Romans

INTRODUCTION

Romans was written by Paul, the Apostle, in 57 AD. One of the key messages in this book is Righteousness by Faith, or Justification by Faith. We receive right standing with God by faith, not by our works. There is nothing we can do on our own to be right with God. Righteousness and Justification are instrumental in all of Paul’s teachings.

Romans 1:17 says, “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” (KJV). The NLT version says it this way, “This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “it is through faith that a righteous person has life.”

Author: Paul the Apostle

Date: A.D. 57

Place: Rome

Theme: The theme that runs throughout this book is “Righteousness by Faith, or Justification by Faith.”

OUTLINE

Chapter 1

• Greetings from Paul 1:1-7
• Paul prays for his readers 1:8-15
• The Gospel is the Power of God 1:16-17
• God will judge Sin 1:18-32

Chapter 2

• God’s judgment of sin, (All are guilty, whether Jew or Gentile) 2:1-16
• The Jews and the Law 2:17-29

Chapter 3

• God remains faithful 3:1-8
• All people are sinners 3:9-20
• The way of Righteousness – By Faith 3:21-31

Chapter 4

• Abraham was justified by Faith 4:1-15
• God rewarded Abraham’s Faith 4:16-25

Chapter 5

• Through Faith, we have peace with God 5:1-11
• Adam and Christ contrasted 5:12-21

Chapter 6

• The power of sin is broken 6:1-14
• We are no longer enslaved to sin 6:15-22
• The wages of sin is death 6:23

Chapter 7

• A new view of the Law 7:1-6
• God’s Law reveals our sin 7:7-13
• Struggling with sin 7:14-25

Chapter 8

• In Christ, there is no more condemnation, 8:1-8
• Believers are People of the Spirit 8:9-17
• Believers receive the Spirit’s help 8:18-30
• Believers are loved by God 8:31-39

Chapter 9

• The implications of Faith for Israel 9:1-13
• God is Sovereign 9:14-29
• Israel’s unbelief 9:30-33

Chapter 10

• Paul longs for Israel’s Salvation 10:1-13
• The nation needs to hear the Gospel 10:14-21

Chapter 11

• God has not given up on Israel 11:1-10
• The implications of faith for Gentiles 11:11-24
• Israel will eventually be saved 11:25-32
• Paul’s prayer of Praise 11:33-36

Chapter 12

• The believer’s relationship to God 12:1-2
• The believer’s position in the body of Christ 12:3-13
• The believer’s service to the community 12:14-21

Chapter 13

• Respect for Authority 13:1-7
• Love fulfills God’s requirements; The believer’s conduct 13:8-14

Chapter 14

• The danger of criticism 14:1-13
• Pursue peace with each other 14:14-23

Chapter 15

• Show compassion to all 15:1-13
• Paul’s confidence in his readers 15:14-21
• Paul expects to preach the Gospel at Rome 15:22-33

Chapter 16

• Paul’s greetings to his friends 16:1-16
• Warnings against false teachers 16:17-20
• Paul’s final instructions 16:21-27

Key Lessons in the book of Romans:

• Justification is by Faith only: We cannot do anything to make ourselves right with God. We receive righteousness when we confess Jesus Christ, the Messiah, as our Lord and Saviour. Romans 10:9-10 says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (KJV).

• Believers are to live by faith: Everything with God works by faith. We have faith in His promises to the believer of Christ. Romans 1:17 says, “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” (KJV).

• The Grace of God works by faith: Romans 4:16 says, “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all” (KJV).

• God is at peace with us because of Jesus Christ, our Savior. Romans 5:1 says, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” (KJV).

• Sin does not have dominion over us: Now that we are under the Grace of God, sin should not power over us. We now have in us the power of God to resist sin. God is not going to make us do what is right. His grace has given us the ability to resist it. Romans 6: 12-14 says, “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace” (NIV).

• Our life is in the Spirit: Romans 8:1-4 says, ” Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit” (NIV).

Memory Verse

Romans 1:17 “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” (KJV).

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