Romans Part 38

THE BOOK OF ROMANS PART 38

ROMANS 15:4-24

VI. Application: God's Righteousness at Work— Romans 12:1-15:13

A. Application to Our Conduct — 12:1-21

B. Application to Government — 13:1-14

C. The Law of Liberty — 14:1–15:13

1. The Problem — 14:1-3

2. The Principle of Freedom in Christ — 14:4-13a

3. Do Not Cause Another to Stumble — 14:13b–15:3

4. Glorifying God through Unity — 15:4-13

a. The Scriptures give us hope to produce unity in diversity (v4)

b. live in harmony with one another, in accord with Christ (v5)

c. We are to glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (v6

d. Welcome the unity for the Glory of God (v7)

e. Christ served the Jews to show God’s truthfulness (v8)

f. The Gentiles would Glorify God for His mercy (v9a)

g. Jews and Gentiles were brought into one body for the purpose

of glorifying God (v9b-12)

h. We can fellowship in unity and harmony despite our diversity,

this will bring glory to God (v13)

VIII. Conclusion: The Spreading of God's Righteousness Romans 15:14-16:27

A. Paul’s Purpose in Writing — 15:14-21

a. Paul had confidence in their own experience in Christ (v14)

b. His boldness was to remind them of things they learned before (v15)

c. Paul wrote to them as an apostle so they would be sanctified (v16)

d. Paul was proud of the work Christ did through him to the Gentiles (v17)

e. His goal was the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed (v18)

f. The Holy Spirit used miracles to authenticate Paul’s message (v19a)

g. Paul already had a large territory of ministry (v19b)

h. Paul would preach the gospel in areas that were never reached (v20)

i. Those who never were told of Christ would hear and understand (v21)

B. Paul’s Plans for the Future — 15:22-33

1. His Desire to Come to Rome — 15:22-29

a. Paul’s Ultimate Plans — 15:22-24

1. His work prevented him from visiting Rome (v22)

2. His work was finished in those areas now (v23)

3. He wants to visit them on his way to Spain (v24)