Romans Chapter One Lesson 6
Review:
4. Paul presents Jesus as the God - man; vs:3/4
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that Jesus was fully God and fully man; term for this is hypostatic union.
- the hypostatic union makes three points about Jesus;
1.
Jesus was: perfect humanity.
2.
Jesus was; absolute deity.
3.
Jesus was; one person not 2.
5. True doctrine is always theopocentric not
anthropocentric!
- Paul speaks of his commission having the purpose of
bringing about the obedience consisting of faith; obedience that believes the
gospel "for His name's sake,"
In
this next section, v.8-15 we have Paul's introduction to the book his
thanksgiving and concerns related to them.
> Overview of v.8-15, the structure;
- These verses give us a view, a window, if you will, into
Paul's mind, his thinking, even his emotions as he opens this great epistle.
1.
I thank - v.8 gratefulness for
them
2.
I serve - v.9-10 service to the Lord
and how it relates to them
3.
I long - v. 11-12 his personal desires for them
4.
I have planned - v.13 his planning to
come to them
5.
I am under obligation - v.14 his debt
toward them; cause, grace
6.
I am eager - v.15 he was eager, was
ready now to minister to them
> 1:8 We see Paul's Gratefulness;
- What Paul is doing with the use of Prw/ton is to highlight what is of first importance to him as he begins
expressing in this section what is his burning motivation to minister to those
in Rome.
Why is his
thankful attitude expressed in prayer be so important??
"I thank my
God through Jesus Christ for you all."
- Notice that this states one of the most basic principles
of prayer; We approach God through
Christ.
- It is through Him that we have access to the Father Eph
* The reason for
his thankfulness; "because your
faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world."
- Why do you suppose that Paul's priority in thankfulness
is for their faith?
- In Romans we will find that the object of faith is
always one of 2 things;
#1.
the person of Christ or #2 the word or promises about Christ!
- These believers were living lives that stood out in a
city in which Roman historian Tacitus said
"flowed all things that are vile and abominable, and where they are
encouraged."
<1:9-10> Paul's personal service "I
serve";
> The first phrase in the Gk text; is For
God is my witness; then follows,
whom I serve in my spirit in the
[preaching] of the gospel of His Son,
- There is a similar pattern in 2 other passages; 2 Cor
- In all these passages, what Paul is expressing to them,
is his thinking, his vpt; his concern for them;
When
you study through Paul's epistles you find that one of his idiosyncrasies is
that he tells people the truth, more often than not is exactly what they don't want to hear!
- With this statement
"For God is my witness," Paul is saying, it may be difficult for you
to understand my concern for you, but it is genuine, its real; God knows my thoughts, my motives and my desires
for you!
> The word for serve = latreu,w; A&G to serve, in our lit. only of the carrying
out of religious duties; In the LXX it is used of the service of the priests in
the temple;
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In Phil 3:3 it is translated "worship"
- We serve the Lord as priests; therefore every act of
service is an act of worship.
- For the believer there is no secular, all is
sacred/spiritual.
Rem: Everything you do is to be done with the attitude or
motivation as unto the Lord! [