Jean's Bible Study Topics of the New Testament

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Rom 1-1,2

· (14g) Servant Ø Ministry of helps Ø Helpers are set apart from the world

· (12j) Servant Ø Bond servant Ø Salutations

· (91k) Thy kingdom come Ø The called Ø Titles of His calling Ø His calling makes you a distinct member of the body

· (191e) Set Apart (Key verse)

· (191h) Die to self (Process of substitution) Ø Result of putting off the old man Ø Set apart Ø God sanctifies us through His calling

Rom 1-2

· (133d) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Holiness Ø God is holy Ø The word of God is holy

· (151e) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø New Testament bears witness of the Old Ø The Patriarchs Ø The Old Testament prophets

Rom 1-3

· (37e) Judgment of God Ø Jesus’ humanity Ø He was part of the lineage of David

Rom 1-4,5

· (34h) Gift of God Ø God is willing to Give Ø The blessed first resurrection

· (86a) Thy kingdom come Ø Belief Ø Treating the knowledge of God as fact Ø Believe the word by obeying it

Rom 1-4

· (39a) Judgment Ø Jesus defeated death Ø Resurrection of Jesus Christ

· (114i) Thy kingdom come Ø Working the grace of God Ø Jesus does God’s work Ø All His works are what the Father does

· (133c) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Holiness Ø God is holy Ø The Holy Spirit

Rom 1,5-7

· (210k) Salvation Ø Jews and gentiles are being saved Ø Gentiles included Ø Fellow heirs with Israel Ø Ministry to the Gentiles -- These verses go with verses 13-16

Rom 1-5

· (6f) Responsibility Ø Being spiritual Ø Ministering to God by obeying His word – See also: Rom 16-26

· (88a) Thy kingdom come Ø Faith produces works Ø Relationship between faith and works Ø Works establish your faith -- The term "Obedience of faith" is the theme of the book of Romans. It is stated here and at the end of the book in Rom 16-25,26. Everything in between is supporting details of this very important topic. Paul throughout the book of Romans divulges God's plan of redemption in layers, each one acting as a foundation for the next, with the end goal being a marriage between obedience and faith. God's objective for His people has always been to conform their behavior to the likeness of His own, even in the Old Testament through the law. But now God has given us new and better tools to get the job done, namely the Spirit of His Son. But the goal is still the same, He wants us to believe in Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit to the point that it changes our lives, and thus fulfill the law. 

· (115j) Thy kingdom come Ø Working the grace of God Ø Through obedience of faith Ø Through determination

Rom 1-6,7

· (33m) Gift of God Ø Believers are special to God Ø We are beloved of God

Rom 1-6

· (91l) Thy kingdom come Ø The called Ø Titles of His calling Ø Called as saints

Rom 1-8,9

· (149f) Witness Ø Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Works of the church bear witness to Jesus Ø Evangelism Ø Preaching the word to the world Ø The gospel of the kingdom

Rom 1-8

· (82i) Thy kingdom come Ø Prayer Ø Thankfulness Ø Giving thanks for His blessings

· (115a) Thy kingdom come Ø Working the grace of God Ø Working God’s grace through Christ Ø Worship God through Christ

Rom 1,9-13

· (130g) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Unity Ø Committed to caring for the needs of the body Ø Caring for spiritual needs

· (131h) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Unity Ø Interdependence Ø Being selfless toward one another

· (139d) Temple Ø Building the temple (with hands) Ø Encouragement Ø Encouragement strengthens our faith -- Consider this spiritual equation: The body of Christ minus encouragement equals zero. The church today is starving for genuine encouragement (because it is so rare) and we are not getting it. Instead we are discouraged. I am not referring to a pat on the back, but a recognition and reception of each others gifts that we offer free of charge and that we in turn can receive from the other person's storehouse of wisdom and experience. With this mutual exchange comes a spiritual transaction that confirms our direction with God that if we can receive and impart spiritual gifts to each other, we are still on course, and it encourages us to know that the same things we are experiencing both in the world and in the spirit are also happening to our spiritual siblings. We need to get a bearing once in a while without drifting endlessly with no frame of reference to determine our coordinates.

Rom 1,9-12

· (6j) Responsibility Ø Being spiritual Ø Ministering to each other by the strength in your Spirit – If you will take a look at 1Cor 2,10-16, then come back to these verses, it may give you a little more insight into what Paul is referring. 1Cor 2,10-16 describes exactly what it is that we are exchanging. He is talking about longing for a spiritual union with his comrades, and along with that involves an exchange of our possessions, similar to a familiar custom of presenting gifts at a celebration, such as Christmas.

Rom 1-9,10

· (83d) Thy kingdom come Ø Results of prayer Ø Prayer ministers to God

· (248a) Priorities Ø God’s priorities Ø The will of God Ø We play our part in the will of God Ø Knowing the will of God

Rom 1-9

· (12g) Servant Ø Bond servant Ø Their relationship with God -- God's bondservants seem to be strange fellows after looking at their lives, people such as Paul and others of the Bible, including some Christians who lived after the Bible was written. They all had strong relationships with God and spent considerable amounts of time with Him pouring over His word and spent powerful hours in prayer. In this way they were serving God in their spirit, and we are supposed to do the same, for they are our examples. Look at the rest of the topics of this verse and note how most of them pertain to serving God in the spirit in different ways. 

· (140c) Temple Ø Temple made without hands Ø Hiding place Ø House where you live with Jesus

· (154j) Witness Ø Validity of the believer Ø Witness of the believer Ø Having a good conscience Ø God is my conscience

· (252f) Trinity Ø You shall put no other gods before Me Ø Worship God who is Spirit Ø Worship God in the Spirit

· (255e) Trinity Ø Holy Spirit’s relationship between Father and Son Ø God’s word is Spirit Ø God is Spirit

Rom 1,11-13

· (129b) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Bearing the fruit of evangelism Ø Spiritual fruit

· (230f) Kingdom of God Ø God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Partaking of the ministry of the saints -- A more meaningful term to describe what Paul is seeking from the saints is "spiritual fellowship". Spiritual fellowship is the interdependent relationship of giving one self to the body of Christ, while mutually receiving the ministry that comes from each person playing their part as they impart their blessing back into the body. In this way there is not a draw from any one source that could run dry, but rather the source comes from the collective body as they remain faithful to the word of God through prayer in their personal relationship with Christ. 

Rom 1-11,12

· (35j) Gift Ø God gives Himself to us Ø Gifts from the Holy Spirit Ø Spiritual gifts

· (98b) Thy kingdom come Ø Endurance Ø Rooted deeply Ø Plant the word deeply in your heart

· (114g) Thy kingdom come Ø Working the grace of God Ø Obeying the Holy Spirit Ø Implementing the revelation of the Holy Spirit  

· (234l) Kingdom of God Ø Pursuing the kingdom Ø Invest in the kingdom Ø Be a blessing Ø Freely give what you received from God -- You might well ask, 'if I received power from the Holy Spirit, what would I do with it?' It may seem trivial at first, but the most meaningful use of God's power is to invest it back in the kingdom of God through spiritual fellowship. This further strengthens the body which releases God to work more fluently among His people, which in turn continues to foster spiritual growth in the body of Christ in a chain reaction effect, until we grow strong enough to affect the world around us in a substantial way. This causes the body to grow this time in numbers, who themselves must also step into this growing process and be assimilated to become a vital member of the body of Christ. 

Rom 1,13-16

· (210k) Salvation Ø Jews and gentiles are being saved Ø Gentiles included Ø Fellow heirs with Israel Ø Ministry to the Gentiles -- These verses go with verses 5-7. 

Rom 1,14-16

· (148i) Witness Ø Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Works of the church bear witness to Jesus Ø Evangelism Ø Obligation to preach the gospel Ø Ambassador in chains

Rom 1-14,15

· (216c) Sovereignty Ø God overrides the will of man Ø God’s will over man Ø Compelled by the Spirit Ø God takes advantage of your love for Him Ø He forces you by your desire for His calling

Rom 1-14

· (5e) Responsible to advocate God’s cause Ø Disciples preach the gospel

· (186d) Works of the devil Ø The result of lawlessness Ø The reprobate Ø Man’s role in becoming a reprobate Ø The fool Ø The fool throws Jesus away for something better -- This verse goes with verses 18-32. When Paul refers to the wise and the foolish, he is speaking both to those who receive his gospel and those who don't. He is under obligation even to those who don't receive him.

Rom 1-15

· (101f) Thy kingdom come Ø Zeal Ø Fulfill your calling with zeal

Rom 1-16

· (64h) Paradox Ø Anomalies Ø Weaknesses of God Ø God subjects himself to human frailty Ø His weakness is stronger than men

· (86b) Thy kingdom come Ø Belief Ø Treating the knowledge of God as fact Ø Believing is the result of the resurrection

· (123a) Thy kingdom come Ø Manifestations of faith Ø Boldness to speak the word by the Spirit

· (210f) Salvation Ø The salvation of God Ø Jesus is our savior Ø We must believe in the savior to be saved

· (210h) Salvation Ø Jews and gentiles are being saved Ø Salvation is from the Jews Ø The Jew first -- The gospel was meant for the Jew first, then also for the gentiles in that order. Jesus came as Israel's Messiah and they rejected Him. God then called upon the gentiles to carry His word into all the world and would return to Israel when they finally called upon the name of the Lord. We however as gentile should keep in mind that we were redeemed by Israel's savior, and not to get haughty and accuse the Jew for crucifying their Messiah according to world's criticisms, who don't even receive Christ themselves and are therefore guilty of the very thing that they accuse the Jew. 

Rom 1,17-25

· (151j) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø Witnesses of the father Ø Creation is evidence of God Ø Living things reflect the nature of God

Rom 1,17-23

· (154h) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness against the world Ø Witness that the world is rebellious against God Ø Witness against unbelief -- People who don't believe in God might ask, "why doesn't God show Himself to us once in a while to prove that He exists"? That would be a little redundant, since He has given us the entire universe as proof of His existence. What if God wanted us to simply believe in His existence and that He is a good natured God; is that too much to ask? It is to a lot of people. What if God did appear before all mankind, what would that accomplish? It would confirm the faith of those who already believed and frustrate the unbelief of those who don't. Remember Jesus' parable about the rich man and Lazarus, how after the rich man's eyes were opened in hell, he wanted Lazarus to rise from the dead and go tell his brothers about this place, so they don't end up there too. Moses said to him, "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets [the word of God, that book displayed on their mantle], then neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead." So, what's the application? If they do not gain any wisdom or understanding from the witness of the creation, then neither would they be persuaded if God Himself were to stand in front of them. This is eluding to the spirit of unbelief. 

Rom 1-17

· (41f) Judgment Ø Satan destroyed Ø Be like Jesus Ø Righteousness of faith

· (85l) Thy kingdom come Ø Belief Ø Treating the knowledge of God as fact Ø Believing the Son by obeying the Father Ø Obeying the law by faith in the cross -- This verse, "But the righteous man shall live by faith," is a quote from the Old Testament, and is used numerous times in the New Testament, most often in the book of Romans. It is a popular verse because it is establishing conclusively a major principle within Scripture which Jesus did for us through the cross. He made it so righteousness comes through faith, not through obedience to the law. The inadvertent aftereffect of having faith in the cross is the fulfillment of the law, which was the goal of the Father from the beginning. We now have power and the will to fulfill the law, whereas without faith we would have neither. Those who seek to fulfill the law outside of faith have only one tool at their disposal, which is guilt. Walking in guilt leads to an evil conscience and condemnation, neither of which have power to fulfill the law. 

· (108j) Thy kingdom come Ø Revelations of God Ø Revelation of Jesus Christ Ø Revelation of the righteousness of Jesus Christ

Rom 1,18-32

· (51f) Judging the Church with the world Ø God warns the immoral man

· (153f) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness against the world Ø Shame Ø Hiding under a cloud of guilt Ø Opposing the truth

· (157f) Witness Ø Validity of the believer Ø Evidence of being hell-bound Ø Being displeasing to God Ø Living in unbelief

· (166b) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Wisdom of the world Ø Man’s wisdom excuses his sinful nature Ø Man’s wisdom gives reason to reject God -- When you look closer at the world's reasoning, most of it is detached and subjective rambling about getting their own way. You can tell they have a destination in mind with all their so-called objective theories. For example, scientists long ago have concluded that life has created itself, and that there is no need to include God to explain the origins of the universe. When you think how ludicrous that is, it tops the imagination. Now that life is here it appears to be self-propelled, but how did it get started in the first place, and is it self-propelled? They have all their grandiose theories to explain any question you could ever dream up, and their answers are dreamt up too. The biggest question and the hardest one to answer (or accept) is, where are all of these fantasies taking us. The answer is straight to hell, where they came from, according to this portion of Scripture in Romans.  

· (167i) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Carnality Ø The carnal mind does not receive the things of God Ø It rejects God

· (181b) Works of the devil Ø Practicing witchcraft Ø Rebelling against God Ø Rebelling against the witness of God

· (181e) Works of the devil Ø Practicing witchcraft Ø Lawlessness is no excuse for sin Ø Lawlessness does not cancel the power of sin -- A person who doesn't believe there is a God, must think they cannot sin because there is no one to sin against. However, this irrational thinking does not cancel the power of sin. The Bible predicts that the world will destroy itself someday, and that God will send His Son just before they totally annihilate themselves to save His elect few who didn't participate in the world's evils. This whole scenario will transpire even if there were no God, since He had nothing to do with it, except to stop it before man became extinct. Therefore, if you don't want to call it sin, that's fine, but whatever you name it will not change the end result. Sin has an eroding effect on everything and everyone it touches, and there is no way to change that or to explain it away. 

· (185f) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø Mystery of lawlessness Ø Having knowledge but not knowing God

· (186d) Works of the devil Ø The result of lawlessness Ø The reprobate Ø Man’s role in becoming a reprobate Ø The fool throws Jesus away for something better -- These verses go with verse 14

· (186k) Works of the devil Ø The result of lawlessness Ø The reprobate Ø God’s role in forming a reprobate Ø Rejected by God

· (202h) Denying Christ Ø Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Running from God Ø Running from the word of God Ø Running from the witness of God

· (212f) Sovereignty Ø God is infinite Ø He is the creator Ø Evolution (Defaming God) Ø God created atheists too

Rom 1,18-25

· (16k) Sin Ø Continuing in sin to avoid the light Ø Suppressing the truth they cannot deny – Propaganda plumes from the lips of liars like billows of smoke riddled with infectious disease. They can’t prove what they say, but continue lying; they don’t care if they get called on their lies occasionally; they just hope someone believes them. Their steady perseverance in adhering to their so-called cause is unrivaled; that is how they get away with what they are doing. They are staunch believers in the power of advertising an alternate message to at least keep people from thinking about the truth, and to hopefully sway others who are on the fence. Those who most clearly fit this description are professors of universities, our trusted media, and the homosexual community, where evolution and atheism are usually taught. There are some who don’t believe in a grand conspiracy, but what does this portion of Scripture point out other than a society that has gone astray from the truth about being created by God to one that believes there is no God? It all starts by someone breeding lies, and then people believing them. Once a strong nucleus of converts has formed who believe the same thing, they can use the fact that people believe what they are saying as their proof that it is the truth, just because people believe them. From there they hang other mutations of truth on a concept that is suspended on thin air, until a whole mindset is built yet without foundation. So long as no one questions it they don’t care that their newly created ideas are on stilts driven in sand next to the shore of an angry sea that tests the work of every mans truth through time. Now look at verse 18 a little closer.

Rom 1,18-22

· (109a) Thy kingdom come Ø Revelations of the Holy Spirit Ø Spirit reveals the Father

· (154b) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness against the world Ø No excuse Ø There is no excuse for rejecting the Father

· (169f) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø The world is blind to God Ø Willful blindness

· (198b) Denying Christ Ø Man exercises his will against God Ø Man withers when he is in control Ø Unteachable Ø Too busy being a teacher to learn anything

Rom 1,18-21

· (171i) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Outward appearance Ø An accurate reflection of an inner substance Ø Materializing the inner man

· (221d) Kingdom of God Ø The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Kingdom hidden behind the veil from the world Ø God hides from the mind of man Ø He hides behind man’s intellect -- These verses go with verse 24. Man thinks he is pretty smart, but the smarter he thinks he is the less he knows God, from whom true knowledge derives. God owns and guards the storehouse of all wisdom and knowledge, and chooses the humble to understand His ways. If a person wishes for wisdom and understanding, let him first become a fool, that he may become wise in God's sight. God doesn't use emboldened braggarts who are already wise in there own eyes to reveal His glory (See 1Cor 3-18). It is an interesting concept that God would hide behind man's intellect like a shield, behind the very thing man uses to examine the universe, because He knows that man's reasoning would be the last thing on earth that would ever find Him, even though there is evidence all around him. The more his science learns about the world around him, the more evidence is stockpiled for the existence of God, but the less they believe it, simply because they choose not to. How is that objective, oh mr. Scientist?

· (151h) Creation Is Evidence Of God (Key verse)

· (246g) Kingdom of God Ø Spirit realm imposed on the natural realm Ø Demonstration of God’s kingdom Ø God demonstrates His glory Ø Demonstration of His power

Rom 1-18

· (163d) Works of the devil Ø Being a slave to the devil (Addictions) Ø Bondage Ø Being slaves of men Ø Bondage makes you a victim of God’s judgment

· (240j) Kingdom of God Ø Opposition toward the kingdom of God Ø Hindering the kingdom Ø Taking away the key of knowledge Ø Suppressing the truth -- The Bible teaches in this verse that sin has a corrosive effect on the truth; you could compare it to a blanket that first covers the truth from view and then suffocates the faith from it. This verse seems to indicate that there two avenues that sin uses to suppress the truth. First, you have the general decline of society that live more carnal, godless lifestyles through the direction of the second avenue of legal and professional representatives, such as lawyers and the media or college professors handing down their value systems based on what they believe about God and their world. This process has picked away at the truth until now the Bible is not even believed to be the inspired word of God anymore. 

Rom 1,20-32

· (161n) Works of the devil Ø Essential characteristics Ø Satan’s attitude determines our direction Ø Carried Away Ø Carried away by lust

· (2n) Responsible to avoid offending God Ø Get out of His way Ø Do not abuse His grace – You abuse His grace simply by refusing to acknowledge Him as God, and by ignoring the hard evidence that points to His existence and character, namely the evidence of your own life and all of life around you. No one can be ignorant of these things without putting forth an effort to do so, and it is this willful ignorance that God considers abusive to His grace.

· (154a) No Excuse (Key verse)

Rom 1,21-32

· (64f) Paradox Ø Anomalies Ø Limits of God Ø God cannot directly violate the will of man

· (145i) Witness Ø Validity of Jesus Christ Ø Jesus’ works bear witness of Himself Ø Demon possession Ø Human state Ø Filthiness Ø Rejecting the opportunity to be holy -- As candy-coated as homosexuality is today's in this evil and perverse generation, you can no less see the process of a person (or a nation) degrading oneself to include this long list of traits in these verses that a demon-possessed person could also possibly have. So there is a connection between homosexuality and demon possession. Did you know that the antichrist is to be a homosexual? One of the traits that the last-days generation will exhibit will be widespread homosexuality. This perverse human behavior carries with it the same level of rebellion against everything that is sanctioned by God that are in end time prophesies regarding the condition of man prior to Christ's return. Whenever you find rebellion, you will also find sexual perversion, and in cases of profound rebellion, homosexuality is almost always present. 

Rom 1,21-25

· (74i) Thy kingdom come Ø Heart of man is sinful Ø It is deceitful and desperately wicked

· (170e) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø Seeking the glory of man Ø Greed and lust are the glory of man Ø Woman is the glory of man

· (195i) Denying Christ Ø Man exercises his will against God Ø Idolatry Ø Worshipping other gods Ø Worshipping other gods as a god yourself -- If a person is unwilling to worship God as a subordinate creature under His authority, then he will find someone else to worship only under the pretense of being a god himself. Remember the Garden of Eden in the book of Genesis, when Adam and Eve took the fruit, they ate it under the pretense of being as Gods. Anyone who is not a worshipper of God is aspiring to the position of the most high, meaning that pride and deceit are the main propellants keeping him from a healthy relationship with his maker. Deceit is part of it in that he will never be a god. 

Rom 1,21-23

· (201k) Denying Christ Ø Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Running from God Ø Man’s will over God Ø Man is unwilling to acknowledge God -- These verses go with verse 25

· (223e) Kingdom of God Ø The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Conceited toward God -- These verses go with verses 25-27. What good is it to become conceited toward God just to find that the doors have been shut on you from His kingdom? God is elusive enough without running from Him in hope of finding Him before you die. You have a better chance of finding Him if you seek Him with all your heart, just like the Bible says to do. In fact if you don't do that, you may never find Him at all!

Rom 1-21

· (26j) Consequences of sin Ø Curse Ø Deeds that return to the doer Ø Sin backfires on you -- This verse goes with verse 24. What does this phrase mean, "And their foolish heart was darkened?" There was a time when they were capable of making decisions either for or against God, but the Bible doesn't say that they darkened their own hearts, but that their hearts were darkened by someone else, namely by God. This means that God took away their will to serve God if they later wanted to make that decision. In effect they lost their will, which is what defines us as being human. Essentially, they listened to the devil so long that they at last became one, no longer able or welcome to serve God, rejected regards the faith, condemned as they stand. Have you ever met anyone so evil? They are all around us, but don't judge them, because we don't know who they are unless God reveals them to you. 

· (155e) Witness Ø Validity of the believer Ø Witness of the believer Ø An evil conscience keeps us from believing God Ø Knowledge of evil testifies against our motives

· (177k) Works of the devil Ø The religion of witchcraft Ø Presuming the will of God Ø Man’s knowledge of God is based on presumption

· (181j) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø Self deception Ø Deceitfulness of sin -- This verse goes with verse 28. Remember what the Bible says, "Deceiving and being deceived." In a nutshell this is the process of reaching the status of the self deceived, first they live a life of lies and cover-ups, until they lose sight of the truth themselves and their lies take over their minds and twist it around their distorted network of false motives until they lose sight of their coordinates and forget which way is north. At this point they are deceived by their own deceptions, and there is no way out except by the power of God. They are held in bondage by spiritual forces of wickedness, which are no match for the will of man. 

· (184a) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø Darkness Ø Hiding behind your own imagination Ø Hiding behind a false partition

Rom 1-22

· (57i) Paradox Ø Opposites Ø More you profess wisdom, the less you have of it

Rom 1,24-32

· (26j) Consequences of sin Ø Curse Ø Deeds that return to the doer Ø Sin backfires on you – Theset the door on their opportunity to ever know God or go to heaven, which means it is not so innocent. God knows our motives better than we do; He knows that these people will never repent and that their innocence will slowly disappear as the number of victims they accrue increases with their fixation on self. We have all heard this statement from the science field of physics, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". This is true in the natural universe as well as in the spirit realm. 

· (65b) Paradox Ø Anomalies Ø God helps Satan Ø God gives people over to Satan -- After people have made up their minds about what they are going to do with their lives and have seared their conscience as with a hot branding iron, making their decision permanent, what can God do but give up on them? After displaying such contempt for God and His ways with their words and deeds they have stepped across the invisible line of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and cannot return. They have gone from the most gracious open invitation of love and freedom to having their privileges to choose this life revoked by God Himself. The depth of their depravity is hideous enough, but to compare it to the height from which they have fallen as creatures made in the image of God makes it monstrous. 

· (154g) Witness Ø Validity of the Father Ø God bears witness against the world Ø Witness that the world is rebellious against God Ø Witness against sin

· (230g) Kingdom of God Ø God’s kingdom is a living organism Ø Partaking of God’s judgment

Rom 1,24-28

· (135c) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Sins of the body Ø Immorality Ø Homosexuality

Rom 1-24,25

· (135f) Temple Ø Your body is the temple of God Ø Sins of the body Ø Consequences of abortion Ø You dishonor your own body by aborting its fruit -- God does care what we do with our bodies? How does this verse tie in with abortion? Verse 25 says, "They worshipped and served the creature rather than the creator." They didn't worship and serve the other person's body with whom they dishonored their own, they worshipped and served their own bodies by never denying it any kind of pleasure. They refused to serve any one but themselves; even their own children they destroyed. It is this excessive, plenary focus on self that incites God to irreversibly close the door on their chances of ever repenting, which they would not, since they have one hand on the door and are swinging it shut on themselves. This is perhaps the only instance in their lives when they have worked with God and not against Him.  

· (184d) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø God controls darkness Ø God hides unbelief in darkness -- These verses go with verse 28

· (217c) God Gives Up On You (Key verse) – This verse goes with verse 28

· (217d) Sovereignty Ø God overrides the will of man Ø God’s will over man Ø God gives up on you Ø When you give yourself over to sin -- This verse goes with verse 28

· (221d) Kingdom of God Ø The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Kingdom hidden behind the veil from the world Ø God hides from the mind of man Ø He hides behind man’s intellect -- This verse goes with verse 28 (See commentary, verses 18-20)

Rom 1,25-27

· (22j) Sin Ø Lust (craving pleasure) Ø Sexual lust

· (223e) Kingdom of God Ø The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Conceited toward God -- These verses go with verses 21-23

Rom 1-25

· (201k) Denying Christ Ø Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Running from God Ø Man’s will over God Ø Man is unwilling to acknowledge God -- This verse goes with verse 27

Rom 1-26,27

· (16f) Sin Ø Man’s willingness to be evil Ø Using sin to achieve your goals

Rom 1-27

· (201k) Denying Christ Ø Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Running from God Ø Man’s will over God Ø Man is unwilling to acknowledge God -- This verse goes with verses 29-32

Rom 1,28-32

· (22g) Sin Ø Lust (craving pleasure) Ø Fleshly mind

· (96n) Thy kingdom come Ø Having a negative attitude about sin Ø Having a rebellious attitude

· (165c) Works of the devil Ø Manifestations of the devil Ø The world is at enmity with God Ø The world is wicked

· (250j) Priorities Ø God’s prerequisites Ø List of traits that can be found in man Ø List of traits of the heart

· (181j) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø Self deception Ø Deceitfulness of sin -- This verse goes with verse 21 (See commentary)

· (184d) Works of the devil Ø The origin of lawlessness Ø God controls darkness Ø God hides unbelief in darkness -- This verse goes with verses 24&25

· (217c) God Gives Up On You (Key verse) – This verse goes with verse 24

· (217d) Sovereignty Ø God overrides the will of man Ø God’s will over man Ø God gives up on you Ø When you give yourself over to sin -- This verse goes with verse 24

· (221d) Kingdom of God Ø The elusive kingdom of heaven Ø Kingdom hidden behind the veil from the world Ø God hides from the mind of man Ø He hides behind man’s intellect -- This verse goes with verses 18-20 (See commentary)

Rom 1,29-32

· (201k) Denying Christ Ø Man chooses his own destiny apart from God Ø Running from God Ø Man’s will over God Ø Man is unwilling to acknowledge God -- These verses go with verses 21-23

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