Romans Outline
- Introduction [1:1-15]
- Greeting [1:1-7]
- Paul loves them and plans to visit them [1:8-15]
- [1:16-17] Theme:
- The Gospel is the power of God and reveals Gods righteousness which is by faith
- [1:18-4:25] Justification by Faith
- [1:18-3:20] We cannot gain righteousness from the law
- [1:18-32] Gods judgement is revealed against sin
- [2:1-5] You are just as much under judgement as those you condemn
- [2:1] If you judge others, you automatically condemn yourself
- [2:2] God has a standard of judgement
- [2:3] Do you think that the fact that God has not judged you yet, means he has forgotten?
- [2:4-5] Whereas actually he is giving you time to repent, else you will be punished in the end
- [2:6-11] Gods judgement is according to his standards and impartial for both Jews and Gentiles
- [2:12-3:8] Having the law does not give Jews a special status
- [2:12-16] On the Day of Judgement will not be about what law you have, but how well you do what the law requires
- [2:17-29] The limitations of the Old Covenant
- [2:17-24] You may think you have a very special relationship with God because you have the law, but if you dont keep it, the opposite is trueyou dishonour God.
- [2:25-29] Your status as a Jew through circumcision is worth nothing unless you keep the law. A Gentile who obeys the law is more Jewish than you!
- [3:1-8] Problems
- [3:1-4] Problem 1: What advantage is it to be a Jew? there are many advantages
- [3:5-8] Problem 2: Is God unjust to condemn actions that bring him glory no, else he couldnt judge anyone
- [3:9-18] Jews can be as evil as Gentiles
- [3:19-20] Therefore no-one can make themselves righteous by the law
- [3:21-4:25] Righteousness by faith
- [3:21-26] Justification and the Righteousness of God
- [3:27-31] By Faith Alone: initial statement
- [4:1-25] Proof from Abraham
- [4:1-8] Faith & Works
- [4:9-12] Faith & Circumcision
- [4:13-22] Faith, Promise and the Law
- [4:23-25] Abrahams faith related to ours
- [5-8] New life and New hope
- [5:1-5] Summary of argument so far and forward to the end of chapter 8
- [5:6-21] Reconciled by Christs death
- [5:6-11] Reconciliationan act of Gods love
- [5:12-21] Parallel between Christ and Adam
- [6:1-23] Freedom from sin through grace
- [6:1-11] Union with ChristLiving a new life
- [6:12-14] Not under law but under grace
- [6:15-23] Living as people who are free from sin
- [7:1-25] Inability of the law to bring freedom
- [7:1-6] Released from the law
- [7:7-12] Is the law sinful?
- [7:13-21] The law has no power against sin
- [8:1-17] Victory in Christ through the Spirit
- [8:1-4] Christ has freed us from the law
- [8:5-11] Christ lives in you through the Spirit
- [8:12-17] Let by the Spirit to cry Abba
- [8:18-25] Our hope of Glory
- [8:26-27] The Spirits help in prayer
- [8:28-30] Chosen and loved
- [8:31-39] Conclusion: Nothing can separate us from the love of God
- [9:1-11:36] Gods Future for Israel
- [9:1-5] IntroductionPaul is grieved by Israel�s rejection of the Gospel
- [9:6-29] Not all Israel are of IsraelGods sovereignty (Israel has no automatic right)
- [6-9] Has God failed?
- No, because he never intended to save every single child of Abraham
- Two questions: How is his word to be performed and Who are the true seed of Abraham?
- [10-13] In order to answer these two questions, Paul needs to talk about election
- [14-18] This raised the accusation God is not fair
- [19-23] Another protest about Gods fairness, but who can question the right of the potter?
- [24-26] God has a right to extend mercy to the Gentiles as well as the Jews and call them his sons
- [27-29] But a remnant of Israel will also be saved
- [9:30-10:21] Israel has missed the Gospel and is totally without excuse
- [9:30-33] Israel tried to gain righteousness through the law
- [10:1-4] They had a lot of zeal for their own way of serving God, but rejected Christ
- [10:5-13] The Gospel is not about self-effort but is about believing and trusting
- [10:14-21] God has constantly reached out to them, but they rejected him
- [11:1-32] but God has purpose for Israel that will demonstrate his kindness & mercy
- [1-6] Even now there is a remnant saved (including Paul!)
- [7-10] But many are hardened
- [11-15] Yet God has a purposeto bring salvation to a greater number of people
- [16-24] Picture of root and branchesGentiles should not be complacent
- [25-32] Future revival among the Jews, in Gods grace and mercy
- [11:33-36] Conclusion: To him be the glory forever.
- The life that pleases God [12:1-15:13]
- Closing greetings [15:14-16:27]
Andrew Fountain, 2006 Back to loveintruth.com/teaching