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Episodes
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
ROMANS 3:1-4 WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE?
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
Wednesday Sep 23, 2015
Romans 3:1 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the
profit of circumcision? 2 Much in every
way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if
some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without
effect? 4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is
written: "That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when
You are judged."
In this chapter are an answer to several
objections which follow one upon another,
relating to what the apostle had said concerning the equality of the
Gentiles with the Jews; and various proofs out of the Psalms and Prophets, showing the general depravity and corruption
of mankind, of the Jews as well as of
the Gentiles; and the conclusion from all this,
that there is no justification by the works of the law, but by the
righteousness of God received by faith,
of which a large and clear account is given. The first objection is in Romans 3:1, and is taken from the
unprofitableness of being a Jew and a circumcised person,
Since Paul has been saying that the Jew and Gentiles are
on equal footing or stand equally before God he asks and answers a series of
questions remove any objections some might bring up
Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy are you, O Israel! Who is
like you, a people saved by the LORD, The shield of your help And the sword of
your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their
high places."
1.
Objection 1
If Jew and Gentile stand on equal ground then what advantage then has
the Jew
V-1 What advantage then has the Jew, or
what is the profit of circumcision?
Psalms 147:19 - 20 He declares His word to Jacob, His
statutes and His judgments to Israel. 20 He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have
not known them. Praise the LORD!
V-2 Much in every way
Rom 9:4-5 who are Israelites,
to whom pertain the adoption, the
glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; 5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
the oracles, scriptures, promises, and sayings
of God - oracle is the word which we get logos or the Word (the words or utterances of God
The OT word contains the truth about
salvation and also the basics of the gospel
The Jew had the advantage of the special
revelation of God's law. Yet this could not save him because he could not keep
it. The law increased his responsibility but demonstrated his inability to live
up to God's standards.
Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; 8 The
statutes of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
1Peter 1:23 - 25 having been born again, not of
corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and
abides forever, 24 because "All flesh is
as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass
withers, And its flower falls away, 25 But the word of the LORD endures
forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
2Timothy 3:15 and that from childhood you have known the
Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for
every good work.
2.
Objection 2 Does the unfaithfulness of man make God's
faithfulness of no effect
v-3 What if some did not believe
Isaiah 55:5 Surely you shall call a nation you do not
know, And nations who do not know you
shall run to you, Because of the LORD your God, And the Holy One of Israel; For
He has glorified you." 6 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon
Him while He is near.
v-4 Is God's faithfulness diminished by our
unfaithfulness. God Forbid.
Paul knew that the Jewish leaders would
disagree with the statements that God has not guaranteed to fulfil his promises
to every physical descendant of Abraham. But Paul would say that before any Jew
can inherit the promises that he must first come to repentance and faith.
Paul knew the Jewish leaders would try to
make others believe that he was saying God had abandoned the Jews since they
had been entrusted with many promises and the word and were not transformed by
them
Can man change the natural laws of the
planet? The sun coming up, the moon rising, gravity working, the seasons
changing,
No and man cannot change a God who made
promises to the Jews and us that will be fulfilled in response to our belief
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday,
today, and forever.
Let God be true or found true.
As it is written: quoted from Psalms 51:4
When
David sinned with Bathsheba and committed adultery and murder, God sent Nathan
to confront him in about this sin in 2Samuel 11-12 and rather than try to make
God out a liar he confesses his sin. David says he has done evil in God's
sight(in other words he agrees with God)
Psalms 51:3 or I acknowledge my transgressions, And my
sin is always before me. 4Against
You, You only, have I sinned, And done this
evil in Your sight--That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.
Wednesday Sep 16, 2015
ROMANS 2:25-29 WHAT DO YOU CLING TO AS A SIGN OF YOUR CHRISTIANITY?
Wednesday Sep 16, 2015
Wednesday Sep 16, 2015
Romans
2:25 For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are
a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26
Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law,
will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? 27 And will not the
physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, judge you who, even with your
written code and circumcision, are a transgressor of the law? 28 For he is not
a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the
flesh; 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from
God. (NKJV)
External
Religion cannot replace righteous living
Circumcision is of no avail or the impossibility of rituals
pleasing God
Paul starts to remind his readers that religion without a
heart change is useless
Many today think that because they were baptized as an
infant or an adult, take communion, have been through confirmation, do good
deeds, done more good than bad, or many other things the Bible does not say, they
are going to heaven
v-25 Every male Jew was circumcised as an infant.
Gen 17:10-14 It was a sign that one was of the covenant
community
Romans 4:11 shows that circumcision was a sign of
righteousness
Paul's credentials or resume is in Phil 3:3-7
Profitable- it was profitable if done as an act of obedience
and as a reminder of the covenant relationship with God.
Uncircumcision - If a Jew continued to break the law had no
more of a saving relationship than an uncircumcised Gentile. It was no more
than an outward symbol if there was no heart relationship with God
Circumcision went from being a rite or solemn religious
ceremony practiced in the home to a ritual or practice that had no meaning. It
was done because it was required not because of the love for GOD
V28-29
Deuteronomy 10:16 "Therefore circumcise the foreskin of
your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.
Colossians 2:11 In Him you were also circumcised with the
circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the
flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
The true mark of
God’s child is not an outward symbol, such as circumcision, but a godly
condition of the heart.
Ga 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
Ga 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
The Gospel of Christ demands an inward change: “You must
be born again” (John 3:7). It is not obedience to a religious system that will
allow one to pass the test when Christ judges the secrets of men’s hearts. It
is the Gospel of Christ that is God’s power unto salvation, both to Jew and
Gentile (Rom. 1:16). If a person has never believed the Gospel and received
Christ, then he or she stands condemned. The Jews, with all their religion and
legalism, were (and are) just as much under sin as the Gentiles—and more so,
because to them were given greater privileges and opportunities to know the
truth
Lessons
It is possible to think you are okay with God by
what you sayIt is possible to think you are okay with God by
what you doYour walk should match your talk
if you are truly a Christian
Wednesday Sep 02, 2015
ROMANS 2:21-24 DOES YOUR WALK MATCH YOUR TALK
Wednesday Sep 02, 2015
Wednesday Sep 02, 2015
Ro
2:21 You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who
preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?22 You who say, "Do not commit
adultery," do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob
temples? 23 You who make your boast in
the law, do you dishonor God through breaking the law? 24 For "the name of God is blasphemed
among the Gentiles because of you," as it is written.
V21-23
Paul asks a series of questions designed to show the difference between what
the Jews knew and what they practiced
v-21
First he asks do you practice what you preach
Matt
23:1-5 Pharisee's taught it but did not practice
Then
he speaks of three sins that were in abundance among the Jews
Stealing
- Psalms 50:16-21 ungodly God does not want them teaching his covenant, stealing
Matt 23:14-15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour
widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will
receive greater condemnation. 15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is
won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and
the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble,
and to keep oneself unspotted from
the world.
v-22 Adultery - Malachi 3:5 And I will come near
you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against
adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows
and orphans,
Rob temples - Acts 19:37
"For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers
of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
V
23 Paul goes back to verse 17 and mentions again their boasting in the law and
yet you break God's law and dishonor Him
John
MacArthur says that since it was impossible to keep the law perfectly some of
the rabbis began teaching that learning the law was sufficient, then some
claimed that possessing the law in the form of scrolls was sufficient and
lastly some taught that the Jews were safe from Judgement because they were
God's chosen people to be the receivers and custodians of the law
V
24 quoted from Isaiah 52:5
Blaspheme means
to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at
This means the
Jews were not speaking evil of God but that the Gentiles were speaking bad
about God, His Word and Christianity because of What they taught vs what they
practiced.
Psalms
1:1-6
Matt 23:27
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full
of dead men's bones and all
uncleanness. 28 "Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but
inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 33 "Serpents, brood of
vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?
Circumcision
of no avail or the impossibility of rituals pleasing God
Paul
starts to remind his readers that religion without a heart change is useless
Many
today think that because they were baptized as an infant they are going to
heaven
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