Intentional Discipleship

  SECTION OUTLINE TEN (ROMANS 10) Paul overviews God’s righteousness and Israel’s present rejection. I. The Prayer concerning God’s Righteousness (10:1–3) A. The prayer (10:1): Paul prays for Israel’s salvation. B. The problem (10:2–3): Israel possesses: 1. Zeal without knowledge (10:2–3a) 2. Works without faith (10:3b) II. The Source of God’s Righteousness (10:4–5) A. It is found in Christ (10:4). B. It was foretold by Moses (Lev. 18:5) (10:5).     III. The Availability of God’s Righteousness (10:6–8) A. Negative (10:6–7): One need not search the heavens or descend into the deep to find it. B. Positive (10:8): It is, through Christ, as near as one’s mouth and heart! Moses predicted this in Deuteronomy 30:12–14. IV. The Reception of God’s Righteousness (10:9–10): Both one’s heart and mouth are involved. A. It is conceived in the heart (10:9b–10a). B. It is confirmed by the mouth (10:9a, 10b). V. The Scope of God’s Righteousness (10:11–1...

  SECTION OUTLINE NINE (ROMANS 9) In the next three chapters, Paul overviews God’s threefold dealings with Israel. Here, he overviews the sovereignty of God and Israel’s selection in the past. I. The Nine Spiritual Advantages of This Sovereign Selection (9:1–5) A. Paul’s grief over Israel (9:1–3): The apostle is so burdened over Israel’s unbelief that he is willing to suffer eternal damnation if that would help them come to Christ. B. God’s gifts to Israel (9:4–5) 1. They are a special nation (9:4a). 2. They have been adopted by God (9:4b, 5). 3. They have had God’s glory revealed to them (9:4c). 4. They have been given the covenants (9:4d). 5. They have been given the law (9:4e). 6. They have the privilege of worshiping him (9:4f). 7. They have the messianic promises (9:4g). 8. They have a godly ancestry (9:5a). 9. They are the people from which Christ came (9:5b). II. The Five Personal Examples of This Sovereign Selection (9:6–29) A. The example of I...

  SECTION OUTLINE EIGHT (ROMANS 8) Paul outlines seven new assurances accompanying salvation. I. The Believer Has a New Position (8:1–8). A. Our position in regard to the Son of God (8:1–3): The believer is in Christ. 1. The miracle involved (8:1, 3a): Believers receive no condemnation and are freed from sin and death. 2. The means involved (8:2, 3b): This was accomplished not through the law of Moses but by the death of Christ. B. Our position in regard to the law of God (8:4–8): We are now able to fulfill the righteous requirements of the law in and through Christ. II. The Believer Has a New Guest (8:9–14). A. Who he is (8:9): He is the blessed Holy Spirit himself. B. What he does (8:10–14) 1. He once strengthened Christ and raised him from the dead (8:11). 2. He now lives within us and controls us (8:9). 3. He now strengthens us and will someday raise us from the dead (8:10, 12–14). III. The Believer Has a New Adoption (8:15–17): We are now members of G...

  NOTES ON ROMANS 6 – JOHN STOTT United to Christ and enslaved to God (6:1–23) The apostle has been painting an idyllic picture of the people of God. Having been justified by faith, they are standing in grace and rejoicing in glory. Having formerly belonged to Adam, the author of sin and death, they now belong to Christ, the author of salvation and life. Although at one point in the history of Israel the law was added to increase sin (5:20a), yet ‘grace increased all the more’ (5:20b), so that ‘grace might reign’ (5:21). It is a splendid vision of the triumph of grace. Against the grim background of human guilt, Paul depicts grace increasing and grace reigning. What was their criticism? It was not just that Paul’s gospel of justification by grace through faith without works seemed to make the doing of good works otiose. Worse than that, it seemed to stimulate people to sin more than ever. For if, in his understanding of Israel’s story, the law led to an increase of sin, and s...

  SECTION OUTLINE SEVEN (ROMANS 7) Paul discusses how the law of God applies to and affects three kinds of people. I. Spiritual People and the Law (7:1–6) A. Their relationship to the law (7:1–3, 5) 1. They are like widows freed from their husbands (7:1–3). 2. They are like dead men freed from their lusts (7:5). B. Their relationship to the Savior (7:4, 6) 1. They have been raised by Christ (7:4a, 6): They are released from the law. 2. They are now to produce fruit through Christ (7:4b): Thus spiritual people are delivered from the law. II. NaturaL People and the Law (7:7–13): The law is used in a twofold manner. A. The illustration usage (7:7, 10): God used the law to reveal the sinfulness of the flesh. B. The condemnation usage (7:8–9, 11–13): Sin used the law to rekindle the sinfulness of the flesh. Thus natural people are doomed by the law. III. Carnal People and the Law (7:14–25) A. Paul has learned that any attempt to keep the law leads to carnality ...