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Review of romans 1-7
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3. Introducing the Gopsel (Romans 1:1-17)
Review of Romans 1-7
Introducing the Gopsel (Romans 1:1-17)
The author of Romans was the apostle Paul
The purpose of Paul’s life was to share the Gospel
with the Jews as well as the Greeks (Gentiles).
Week 1
Romans 1:16-17 serve ast he central theme of the book
of Romans.
The Gospel is the declaration of good news about Jesus
Christ.

4. Pagans Need the Gopsel (Romans 1:18-32)
Review of Romans 1-7
Pagans Need the Gopsel (Romans 1:18-32)
Two things draw the wrath of God
Godlessness – a basic disregard for God
Week 2
Wickedness – a basic disregard for our fellow man
Everyone worships something
We were created to worship God, so if we reject him,
we will worship something else.
Homosexuality
We need to realize that homosexuality is just as much
of a sin as greed or deceit.

5. The Religious Need the Gopsel (Romans 2:1-16)
Review of Romans 1-7
The Religious Need the Gopsel (Romans 2:1-16)
Self - righteousness
Self – righteous religious people reject the Gospel
as much as self – centered irreligious people do.
Week 3
This parallels the story of the prodigal son
Saved by works?
In verse 6, Paul says that works do matter, not as the
basis for salvation, but as evidence of saving faith.
We are not saved by our own works, but by the
works of another: Jesus Christ.

6. The Religious Need the Gopsel (Romans 2:17-29)
Review of Romans 1-7
The Religious Need the Gopsel (Romans 2:17-29)
Proud to be Jewish / Christian
Morally decent (take the law seriously)
Week 4
Religiously active (circumcised)
Moralism: the largest religion in the world today
Moralism is the religion of comparison with others.
Moralism ultimately fails because we are
inconsistent in our behavior.

7. Everyone Need the Gopsel (Romans 3:1-20)
Review of Romans 1-7
Everyone Need the Gopsel (Romans 3:1-20)
Seven areas where sin affects us
Our legal standing (verse 10)
Week 5
Our minds and hearts (verse 11)
Our motives (verse 11)
Our wills (verse 12)
Our words (verse 13)
Our relationships with others (verses 15-17)
Our relationships with God (verse 18)

8. How Justification Works (Romans 3:21-31)
Review of Romans 1-7
How Justification Works (Romans 3:21-31)
Justification by faith
Justification is a legal declaration by God
Week 6
Justification occurs when we respond to God’s call
All who believe are made righteous (verse 22)
What about the law?
The law cannot save us
The law must still be kept
For those in Christ, it has been.

9. When Justification Started (Romans 4:1-25)
Review of Romans 1-7
When Justification Started (Romans 4:1-25)
Nothing to boast about
Abraham was justified by faith
Week 7
Abraham was not righteous, but God treated him
as though he was.
Saving faith is trust in God’s saving provision
Salvation, circumcision and the law
Abraham was righteous by faith alone (verse 11)

10. What Justification Brings (Romans 5:1-11)
Review of Romans 1-7
What Justification Brings (Romans 5:1-11)
Benefits of justification
Peace with God (verse 1)
Week 8
Access to grace (verse 2)
Hope of the glory of God (verse 2)
Joy in suffering
Suffering produces perseverance.
Perseverance produces character
Character ultimately leads to hope

11. Why Justification Comes (Romans 5:12-21)
Review of Romans 1-7
Why Justification Comes (Romans 5:12-21)
Federal headship
Adam was our original federal head
Week 9
Jesus Christ is our new federal head
Differences between the two Adams
Motivation (verse 15)
Results (verses 15, 16, 17)
Scope (verses 15 and 17)

12. Union to Christ (Romans 6:1-14)
Review of Romans 1-7
Union to Christ (Romans 6:1-14)
Dead to sin
You now have the power to resist sin in your life
Week 10
There is a new power at work in our lives
United with Christ
Once we believe in Christ, our old self is gone
When a Christian sins, they are acting against their true identity.
We are now free to resist the power of sin.

13. Servants of God (Romans 6:15-19)
Review of Romans 1-7
Servants of God (Romans 6:15-19)
We follow the law, not for salvation, but out of a spirit
of gratitude and love.
Week 11
We are all slaves to something
We are either slaves to sin or servants to God
We cannot be both; we cannot be neither
Everyone serves something or someone
The origins of the two types of slavery are different
Slavery to sin begins at conception
Slavery to God begins at conversion

14. Servants of God (Romans 6:19-23)
Review of Romans 1-7
Servants of God (Romans 6:19-23)
The results of being a slave to sin versus being a slave
to God:
Week 12
The wages of sin is death (verse 23)
Sin brings condemnation and separation from God
Those who offer themselves to obedience grow in the
fruit of the Spirit.
The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.
(verse 23)

15. Married to Christ (Romans 7:1-6)
Review of Romans 1-7
Married to Christ (Romans 7:1-6)
We are married to another
Marital vows bind us as long as we are alive
Week 13
Death breaks the power of sin
Pleasing Christ
Death breaks the power of the law
We have died and our marriage to the law is over
The two covenants:
The covenant of works
The covenant of grace

16. Warfare with sin (Romans 7:7-25)
Review of Romans 1-7
Warfare with sin (Romans 7:7-25)
What the law does
The purpose of the law is to define sin in us
Week 14
It also shows us our need of a savior.
Internal sin versus external sin
The tenth commandment deals with internal sin
The real battle with sin is internal
Paul discusses his inner conflict between delighting in
God’s law and being captive to the grip of sin.

17. So where do we go from here?
Review of Romans 1-7
So where do we go from here?
We will camp out in Romans 8 for the next 3 weeks
Next week will be Romans 8:1-11
The following week will be Romans 8:12-27
The week after that will be Romans 8:28-39

18. Review of Romans 1-7