testifies that the oracles of God (Rom. 3:2; cf. Acts 7:38), which were delivered and ordained by God’s own angels (Heb. 2:2; Acts 7:53), could not be anything but sacred and inviolable. The apostle had already testified: “Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law” (Rom. 3:31). He later asserts unequivocally that, despite its limitations and inability to save, “the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good” (7:12; cf. 1 Tim. 1:8).

Introduction Paul had also declared, however, that “by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin” (Rom. 3:19–20), and “the Law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (5:20). Christians are not saved by the law and “are not under law, but under grace” (6:14).

Introduction Knowing that his readers, especially Jewish believers, would still have a great many questions about the law in relation to their faith in Christ, Paul continues in the present passage to explain that critical relationship.

Introduction In the last part of Romans 6, he expounds the first truth of verse 14, namely, that believers are no longer under the law regarding its power to condemn. In chapter 7 he expounds the second truth in that verse, that believers are now under grace. Yet, in doing so, he refers to the law twenty-three times in this chapter, eight times in the first six verses. In his explanation he presents an axiom (v. 1), an analogy (vv. 2–3), an application (vv. 4–5), and an affirmation (v. 6).  

This Week’s Conversation A: What should we do to follow Jesus? B: Do you want to be his disciple? A: Yes, I do! B: Then you must deny yourself and take up your cross and follow him. A: It seems so difficult. B: You cannot do it without the help of the Holy Spirit.

Next Week’s Conversation A: Did you know that Jewish people strongly believe that God’s law is everything. B: Yes. I heard that they believe that keeping the Law will save them. A: That is really sad. B: We should pray that they will realize that, not the Law, but God’s grace can save.

This Week’s phrase In that sense, they have no responsibility to righteousness, because they are powerless to meet its standards and demands. In that sense, they have no responsibility to ________ (, because ________). (Sep.11.)

Next Week’s phrase As you study the Old Testament, you cannot help being struck by the dignity and honor accorded the revealed law of God—also referred to by such names as His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and testimonies. As you _________________, you cannot help being struck by ____________________________. (Sept 25)

Today’s Prayer Thank God for the revelation that God’s grace saves, not the Law.

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)

God will make a way 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

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