1. Saemoonan English Bible Study 2016-01-17 http://niv.saemoonan.org 1

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.http://niv.saemoonan.org Download and listen to John MacArthur’s sermon: http://www.gty.org http://www.gty.org NIV Bible Web: http://www.biblica.comhttp://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. 4

5. 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, 010-2825-7128cjl@kist.re.kr –Hong Bong Kim: hongbkim10@hanmail.net, 010-7109-3308hongbkim10@hanmail.net 5

6. Greetings 6

7. Today’s Announcements 1/17 prayer: Jong Soon Hah, Psalm 80 1/24 prayer: Woong Ryul Sohn, Psalm 81 1/31 prayer: Hee Mann Chae, Psalm 82 7

8. Prayer List (Jan.~Mar.) 8 DatePrayerPsalmsDatePrayerPsalms 1/3 손기순 78:61-72 2/21 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 휴강 -3/27 이계희 89:1-15 2/14 배현순 83

9. Today’s New Members 9

10. 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

11. Today’s Psalm Reading: Jong Soon Hah Psalms 80 1.Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth 2.before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us. 3.Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. 4.How long, L ORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people? 5.You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. 6.You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us. 7.Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. 11

12. Today’s Psalm Reading: Jong Soon Hah Psalms 80 8.You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. 9.You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. 10.The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. 11.Its branches reached as far as the Sea, its shoots as far as the River. 12.Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes? 13.Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it. 14.Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, 12

13. Today’s Psalm Reading: Jong Soon Hah Psalms 80 15.the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself. 16.Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish. 17.Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself. 18.Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name. 19.Restore us, L ORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. 13

14. Today’s Prayer Prayer by Jong Soon Hah 14

15. This Week’s Verse 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. (Romans 4:11)(Jan. 17 th ) 15

16. Next 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 ) 16

17. 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

18. Today’s Reading Romans 4:9~17 13.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. 14.For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 15.because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. 16.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. 18

19. Chap. 18 Abraham – Justified by Grace (Romans 4:9-17), Part 3 19

20. Introduction 20 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).

21. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 21 (v.10) Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! Because they believed that what was true for Abraham in regard to justification was true of every person, especially every Jew, Paul continues to use that patriarch as his model. Answering his own question about the time of Abraham’s being declared righteous, the apostle declares that it was not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised.

22. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 22 The obvious chronology of Genesis proves it. When Abraham was circumcised, Ishmael was thirteen years old and Abraham was ninety-nine (see Gen. 17:23– 25). (Gen. 17:23-25) On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him. Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

23. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 23 But when Abraham was declared righteous by God (15:6), (v. 2) But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” (v. 3) And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.” (v. 4) Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” (v. 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.” (v. 6) Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

24. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 24 Ishmael had not yet been born or even conceived (16:2– 4). When Ishmael was born, Abraham was eighty-six (see 16:16). (16:16) Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael. Therefore Abraham was declared righteous by God at least fourteen years before he was circumcised.

25. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 25 Gen. 15  Abraham’s righteousness was declared. Gen. 16  Ishmael was born when Abram was 86. Gen. 17  Abraham, Ishmael and … were circumcised when Abraham was 99.

26. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 26 Abraham was in God’s covenant and under His grace long before he was circumcised, whereas Ishmael, although circumcised, was never in the covenant. Circumcision became a mark of the covenant relationship between God and His people, but the covenant was not established on the basis of circumcision.

27. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 27 When Abraham was first given the covenant promise, he was only seventy-five (Gen. 12:1–4). The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

28. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 28 Circumcision came not only at least fourteen years after Abraham was declared righteous but also twenty-four years after he first entered into a covenant relationship with God. In addition to that, because there were no Jews at that time, when Abraham was declared righteous he was, as it were, an uncircumcised Gentile. Gen. 12  Covenant promise when Abram was 75 Gen. 15  Abram’s righteousness was declared. Gen. 16  Ishmael was born when Abram was 86. Gen. 17  Abraham, Ishmael and … were circumcised when Abraham was 99.

29. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 29 The natural question to be asked, therefore, would be, “Why circumcision? Why did God make that rite a binding law on all of Abraham’s descendants?” First of all, Paul says, circumcision was a sign. Abraham received the sign of circumcision. Circumcision was the physical, racial mark of identity for His people. (v. 11) And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.

30. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 30 Even under the New Covenant, Paul had no objection to a Jew being circumcised, as long as the act was seen in this light. In fact Paul personally circumcised Timothy, who was only half Jewish, in order that Timothy might have better opportunity to witness to Jews near his home area who knew him (Acts 16:3). Circumcision was also a mark of God’s covenant, setting Abraham’s descendants apart as uniquely His chosen people, the Hebrews, or Jews.

31. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 31 Second, circumcision was a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he, that is, Abraham, had while uncircumcised. In other words, every time circumcision was performed God’s people were to be reminded of God’s righteousness that Abraham had, and all other believers have, through faith, completely apart from circumcision. (v. 11) And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.

32. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 32 It pointed to the fact that God wanted to circumcise, that is, place His authenticating seal upon, His people’s hearts, not simply their bodies. Moses had declared, (Deut. 30:6) 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. God had always wanted first of all to cut away the sin that covered the heart. That was always God’s intent, and the Jews should have known it long before Paul pointed it out in his Roman letter.

33. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 33 The Passover meal, which has been celebrated by Jews for some three and one-half millennia, has never been considered a means of deliverance but only the symbol and reminder of it. For the Jew, Passover is a collective symbol of deliverance and circumcision is an individual symbol of justification. For the Christian, communion is the collective, corporate symbol of our relationship to Christ; baptism is the individual symbol of it.

34. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 34 (v. 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. (v. 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.

35. Abraham was not justified by Circumcision (vv.9-12) 35 Racially, Abraham is the father of all Jews; spiritually, he is the father of both believing Gentiles, who believe without being circumcised, and of believing Jews, who … are of the circumcision. Both groups of believers are reckoned righteous because of their faith in God through Jesus Christ, and they also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.

36. This Week’s Conversation A: Most Jews in New Testament times were thoroughly convinced that circumcision was the means by which they became acceptable to God. B: What a deception! Did they believe it so much? A: Such beliefs were so strong in Judaism that many of them were carried over into Christianity by Jewish converts in the early church. B: It must have been a critical problem in the early church. A: So Paul warned his fellow Christians, especially Jewish believers in Philippians and Galatians. B: I will read the epistles right now! 36

37. Next 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! 37

38. This Week’s phrase Most Jews in New Testament times were thoroughly convinced that circumcision was not only the unique mark but also the means by which they became acceptable to God. Most _______ in ______ times were thoroughly convinced that _____________________. (Jan. 17.) 38

39. Next 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.) 39

40. Today’s Prayer For circumcision of our hearts! 40

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) 41

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 42

43. Shalom My Friend Shalom, Shalom Till We meet again Shalom, Shalom 43