Romans 1:16-17



Romans 1:16-17: Theme of the Book of Romans

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| 16 For I am not aashamed of the bgospel of|16For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is|16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because |

|Christ: for it is the cpower of God unto |the power of God for salvation to everyone |it is the power of God for the salvation of|

|dsalvation to every one that believeth; to |who has faith, to the Jew first and also to|everyone who believes: first for the Jew, |

|the Jew first, and also to the Greek. |the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of|then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel a|

|  17 For therein is the arighteousness of |God is revealed through faith for faith; as|righteousness from God is revealed, a |

|God revealed bfrom faith to faith: as it is|it is written, “The one who is righteous |righteousness that is by faith from first |

|written, The just shall live by cfaith. |will live by faith.” |to last, just as it is written: "The |

| | |righteous will live by faith." |

|b JST Rom. 1: 17 . . . through faith on his| | |

|name; as it is written . | | |

|1. Why would Paul find it necessary to say he is not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ? Why isn't he ashamed? |

|2. What kind of power does the Gospel have? |

|3. For whom does the Gospel have this power? |

|4. In what order (according to Paul) does the Gospel come? Why does he make this point? |

|5. What does the Gospel reveal? (This is a major theme in Romans). What is "God's righteousness?" |

|6. Paul uses scripture to make his point. Why is this important? |

Romans 2:25-29: Outward observance vs. inward conversion

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| 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one |2 28For a person is not a Jew who is one |28A man is not a Jew if he is only one |

|outwardly; neither is that circumcision, |outwardly, nor is true circumcision |outwardly, nor is circumcision merely |

|which is outward in the flesh: |something external and physical. 29Rather, |outward and physical. 29No, a man is a Jew |

|  29 But he is a Jew, which is one |a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and |if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is |

|inwardly; and acircumcision is that of the |real circumcision is a matter of the |circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, |

|heart, in the bspirit, and not in the |heart—it is spiritual and not literal. Such|not by the written code. Such a man's |

|letter; whose praise is not of men, but of |a person receives praise not from others |praise is not from men, but from God. |

|God. |but from God. | |

|Are there any parallels to our lives in today's Church? |

Romans 3:19-26: The atonement – not the law – justifies.

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|19 Now we know that what things soever the |19Now we know that whatever the law says, |19Now we know that whatever the law says, |

|law saith, it saith to them who are under |it speaks to those who are under the law, |it says to those who are under the law, so |

|the law: that every amouth may be stopped, |so that every mouth may be silenced, and |that every mouth may be silenced and the |

|and all the world may become bguilty before|the whole world may be held accountable to |whole world held accountable to God. |

|God. |God. 20For “no human being will be |20Therefore no one will be declared |

|  20 Therefore by the adeeds of the blaw |justified in his sight” by deeds prescribed|righteous in his sight by observing the |

|there shall no flesh be cjustified in his |by the law, for through the law comes the |law; rather, through the law we become |

|sight: for dby the law is the knowledge of |knowledge of sin. 21But now, apart from |conscious of sin. |

|sin. |law, the righteousness of God has been |21But now a righteousness from God, apart |

|  21 But now the arighteousness of God |disclosed, and is attested by the law and |from law, has been made known, to which the|

|bwithout the law is manifested, being |the prophets, 22the righteousness of God |Law and the Prophets testify. 22This |

|witnessed by the law and the prophets; |through faith in Jesus Christ for all who |righteousness from God comes through faith |

|  22 Even the righteousness of God which is|believe. For there is no distinction, |in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There |

|by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon |23since all have sinned and fall short of |is no difference, 23for all have sinned and|

|all them that believe: for there is no |the glory of God; 24they are now justified |fall short of the glory of God, 24and are |

|difference: |by his grace as a gift, through the |justified freely by his grace through the |

|  23 For all have asinned, and come short |redemption that is in Christ Jesus, |redemption that came by Christ Jesus. |

|of the glory of God; | | |

|  24 aBeing bjustified freely by his cgrace| | |

|through the dredemption that is in Christ | | |

|Jesus: | | |

| | | |

|[24a JST Rom. 3: 24 Therefore being |25whom God put forward as a sacrifice of |25God presented him as a sacrifice of |

|justified only by his grace ] |atonement by his blood, effective through |atonement, through faith in his blood. He |

| |faith. He did this to show his |did this to demonstrate his justice, |

|  25 Whom God hath aset forth to be a |righteousness, because in his divine |because in his forbearance he had left the |

|bpropitiation through faith in his cblood, |forbearance he had passed over the sins |sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26he |

|to declare his righteousness for the |previously committed; 26it was to prove at |did it to demonstrate his justice at the |

|dremission of sins that are past, through |the present time that he himself is |present time, so as to be just and the one |

|the eforbearance of God; |righteous and that he justifies the one who|who justifies those who have faith in |

|  26 To declare, I say, at this time his |has faith in Jesus. 27 |Jesus. |

|righteousness: that he might be ajust, and | | |

|the justifier of him which believeth in | | |

|Jesus. | | |

|v. 19: how does the law silence every mouth? |

|v. 21: where does our righteousness come from? |

|v. 22: what/who does "no difference" refer to? |

|v. 26: see Alma 42:14-15 |

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|Three ways of looking at the atonement (v. 24-25): |

|1. Justification = legally acquitted from sin; declared not guilty = righteous (image: court of law) |

|2. Redemption = being purchased free from captivity or slavery (image of a slave market) |

|3. Propitiation = turning away the wrath of God (image of stay of execution) |

|NONE OF THESE completely (or even come close) describes the atonement. |

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|Also, Paul will put forward a fourth way of looking at the atonement in 5:10-11: |

|4. Reconciliation = the ending of the state of hostility between man and God. Enemies (man and God) have become friends. |

Romans 4:1-5: What Abraham discovered regarding JUSTIFICATION

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|  1 What shall we say then that |2 For if Abraham were justified by |What then are we to say was gained|1What then shall we say that Abraham,|

|Abraham our father, as pertaining to |the law of works, he hath to glory |by Abraham, our ancestor according|our forefather, discovered in this |

|the flesh, hath found? |in himself; but not of God. |to the flesh? 2For if Abraham was |matter? 2If, in fact, Abraham was |

|  2 aFor if Abraham were justified by |  3 For what saith the Scripture? |justified by works, he has |justified by works, he had something |

|works, he hath bwhereof to glory; but |Abraham believed God, and it was |something to boast about, but not |to boast about—but not before God. |

|not before God. |counted unto him for righteousness.|before God. 3For what does the |3What does the Scripture say? |

|  3 For what saith the scripture? |  4 Now to him who is justified by |scripture say? “Abraham believed |"Abraham believed God, and it was |

|Abraham abelieved God, and it was |the law of works, is the reward |God, and it was reckoned to him as|credited to him as righteousness." |

|counted unto him for brighteousness. |reckoned, not of grace, but of |righteousness.” 4Now to one who | 4Now when a man works, |

|  4 Now to him that worketh is the |debt. |works, wages are not reckoned as a|his wages are not credited to |

|areward not breckoned of grace, but of|  5 But to him that seeketh |gift but as something due. 5But to|him as a gift, but as an |

|debt. |not to be justified by the |one who without works trusts him |obligation. 5However, to the |

|  5 But to him that worketh not, but |law of works, but believeth |who justifies the ungodly, such |man who does not work but |

|believeth on him that justifieth the |on him who justifieth not |faith is reckoned as |trusts God who justifies the |

|ungodly, his faith is counted for |the ungodly, his faith is |righteousness. |wicked, his faith is credited |

|righteousness. |counted for righteousness. | |as righteousness. |

|What was credited to Abraham as righteousness? |

|Does this imply a gift? |

|Wages paid for work is not what? |

|Who are the "wicked" or "ungodly" that God justifies? (see 5:6) |

|See v. 23-25: Justification by faith/grace applies not only to Abraham but also to us, IF we believe in Christ, who was dead but |

|brought to life. |

Romans 5:1-8 Some results of JUSTIFICATION: Peace and hope

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|1 Therefore being ajustified by bfaith, we |Therefore, since we are justified by faith,|1Therefore, since we have been justified |

|have cpeace with God through our Lord Jesus|we have peace with God through our Lord |through faith, wehave peace with God |

|Christ: |Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have |through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through |

|  2 By whom also we have access by afaith |obtained access to this grace in which we |whom we have gained access by faith into |

|into this grace wherein we stand, and |stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing |this grace in which we now stand. And we |

|rejoice in hope of the glory of God. |the glory of God. 3And not only that, but |rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. |

|  3 And not only so, but we glory in |we also boast in our sufferings, knowing |3Not only so, but we also rejoice in our |

|atribulations also: knowing that |that suffering produces endurance, 4and |sufferings, because we know that suffering |

|btribulation worketh cpatience; |endurance produces character, and character|produces perseverance; 4perseverance, |

|  4 And patience, experience; and |produces hope, 5and hope does not |character; and character, hope. 5And hope |

|experience, hope: |disappoint us, because God’s love has been |does not disappoint us, because God has |

|  5 And ahope maketh not ashamed; because |poured into our hearts through the Holy |poured out his love into our hearts by the |

|the blove of God is shed abroad in our |Spirit that has been given to us. |Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. |

|hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given |6For while we were still weak, at the right| 6You see, at just the right time, when we |

|unto us. |time Christ died for the ungodly. |were still powerless, Christ died for the |

|  6 For when we were yet without astrength,| |ungodly. |

|in due time Christ died for the ungodly. | | |

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|v. 1-2 What does it mean to be at peace with God? see v. 10-11, Mosiah 3:19, 4:2-3; Ether 3:12 |

|v. 3-5 What is the sequence here? Suffering-endurance/patience/perseverance-character-hope. |

|v. 6: Who are the ungodly? |

Romans 6:1-4 Baptism

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|What shall we say then? Shall we continue |What then are we to say? Should we continue|1What shall we say, then? Shall we go on |

|in sin, that agrace may abound? |in sin in order that grace may abound? 2By |sinning so that grace may increase? 2By no |

|  2 aGod forbid. How shall we, that are |no means! How can we who died to sin go on |means! We died to sin; how can we live in |

|dead to bsin, live any longer therein? |living in it? 3Do you not know that all of |it any longer? 3Or don't you know that all |

|  3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were|us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus|of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus |

|abaptized into Jesus Christ were baptized |were baptized into his death? 4Therefore we|were baptized into his death? 4We were |

|into his death? |have been buried with him by baptism into |therefore buried with him through baptism |

|  4 Therefore we are aburied with him by |death, so that, just as Christ was raised |into death in order that, just as Christ |

|bbaptism into death: that like as Christ |from the dead by the glory of the Father, |was raised from the dead through the glory |

|was raised up from the cdead by the glory |so we too might walk in newness of life. |of the Father, we too may live a new life. |

|of the Father, even so we also should dwalk|5For if we have been united with him in a | 5If we have been united with him like this|

|in enewness of life. |death like his, we will certainly be united|in his death, we will certainly also be |

|  5 For if we have been planted together in|with him in a resurrection like his. |united with him in his resurrection |

|the alikeness of his bdeath, we shall be | | |

|also in the likeness of his cresurrection: | | |

|What does baptism point to in the life of Christ? |

|What does baptism symbolize in our own lives? |

Romans 8:31-39 Victory over Death

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|31 What shall we then say to these things? |1What then are we to say about these |1What, then, shall we say in response to |

|If God be for us, who can abe against us? |things? If God is for us, who is against |this? If God is for us, who can be against |

| |us? 32He who did not withhold his own Son, |us? 32He who did not spare his own Son, but|

|[31a JST Rom. 8: 31 . . . prevail against |but gave him up for all of us, will he not |gave him up for us all—how will he not |

|us?.] |with him also give us everything else? |also, along with him, graciously give us |

| |33Who will bring any charge against God’s |all things? 33Who will bring any charge |

|  32 He that spared not his own aSon, but |elect? It is God who justifies. 34Who is to|against those whom God has chosen? It is |

|bdelivered him up for us all, how shall he |condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes,|God who justifies. 34Who is he that |

|not with him also freely give us call |who was raised, who is at the right hand of|condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than |

|things? |God, who indeed intercedes for us. 35Who |that, who was raised to life—is at the |

|  33 Who shall alay any thing to the charge|will separate us from the love of Christ? |right hand of God and is also interceding |

|of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. |Will hardship, or distress, or persecution,|for us. 35Who shall separate us from the |

|  34 Who is he that condemneth? It is |or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or |love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship |

|Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen|sword? 36As it is written, “For your sake |or persecution or famine or nakedness or |

|again, who is even at the right hand of |we are being killed all day long; we are |danger or sword? 36As it is written: |

|God, who also maketh aintercession for us. |accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.” |
   "For your sake we face death all day |

|  35 Who shall separate us from the alove |37No, in all these things we are more than |long; 
      we are considered as sheep to |

|of Christ? shall btribulation, or distress,|conquerors through him who loved us. 38For |be slaughtered." 37No, in all these things |

|or cpersecution, or famine, or nakedness, |I am convinced that neither death, nor |we are more than conquerors through him who|

|or peril, or sword? |life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things |loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither|

|  36 As it is written, For thy sake we are |present, nor things to come, nor powers, |death nor life, neither angels nor demons, |

|akilled all the day long; we are accounted |39nor height, nor depth, nor anything else |neither the present nor the future, nor any|

|as bsheep for the slaughter. |in all creation, will be able to separate |powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor |

|  37 Nay, in all these things we are amore |us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our|anything else in all creation, will be able|

|than bconquerors through him that loved us.|Lord. |to separate us from the love of God that is|

|  38 For I am persuaded, that neither | |in Christ Jesus our Lord. |

|death, nor life, nor angels, nor | | |

|principalities, nor powers, nor things | | |

|present, nor things to come, | | |

|  39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other | | |

|creature, shall be able to aseparate us | | |

|from the blove of God, which is in Christ | | |

|Jesus our Lord. | | |

|v. 33 Who is the accuser? (see Zech 3:1-5) |

Romans 11:17-24 The Olive Tree

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|16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump |6If the part of the dough offered as first |16If the part of the dough offered as |

|is also holy: and if the aroot be holy, so |fruits is holy, then the whole batch is |firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch |

|are the branches. |holy; and if the root is holy, then the |is holy; if the root is holy, so are the |

|17 And if some of the branches be broken |branches also are holy. |branches.17If some of the branches have |

|off, and thou, being a wild olive atree, |17But if some of the branches were broken |been broken off, and you, though a wild |

|wert graffed in among them, and with them |off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were |olive shoot, have been grafted in among the|

|partakest of the root and fatness of the |grafted in their place to share the rich |others and now share in the nourishing sap |

|olive tree; |root of the olive tree, 18do not boast over|from the olive root, 18do not boast over |

|  18 aBoast not against the branches. But |the branches. If you do boast, remember |those branches. If you do, consider this: |

|if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, |that it is not you that support the root, |You do not support the root, but the root |

|but the root thee. |but the root that supports you. 19You will |supports you. 19You will say then, |

|  19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were |say, “Branches were broken off so that I |"Branches were broken off so that I could |

|broken off, that I might be graffed in. |might be grafted in.” 20That is true. They |be grafted in." 20Granted. But they were |

|  20 Well; because of aunbelief they were |were broken off because of their unbelief, |broken off because of unbelief, and you |

|bbroken off, and thou standest by cfaith. |but you stand only through faith. So do not|stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be |

|Be not highminded, but dfear: |become proud, but stand in awe. 21For if |afraid. 21For if God did not spare the |

|  21 For if God spared not the anatural |God did not spare the natural branches, |natural branches, he will not spare you |

|branches, take heed lest he also bspare not|perhaps he will not spare you. 22Note then |either.22Consider therefore the kindness |

|thee. |the kindness and the severity of God: |and sternness of God: sternness to those |

|  22 Behold therefore the goodness and |severity toward those who have fallen, but |who fell, but kindness to you, provided |

|severity of God: on them which fell, |God’s kindness toward you, provided you |that you continue in his kindness. |

|severity; but toward thee, goodness, if |continue in his kindness; otherwise you |Otherwise, you also will be cut off. 23And |

|thou continue in his goodness: otherwise |also will be cut off. 23And even those of |if they do not persist in unbelief, they |

|thou also shalt be cut off. |Israel, if they do not persist in unbelief,|will be grafted in, for God is able to |

|  23 And they also, if they abide not still|will be grafted in, for God has the power |graft them in again. 24After all, if you |

|in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God |to graft them in again. 24For if you have |were cut out of an olive tree that is wild |

|is able to graff them in again. |been cut from what is by nature a wild |by nature, and contrary to nature were |

|  24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive |olive tree and grafted, contrary to nature,|grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how |

|tree which is wild by nature, and wert |into a cultivated olive tree, how much more|much more readily will these, the natural |

|graffed contrary to nature into a good |will these natural branches be grafted back|branches, be grafted into their own olive |

|olive tree: how much more shall these, |into their own olive tree. |tree! |

|which be the natural branches, be graffed | | |

|into their own olive tree? | | |

|v. 16: What is the root? (Christ, blood of Israel, Gospel, Covenants, Patriarchs) |

|v. 17-18 What is the relationship of the Gentiles to the root? What is the nourishing sap? (see Jacob 6:2, 7) |

|v. 24: What is Paul alluding to here? |

Romans 12:1-2 Being transformed

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|1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the|I appeal to you therefore, brothers and | 1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view |

|mercies of God, that ye present your |sisters, by the mercies of God, to present |of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as |

|abodies a living bsacrifice, holy, |your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and|living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to |

|cacceptable unto God, which is your |acceptable to God, which is your spiritual |God—this is your spiritual act of worship. |

|reasonable dservice. |worship. 2Do not be conformed to this |2Do not conform any longer to the pattern |

|  2 And be not conformed to this aworld: |world, but be transformed by the renewing |of this world, but be transformed by the |

|but be ye btransformed by the crenewing of |of your minds, so that you may discern what|renewing of your mind. Then you will be |

|your dmind, that ye may eprove what is that|is the will of God—what is good and |able to test and approve what God's will |

|good, and acceptable, and perfect, fwill of|acceptable and perfect. |is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. |

|God. | | |

|What does it mean to offer your body a living sacrifice? |

|When do we formally covenant to become living sacrifices? |

|(Note: this is the ultimate form of true worship.) |

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