Passport
to Rome
Chapter 1
A letter from Paul, written most likely during the winter or early spring of AD 57
The Christian
Community
A
collection of house churches
All
roads lead to Rome
Both
Jews and Gentiles, perhaps with some Jewish leaders
Mutual
encouragement
Looking
for assistance for planned trip to Spain
Need
firm grounding in basic truths of justification and sanctification
I WANT TO SHARE THE GOSPEL
Mom and Dad are talking.
Little daughter comes up to Dad and clearly wants to tell him
something. She begins pulling on his
arm. He asks her to wait. She goes for a few moments but soon is back,
pulling on his arm again. What might
she want to tell him?
Romans
1:1-7
The promise
was kept
Read Romans 1:1-4
Jesus is
both true God and true man. With which
words is his human nature referred to?
With which words is his divine nature referred to?
Why is it
so important that Jesus was/is both human and divine?
Read
Romans 1:5-7
The Lord made Paul his witness to
the Gentiles. Why is it right to call
this responsibility “grace”?
Romans
1:8-17
Power for
you and for me
Read
Romans 1:8-15
How
did Paul show love for these Christians who lived in a place he had never
visited?
Why did Paul want to see the Roman
Christians?
Explain how
the sharing of a teaching from God’s word can be called a spiritual gift.
Read
Romans 1:16-17
There
was nothing that could make Paul want to keep the gospel a secret. What trick must Satan pull on us to get us
to keep the good news of Jesus to ourselves?
Why is it great news that
righteousness is by faith, from first to last?
Read Habakkuk 1:2,3&6. Then read Habakkuk 1:13 & 2:1. Finally, read Habakkuk 2:4-5. What lesson is the Lord teaching Habakkuk?
Why is that
lesson so essential for a proper understanding of how we get to heaven?
Romans
1:18-32
God’s anger
is deserved and effective
Read
Romans 1:18-23
Someone who lived his whole life as
part of a non-Christian tribe on a desert island dies and faces God. God sends him to hell. The man says, “That’s not fair.” How does
God reply?
How did people in Paul’s day
demonstrate that by nature humans neither glorify God as God nor give thanks to
him?
In what way do we by nature do the
same things today?
Read
Romans 1:24-27
Agree
or Disagree and Explain Since
the Bible says, “God gave them over . . . to sexual impurity,” that means that
God made them sin.
What is the difference between the
judgment described in verses 24-25 and the judgment described in verses 26-27?
Read
Romans 1:28-32
Explain
how the judgment described in verses 28-32 is even worse than the judgment
described in verses 26-27.
What attitude does God want us to
have when we see such activities occurring in our day?
How is this section describing God’s
anger against godlessness connected with Paul’s desire to share the gospel with
all people?
I want to share the Gospel
Because it is power.
Because it is needed.
Passport
to Rome