[Linux4christians] Monday - Romans 1:16-31

[dcolburn at bibleseven.com]

    Monday


      Romans 1:16-31



The Power of the Gospel

1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for 
salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

1:17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith 
to faith, just as it is written, 
"/*The*//**//*righteous*//**//*by*//**//*faith*//**//*will*//**//*live*/."

The Condemnation of the Unrighteous

1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all 
ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by 
their unrighteousness, 1:19 because what can be known about God is plain 
to them, because God has made it plain to them.

1:20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes -- his 
eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, because they 
are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse.

1:21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give 
him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless 
hearts were darkened. 1:22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became 
fools 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image 
resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to 
impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves. 1:25 They exchanged 
the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather 
than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

1:26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For 
their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, 
1:27 and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women 
and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed 
shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for 
their error.

1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them 
over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. 1:29 They are 
filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, 
malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They 
are gossips, 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, 
boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, 1:31 
senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.

1:32 Although they fully know God's righteous decree that those who 
practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also 
approve of those who practice them.



      Prayer


Lord, You clearly tell us what You have done for us, the Gospel, and why 
those who reject You are in trouble. May I be intentional in growing 
toward You and away from unrighteousness.



      Summary & Commentary


Paul then described the power of the Gospel


* to save

* everyone who believes

* offered first to the Jews

* then offered to everyone else


How?


* the righteousness of God is revealed

* as one hears the Gospel

* "hears" because of ones faith-response (one's initial child-like 
trusting faith)


Paul then moves on to describe the condemnation of the unrighteous:


* All people are under the wrath of God

* Because they have sufficient evidence all around them that He exists

* Because there has been sufficient disclosure of His expectations

* Because they deliberately do that which they know to offend God

* Obvious, but not inclusive, sins are the worship of animal images, 
sexual depravity,

covetousness, malice, envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility, gossip, 
slander, haters of God,

insolent, arrogant, boastful, connivers-of-evil, disobedient to parents, 
senseless, covenant-

breakers, heartless, ruthless.

* Therefore God has allowed people to reap the consequences of sin's slavery

* Death is the penalty for knowing "God's righteous decree", ignoring 
it, and "approve of

those who practice them"



      Interaction


        Consider

The Lord God overcame the sin of the Fall in the Garden of Eden. He 
provided a way that we may be saved, He says that everyone who believes 
will be saved, He first offered salvation to the Jews, and then He 
offered it to everyone else (the "Gentiles").


        Discuss

Does Paul's description of "the power of the Gospel" describe your 
salvation experience?



        Reflect

Salvation is the result of a process, a series of God-ordained events; 
the righteousness of God is revealed, as one hears the Gospel, and it 
flows from the faith-response of the one being saved (one's initial 
child-like trusting faith).



        Share

When have you observed the process of salvation unfolding in someones life?



      Faith in Action



        Prayer:

Ask the Holy Spirit to you which of the elements of God's "condemnation 
of the unrighteous" may be part of your life.



        Action:

Today I will join with my prayer-partner to pray that I may quickly 
remove that which the Holy Spirit has revealed from my life. Permanently.


        Be Specific ______________________________________________________



    Tuesday's text will be:


      Romans 2



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