Romans Flashcards
Romans - Overview
Theme: Righteousness of God.
1-11 1: Paul explains God’s righteousness 12-16: Righteousness in the Christian life
Author: Paul
Date/Location: A.D.56 from Corinth (16:1, 23) at the end of Paul’s 3rd missionary journey
Audience: Romans
Romans 1 - 3:20
The need for righteousness - both Gentile (1:18-32) and Jew (2:17-29) are guilty before God because of their sin
Romans 3:21 - 31
God’s solution for the problem in chapters 1 - 2, namely that God will justify the one who has faith in Jesus
Romans 4
Justification in the lives of Abraham and David
Romans 5:1 - 11
The benefits of justification:
The believer’s peace with God (5:1)
Standing in grace (5:2a)
Hope of glory (5:2b - 5a)
Possession of divine love (5:5b - 8)
Certainty of deliverance (5:9 - 10)
Joy in the Lord (5:11)
Romans 5:12 - 21
One man’s sin damns the world, one man’s sacrifice justifies many
Romans 6
Sanctification
Romans 7
A believer in the middle of his spiritual battle with sin
Romans 8:1 - 27
Yearning of true believers to be free from their sinful nature and are able to do so because of the leading of the Holy Spirit (8:8 - 9, 14)
Romans 8:28 - 39
God as the sovereign savior who foreknows, predestines, calls, justifies, and glorifies his children
Romans 9
The sovereignty of God in salvation
Romans 10
The means God uses to bring people into his kingdom, namely the Gospel
Romans 11
God’s faithfulness to justified individuals amidst the objection of Israel being rejected, which Paul presents as a temporary rejection until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in (11:25)
Romans 12
The responsibilities of the justified toward God
Worship (12:1 - 2)
Others service (12:3 - 13)
Peace toward society (12:14 - 21)
Romans 13
The responsibility of the justified toward government and neighbors
