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What About Israel? Adapted from a study by Warren Wiresbe Romans 9:1-13 I. A Faithless People (vv. 1-5) A. Pauls burden 1.His heart for Israel 2.His hurt for Israel B. Israels benefits 1.The production of the written Word 2.The promise of the Living Word II. A Faithful God (vv. 6-13) A. Not because of who they were B. Not because of what they did C. But, because of Gods purposes More to Consider A...

Romans 8:31-39 Absolved from the Penalty of Sin Christ Died for Us (vv. 31-32) God has freely given His Son God will freely give us His inheritance (8:16-17) Justified from the Prosecution of Sin Christ Stands by Us (vv. 33-34) The Judge The Judged The Justifier The Justified Victorious over the Power of Sin Christ Loves Us (vv. 35-39) The security of His love over adversity The safety of His love...

Romans 8:12-17 Our Obligation to God the Spirit (vv. 12-13)A. We owe nothing to the flesh = DeathB. We owe it all to God = Life Our Adoption by God the Father (vv. 14-15)A. All humans are Gods creationB. All saved become Gods children Our Position with God the Son (vv. 16-17)A. We have Gods assurance of our adoptionB. We are Gods heirs through our adoptionC. We will share Gods glory in our adaptio...

Romans 8:1-11 Spiritual Acquittal (vv.1-4) Our liberation Our Liberator Our liberty Spiritual Acclimation (vv. 5-8) Acclimated in the flesh = Death Acclimated in the Spirit = Life Spiritual Accompaniment (vv. 9-11) Our Companion in our new life (John 16:7, Acts 1:8, Eph. 1:13) Our capability to live our new life More To Consider The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. The win...

Romans 7 A New Relationship (vv. 1-6) Law - Religion = have to - performance Christ - Relationship = want to- transformance A New Reality (vv. 7-12) The law requires perfection I am still not perfect A New Rivalry (vv. 13-25) Personal contradiction Internal conflict Eventual conclusion More to Consider A real Christian is an odd number, anyway. He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen;...

Romans 5:12-21 One Mans Gross Rebellion - Adam (vv. 12-14) Spread sin Spawned death One Mans Gift of Redemption - Jesus (vv. 15-17) Provided grace Purchased life One Choice for All People You (vv. 18-21) Judgment vs. justification Rebellion vs. righteousness Sin and death vs. grace and eternal life More to Consider Employing the concept of corporate solidarity, Paul explained that when Adam sinned...

Romans 5:6-11 We Have Been Saved from Sins Penalty (vv. 6-7) Despite our weakness Regardless of our ungodliness We Are Saved from Sins Power (v. 8) The demonstration of Gods love for us The determination of Gods love for us The deliverance by Gods love for us We Shall be Saved from Sins Presence (vv. 9-11) Saved from Gods wrath Saved by Christs life Saved to rejoice More to Consider D.M. Stearns i...

Romans 5:1-5 Through Faith, We Have Peace with God (v. 1) Justified by faith Reconciled through Christ Through Peace, We Have Access to God (v. 2) Standing in grace Rejoicing in hope Through Access, We Have Hope in God (vv. 3-4) Tribulation Perseverence Character Hope Through Hope, We Have Fullness from God (v. 5) Filled with the love of God our confidence Filled with the Spirit of God our comfort...

Matthew 28:1-10 An Earth-Shaking Experience (vv. 1-2) Rocking the world Rolling away the stone A Mind-Blowing Experience (vv. 3-4) The angels arrival The angels appearance The angels affect A life-Changing experience (vv. 5-10) Death changes to life Grief changes to joy Weariness changes to worship More to Consider It is fitting that a supernatural person should enter and leave the earth in a supe...

Mark 8:34-38 Crucify Your Life -Not my life, His life (vv. 34-35) Denial of self Death of self Crucify Your Ambition Not my goals, His goals (vv. 36-37) A. Valueless yield Valuable yieldedness Crucify Your Pride Not my way, His way (v.38) He bore the shame for our blame We must bear shame for His Name More to Consider In Venezuela there are great iron mines, from which ore is shipped to the larges...

Romans 4:13-25 The Observation of Faith (vv. 13-17) Gods promise is granted by faith The law limits The law lacks Gods promise is guaranteed by grace Limitless Lavish The Object of Faith (vv. 18-25) The illustration - Abraham The realization Jesus

Psalm 100 Celebrate With Joyous Excitement (vv. 1-3) The rejoicing The reason Celebrate With Grateful Engagement (vv. 4-5) The gratitude to God The glorification of God More to Consider This psalm is just like a great doxology. There are many doxologies in the Word of God. Believers can sing the one in Ephesians 1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with...

Romans 4:1-13 Justification by Faith Articulated (vv. 1-3) What shall we say? What does Scripture say? Justification by Faith Celebrated (vv. 4-8) The dilemma Debt owed, law/works Debt paid, grace/ faith The delight Justification by Faith Calculated (vv. 9-12; see Gen. 12:1-3) One man + One nation + One faith = One salvation More to Consider Just before General Eisenhower died, Billy Graham was in...

Romans 3:21-31 The Clarity: His Righteousness (vv. 21-26) Revealed apart from the law Redeeming from the law Jesus sacrifice Jesus satisfaction Jesus solution The Conclusion: Humanitys Remedy (vv. 27-31) Justification by faith Resolution of the law More to Consider What kind of God (Father) sends His Son to such a horrific death to satisfy His own sense of justice? First, Jesus voluntarily gave Hi...

Romans 3 The Confusion of Human Religion (vv. 1-18) Do religious people have an advantage? Does religious hypocrisy prove God false? Is it fair for God to punish our sin if it points to His righteousness? Conclusion One (vv. 19-20) All are guilty of breaking Gods law None will be justified by keeping Gods law More to Consider That no one is righteous indicates human inability to secure salvation a...

Romans 2 The Universal Principle (vv. 1-11) Universal guilt Universal standard Universal opportunity Universal result The Non-Religious Response (vv.12-16) Ignorance of the Law Internal law of the conscience The Religious Response (vv. 17-29) We know the Law and teach it. You know the Law and break it. More To Consider A person's habitual conduct, whether good or evil, reveals the condition of his...

Romans 1:1-32 The Reality of Sin: The Truth (vv. 18-23) Humanitys suppression of Truth Gods expression in Truth Foolish profession against Truth The Results of Sin: The Tragedy (vv. 24-32) Defilement and idolatry Deviance and perversion Depravity and affirmation More to Consider The picture Paul paints here is an ugly one. I confess that there are some neighborhoods that I dislike driving through,...

Romans 1:1-17 Pauls Credentials (vv. 1-7)A. ServantB. ApostleC. PreacherD. Missionary Pauls Concern (vv. 8-13)A. He prayed for themB. He pined for themC. He planned to see them Pauls Conscience (vv. 14-17)A. I am a debtorB. I am readyC. I am not ashamed More to Consider All of the apostles were insulted by the enemies of their Master. They were called to seal their doctrines with their blood and n...

Romans Overview The Question of Sin (3:23) The Question of Salvation (4:5) The Question of Sanctification (6:16) The Question of Sovereignty (11:33-36) The Question of Service (12:1-2) More to Consider Rome As early as the second century b.c., a Jewish colony existed in Rome. After 63 b.c., when Judea became a part of the Roman Empire, this colony grew. By 59 b.c. Cicero wrote of it as powerful an...

Psalm 23 Our Guide (vv. 1-3) Provision and peace Refreshment and restoration Rightness and reason Our Comforter (v. 4) Protection Correction Redirection Our Provider (v.5) He is our generous Host We are His welcome guests Our Satisfaction (v. 6a) Goodness Mercy Our Redeemer (v. 6b) Our days Our destiny More to Consider The Lord is my shepherd. What condescension is this, that the Infinite Lord ass...

Isaiah 12 Joyful Experience (vv. 1-3) Celebrate the Lord for His Forgiveness. Celebrate the Lord for His Salvation Joyful Expression (vv. 4-6) Praise the Lord Declare His deeds Remember to exalt His Name Sing to the Lord More to Consider Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offere...

Isaiah 40:1-5, 28-31 The Promise of Peace (vv. 1-5) The voice of consolation The voice of expectation The voice of resolution The Power of Peace (vv. 28-31) Focus on Gods power (Isaiah 26:3-4) Focus on Gods provision He gives power He gives perseverance More to Consider An Introduction to the God of Israel (40:126): This chapter describes eight attributes of God. His mercy (40:12) 1.He comforts (4...

Isaiah 9:1-7 The Need for Hope (v. 1) Gloom Distress Oppression The Nature of Hope (vv. 2-6) Light Joy Peace The Name of Hope (v. 7) His character Wonderful Counselor Mighty God Everlasting Father Prince of Peace His Crown A peaceful government A just government A forever government More to Consider Although Mt 4:16 applies the passage as a whole (vv. 27) to Jesus Christ by implication, the NT doe...