Romans

Michael Samuels

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The defiance of humanity and desperate need for righteousness 1:18- 3:20

So lets cover a little history

I don’t know how well you know or if you know the book of Romans

The first book of the NT that is attributed to the Apostle Paul

Romans is a series of letters, matter of fact a letter

i would have to gather that the brotha was long winded and had a lot to say

And the reason that Paul wrote this letter to the romans is because of two specific reasons

See first the romans had recieved some really jacked up information

and there was some misunderstanding with the teachings of the Apostle Pauls

And two Paul felt it necessary to clear up any misunderstandings

he put into written word the message that he had been preaching for 25 years

See the Apostle wanted to correct any problems that were with the church

So the letter of Romans starts out with a greeting.

He tells that that his intention has been to come and preach to them

to be with them

that he had planned to do so many times but something always prevented him from doing so

And it was when he wrote this letter that he was on his 3rd missionary journey

it was during this time that he was in Corinth as a guest to Gaius

1:16-17

in this area of scripture, Paul expresses the power of the message of Christ

He shares with them the understanding of the gift of righteousness

that the plan of this gift was to save people spiritually and to bring them into right relationship with Jesus Christ

How this gift is the answer to Gods judgement against sin

He shares with them that within this gift is the perfect world

And then he shares with them that it was the fall of Adam in which that world no longer was no longer perfect

and it was within his fall that they lost the kingdom

see you have to understand that the HS, cannot reside in a sin ridden temple as man had become after adam ate of the fruit

And he shared with the Romans, how the gift of His son and his shed blood was the way to that righteousness

ILLUSTRATION OF JESUS AND HIS SON

see it was through this gift of his son in which a way for us to be forgiven of all our sin was possible

how we as a people were restored to right standing with the father.

the funny thing is that these romans knew the truth

they knew what the Apostle had said to them and they knew that what he had said was God’s word

So they knew

but they refused to come in balance with the word of God

And because of this God got angry

God was angry at the sin of his creation

and at this point man had really screwed up

for someone had thrown a spirit of confusion into the romans belief system

And a spirit of homosexuality had entered into the church

men laid with other men and vice versa

the problem is that they knew the truth

they knew God

yet the problem is that they refused to follow his guidance

they were believers of the word and yet they refused to follow and trust in what they believed

and through this refusal came darkness and confusion

This confusion and refusal to worship and to obey the one true God caused them to worship idols and make man made objects

things they could physically see

just like we do today, for it is hard for us to understand and process something or someone that we cannot physically see

And because of it, just like adam, he (God) abandoned them to their foolish ways.

Do you get it?

Well let me explain that God did not abandon them and leave them hanging.

he would not do that

He loved them just the same

for they didn’t loose the love of the father at all

but just like adam did when he fell, he lost access to that perfect world

he lost the kingdom, not God’s love

He allowed them to make a decision

And that decision caused them to loose the benefits of the kingdom

As a holy God cannot reside in an unholy temple

see what they did

what we do

is we trade the truth for what we can comprehend

see our natural mind can only comprehend the natural things

the things of the flesh

see our eyes fool us and we can only comprehend and make sense of what we can physically see

thats is why many of us battle with lust etc

See our flesh comprehends with immediate gratification

all because we refuse to use the power and authority that is given us and make our flesh subjective to our spirit

And the same things happened to the romans during this time.

they fell subjective to the things of the flesh and their fleshly desires

As parents many of us call it tough love, we allow our kids to make decisions so that they hopefully come out with good decisions

and if they created a pit that hopefully they will find their way out before things get too tough for them

but because of these indiscretions,

because they had made their bed and they had to lye in it

judgement came

God had given them ample time to turn things around and then the Apostle Paul had to write his letter

See each man and woman under Apostle Pauls tutelage knew the truth

they just choose to follow what was easiest

they wanted immediate gratificaion

todays answers

exactly like man wants today

and because we cant qualify it with one natural sense

we gravitate to what we can believe and what we can see

we gravitate to what we can touch and to what we can feel

see God is real, but we can’t necessarily reach out and touch him

we cant feel him

and we cannot see him

But see that is what faith is

faith is believing in something that you cannot see

And see that is the reason why we have a ways backward society today

lust running ramped because we cant control our sexual desires

but if i look at things correctly, we have the authority and the power that we need to put our flesh in subjection to that of the spirit

For we are Spirit, Soul and body

not the other way around

however too many of us are living that way

body, spirit, soul and we live the life in which or spirit is in subjection to our flesh

All because we have chosen not to believe and to trust in that that we already know

and that was the problem with the romans as they decided not to follow that that they already knew

and such there was judgment

ours/their words didn’t mean diddly squat because of the gray area in which was believed

and yet somehow we believe that it will all be ok and that there will be no consequences

well,

God abandoned them and they suffered the consequences of their wayward ways

See none of this would have needed to have been necessary if they had just held strong to the words of the Apostle

See Apostle Paul told them the truth

He told them basically how to live a successful and prosperous life

And yet they chose not to follow and strayed away from the possibility of that perfect world

and if you qoute your grandmother,

just take today for instance

if you make your bed you must lay in it

Gods anger burned

i know that we have all heard that quote once or twice in our lives

Gods anger burned, he was upset, no doubt about it

Now dont mis quote me and go around saying that I said this or that

don’t misunderstand me

I am not saying that if you don’t do things Gods way that he is will strike you with pain

I didn’t say that in the least

but if you choose to live outside of the will of God you have to expect that you will have come into agreement of the ways of the world

and thus you will have to deal with whatever the world has to dish out at the time

See, what you have to understand is that our actions, either positive or negative, they open doors

But the thing is that God didn’t leave them hangin

he sent a representative to try and get them back on track

to warn them of their wayward ways and what might happen if they continue with those ways

See the word shows us how to gain God’s favor

Just as it did for the Romans

Yes god was mad,

just like as a parent you would be also

but he allowed them to make a decision

let me tell you this though, that by your decision you are telling others what is most important to you

See God didn’t strike them dead

but their were consequences to their disobedience

My mom always said that famous saying that if your make your bed that you will have to lay in it

and that is so true

And then some will say that a waiting dog will return to its own vomit

See the other statement that my mom always made was that you must walk the walk and talk the talk

See the day has come where we are no longer able to talk and then act differently

Apostles, prophets, preachers, teachers and evangelist’s

Lay people

BELIEVERS OF CHRIST

You can no longer speak one thing from the pulpit and then live a completely seperate life without consequence

I mean yes there is grace, and God will always give that grace

but their is a specific area of grace that is going to lift

God is no longer going to allow 2 sided preaching etc to be in existence

Our word either has to be yes or no

In this new dispensation there is no gray area allowed

Our character has to be that of christ

The problem was that they (the romans) began to feel guilty but not repentive

they were so busy with the appearance of the package

they cleaned the outside of the cup while the inside was filthy

sad things is they realized it, but refused to do anything about it

And just like we do today, we have to keep the appearance of a thing

all while our lives are falling apart

Our prideful nature

that nature that keeps us wanting to keep up with the Joneses

our guilt rises up and begins to eat us from the inside like the bacteria in the cup that grew because it wasn’t properly maintained or cleaned

And it is within that time that just like the romans did, that we began to focus on the works to get us to heaven

When we know that the true and only way to heaven is to be born again

See one of the things that plagued the jews at this time was that they believed that they were better than the gentiles

But understand that no matter who you are that there is no certain advantage

and because of this, the romans began to second guess the teachings of the Apostle Paul

See this teaching took away their comfortability

And when our comfortability is challenged and taken away

our truth comes out

who we are comes out

and we begin to double talk and try to convince our way of of something

we try to justify everything

When in reality, no one is better than the other

God is not a respecter of persons

that no one is righteous

but that sin is common to all

that all are equal

See in , the Apostle Paul affirms and supports his agreement that none are righteous.

now let me explain

see the apostle paul is pointing out that no one is better than the other

That all have fallen short of the glory of the father. 3:23

But within there there is savings grace,

that all that accept the father will be declared righteous

that as his children that we are justified by his grace

now understand when i say that we are all his creation but we are not all his children

that through the shed blood of his son that we are justified

that it was a gift that was freely given to man

and that through this we are justified and that it satisfies a debt

But the fact is that justification by faith des not nulify the law but establishes it

that it is through this justification that we uphold the law

Pall also affirms or states a fact that we must abide the moral norms of the law

See God is righteous

God is redemptive

God is loving and restoring

and that by receiving this gift is what makes a person righteous and empowers them to live right by Gods standings

See it is a fact that our spiritual salvation is recieved through faith

And by accepting God as our lord and savior does not omit the law

but just the contrary

It justifies it

And as a result, we gain the power and ability to honor and obey Gods moral law

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