Earth 3 flag Bible Trek Logo Our unending mission… To seek out new insights and applications from God’s inspired Word. And to boldly go wherever the Lord leads us… TBC logo small w letters rOMANS thru 2011 to 2012 WELCOME TO Chapter 11:28-12:8 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KzE2zdO_bRA/TaIwddffBVI/AAAAAAAABN4/AaCoKedChaw/s1600/Romans+1+16.bmp http://whenyouwalkalongtheway.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/clothed-in-christ.jpg For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, Romans 1:17a http://mudpreacher.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/from-faith-to-faith.jpg a righteousness that is by faith from first to last Romans 1:17b abraham night sky.jpg just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:17c Sin Salvation Sanctification Setting aside Israel Service Salutation 1:1-3:20 3:21-5:21 6-8 9-11 12-15:13 15:13-16:27 Outline of Romans http://rlv.zcache.com/sinner_forgiven_tshirt-p2357635585054257683m1f_400.jpg Romans 3:10 (from Psalms 14:1, 53:1, 143:2) As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;” Sin Salvation Sanctification Setting aside Israel Service Salutation 1:1-3:20 3:21-5:21 6-8 9-11 12-15:13 15:13-16:27 Outline of Romans Picture_150133231_std.jpg and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 3:24 3050307072_c298faf2d2.jpg For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Romans 3:28 Sin Salvation Sanctification Setting aside Israel Service Salutation 1:1-3:20 3:21-5:21 6-8 9-11 12-15:13 15:13-16:27 Outline of Romans http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TsFVUxPiKgw/Te1hMFoX2EI/AAAAAAAAAKE/r4jIPEkCBbU/s1600/dead2sin.jpg In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. http://www.christian-wallpaper.com/backgrounds/Therefore-there-is-now-no-condemnation-for-those -who-are-in-Christ-Jesus.gif http://gracewaymedia.com/images/00023065_nv.jpg Romans 8:31b http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EF7CEGIbIKc/TK1Se0SzLYI/AAAAAAAADqA/14G8Jhuw2NQ/s1600/Romans+8+-+38-3 9.jpg Sin Salvation Sanctification Setting aside Israel Service Salutation 1:1-3:20 3:21-5:21 6-8 9-11 12-15:13 15:13-16:27 Outline of Romans 414050.jpg heart of stone.png The mystery of Israel’s Hard Heart http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/israel/nasaisrael.jpg The advantages of Israel – the Jews Theirs is the adoption as sons theirs the divine glory the covenants the receiving of the law the temple worship and the promises Theirs are the patriarchs and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen. Romans 9:4b,5 scroll 5.jpg It is not as though God’s word had failed. Romans 9:6a So what happened? For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. Romans 9:6b,7a http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S9S_e9EAGhA/Tsp_DWdKhdI/AAAAAAAAANg/axNbt0R4wSo/s1600/ArtBook__012_01 2__JacobBlessingHisSons____.jpg 26669.bmp Jacob vs. Esau http://www.eborg3.com/Bible-Alp habetical/H/600-HagarIshmaelAbraham.JPG Isaac vs. Ishmael http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R6oURkB6TNI/TsmHzie_5eI/AAAAAAAABwg/xQZL9bdi-xs/s1600/judge1.jpg What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! Romans 9:14 God is in authority! God has an amazing plan! http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hQ9RJD9U2T8/TRYl3qIl6SI/AAAAAAAAAEI/2JCQm8Khz1s/s1600/In-The-Potter%2 527s-Hands.gif But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? Romans 9:20,21 Isaiah 29:16 45:9 http://pastorcarolmora.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gods-game-pl an.jpg http://pastorcarolmora.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gods-game-pl an.jpg Jews reject Gospel to Gentiles Romans 9:22-24 Why? Works based religion Did not recognize Jesus and that the Law had been fulfilled in Him They were looking for God every place but their hearts Almost all of them refused His revelations to them There was always a small righteous remnant chosen by grace The rest were hardened by God (temporarily)! Works Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. Romans 9:32a http://arrowheadaddict.com/files/2011/04/checklist.jpg 757708294_7e21351ade_b They stumbled over the “stumbling stone.” Romans 9:32b http://www.artihidupku.com/home/images/stories/24-paul-writing-a-letter-to-timothy-36x36.jpg Romans 10:1,2 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. http://www.covenantgrove.org/wallpapers/Pierced%20-%20Isaiah%2053.jpg Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Romans 10:3 http://www.tillhecomes.org/wp-c ontent/uploads/2011/08/Talmud_set-570x399.jpg Christ%20enters%20Jerusalem.jpg “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Romans 10:4 http://www.wallacepathwaysart.com/images/moses.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BXb3Vy16URo/Tl0ZSsm8d9I/AAAAAAAAAdM/7OXxPlksxt8/s1600/jesus-knocking- the-door.jpg But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: Romans 10:8 Deuteronomy 30:13 http://api.ning.com/files/GKL2GUXjk-59GOahq8sWHLpDVcLhxXt8zzGt71ECnN2*xanxfeAi6KiOBIo4xZmEJ3f8G RQibz2spBP3f65yt68V3spoTqQM/16.jpg Romans 10:9 http://libaw.com/shutterfaith/wallpaper/jesus-one-way-the-only-way.jpg http://libaw.com/shutterfaith/wallpaper/jesus-one-way-the-only-way.jpg For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, Romans 10:12 Apostle%20Paul%202333517590_428b53de7d_o.jpg But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” Romans 10:18 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QjE8GzKBQAI/S6r8lu2RhuI/AAAAAAAAA3U/L m-lJ_e9_IM/s1600/e-hr1.bmp General Revelation Psalm 19:4a But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” Romans 10:21 http://www.ellenwhite.info/imag es/chapt-illus/PK/RH-JeremiahPreaching_DSC_0008.jpg exodus32.jpg SPECIAL Revelation Apostle paul Romans 11:1 Paul I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 12-tribes-silouette1 abraham God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Romans 11:2a Don't you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah--how he appealed to God against Israel: elijahfire.jpg Romans 11:2b-4 elijah-in-cave1 Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me. New_Exodus_lowf I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal. 1 Kings 19:18 Apostle paul So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. messiah_building Romans 11:5 What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, Romans 11:7a Temple faded 2.png http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3S8g1l-wx2s/TIHOp1Od0fI/AAAAAAAADKs/Z SWvilPkBDo/s1600/map13.jpg but the elect did. The others were hardened, as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day.” Romans 11:7b,8 Deuteronomy 29:4 Isaiah 29:10 http://up.picr.de/6415241btc.jp g 01marathon_slide16 01marathon_slide16 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Romans 11:11a http://pastorcarolmora.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gods-game-pl an.jpg http://pastorcarolmora.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gods-game-pl an.jpg Jews reject Gospel to Gentiles Romans 9:22-24 arrow.png Jews Believe Romans 11:12-27 Jesus on trial before Sanhedrin.gif 0870_Jesus_world_christian_clip art.jpg For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? http://www.jewsonfirst.org/imag es/baptist_messianic1.jpg Ezekiel 37:4,5 Romans 11:15 OliveTree_NazVillage_fjenkins_043010_140sm-crop OliveTree_NazVillage_fjenkins_0 43010_140sm-crop and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, If some of the branches have been broken off, olive%20branch Romans 11:17a OliveTree_NazVillage_fjenkins_043010_140sm-crop OliveTree_NazVillage_fjenkins_0 43010_140sm-crop do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. Romans 11:17b,18 olive%20branch OliveTree_NazVillage_fjenkins_043010_140sm-crop OliveTree_NazVillage_fjenkins_0 43010_140sm-crop You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. Romans 11:19,20 olive%20branch http://i.mobavatar.com/what-s-on-your-mind/be-afraid-be-very-afraid-1.jpg For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. Romans 11:21 http://www.turnbacktogod.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Jesus-Lion-and-Lamb.jpg Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, Romans 11:22a timber provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. Romans 11:22b OliveTree_NazVillage_fjenkins_043010_140sm-crop OliveTree_NazVillage_fjenkins_0 43010_140sm-crop And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. Romans 11:23 olive%20branch olive%20branch http://www.joe-ray.com/site/motherland/the_road_back_to_tradition_begins_with_a_graft/ image http://www.joe-ray.com/site/motherland/the_road_back_to_tradition_begins_with_a_graft/ image After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, Romans 11:24a olive-tree-grafting how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree! Romans 11:24b church103 Mystery%20LOGO Romans 11:25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part 15 until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. (Unbelieving) http://www.xor.co.uk/Images/LifeCentre2.jpg Total Believers over all time return-of-christ Romans 11:26,27 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.” Zechariah 12:10a "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. holysprt Jerusalem silloette Jerusalem jesus_nailed They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. Zechariah 12:10b http://greghasty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dsc_0045.jpg So, while we are waiting for this miraculous day when all the Jews returns to God, how shall we interact with unbelieving Israel? http://greghasty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dsc_0045.jpg As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, Romans 11:28 So are the Jews saved or not? " Thus, while the Catholic Church regards the saving act of Christ as central to the process of human salvation for all, it also acknowledges that Jews already dwell in a saving covenant with God." http://www.artihidupku.com/home/images/stories/24-paul-writing-a-letter-to-timothy-36x36.jpg I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit— I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel Romans 9:1-4a http://libaw.com/shutterfaith/wallpaper/jesus-one-way-the-only-way.jpg http://libaw.com/shutterfaith/wallpaper/jesus-one-way-the-only-way.jpg For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, Romans 10:12 Paul preaching.jpg I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. Romans 11:13,14 Gentiles Jews abraham-stars.jpg but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. Romans 11:28b,29 Abrahams journey The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." Genesis 12:1-3 1 2 Great Nation All peoples blessed Abraham called Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. Genesis 12:6,7 3 The Land is theirs I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; Genesis 12:3 http://readingacts.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/paul-in-athens.jpg Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. http://www.vaticanassassins.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/8449_N pAdvHover.jpg Romans 11:30 Romans 11:31 http://bumpper.com/images/Visionary/Mercy.jpg For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. Romans 11:32 Why did God do it this way? http://itsamystery.com/itsamys07.jpg Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Romans 11:33 http://i.pbase.com/o4/90/354990/1/104202641.KZlbUrtR.HelixNebulaNGC7293.jpg “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13 http://www.riverchasebaptist.org/clientimages/31474/crosses.jpg “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?” Romans 11:35 Job 41:11 http://pastorericdouglas.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/universe.png For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. Romans 11:36 http://thepopeofpentecost.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/doctrine.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PPllOO_PQkE/TWHIgO2U-DI/AAAAAAAAAMA/6CXjcAPr1XI/s1600/Romans.jpg http://www.66clouds.com/images/NT/romans3.gif http://photos.weddingbycolor-no cookie.com/p000006363-m31584-p-photo-94361/Mystery-Guest.jpg How then should we live? Sin Salvation Sanctification Setting aside Israel Service Salutation 1:1-3:20 3:21-5:21 6-8 9-11 12-15:13 15:13-16:27 Outline of Romans Paul 2.jpg Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, Romans 12:1a http://www.echoinghim.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/IMG_1631edit.jpg to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1b http://bible-flemmingbille.com/bible/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sacrifice.jpg So what does it mean to be a living sacrifice? http://www.instructables.com/image/F8NZ8W82J8EV0FB31K/How-to-Make-Playdough-Play-doh.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4G_uK3Xr6Qg/TCKgdzR9ZbI/AAAAAAAAATs/I0N3fFUEHmQ/s1600/100_7725.JPG Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, Romans 12:2a http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SieQC7vmg3A/Tghe4CwRl5I/AAAAAAAAAH8/EToGVE6e9jE/s1600/number-1-sign.j pg Bible%20Study%20E.jpg but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2b http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pN4sFJuwY9c/TGpUJ7IfrNI/AAAAAAAAAHw/kXMJRY8aFqs/s1600/renew+your+mind .jpg What you see What you hear What you think Where you go What you do and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 The Renewed Mind http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/unbranded/d/unbranded-discovery-world-chemistry-set- 100-experiments-f-e-v-a.jpg Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2c http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Xgj9pSBzKQ/TcLeyrxOISI/AAAAAAAADYk/9nAVUMJnpi4/s1600/44__Two_Paths_b y_Were_wolf_101.jpg Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2c http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium/wave-tossed-boat-fred-jinkins.jpg Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Ephesians 4:14 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of http://www.jigsaw-training.co.uk/assets/images/numbe%202.jpg C:\Windows\System32\config\syst emprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\HVP0SFV6\7_De adly_Sins___Pride_by_elestri-1.jpg yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. Romans 12:3 http://acidcow.com/pics/20090713/pics/01/picdump_117.jpg Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 http://yliapu.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451607369e20120a892911d970b-500wi http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3nW7ejwtYCk/TiWi6Uw7JrI/AAAAAAAAAfc/X5sRGxtWUjQ/spiritual%252520pride%252 55B7%25255D.gif Spiritual Pride The enemy of the church http://gospeldelta.com/wp-conte nt/uploads/2010/11/Pride.png http://cvanheerden.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/gifts-list-5.jpg http://www.sntandrews.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/spiritual_gifts_logo.jpg http://ecofrenhealth.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/humanbodylarge.jpg Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, Romans 12:4 http://www.acns.com/~mm9n/articles/USac/6_files/image048.jpg so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:5 http://pastorgregumc.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/spiritual_gifts_dove41.jpg We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. Romans 12:6a http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mx3XoAnMV98/TL4TiuXUAcI/AAAAAAAACbo/T-3W032tar0/s1600/Jesus+and+the+s pirit+2.jpg if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. If it is serving, let him serve; If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; Romans 12:6b-8 http://photos.weddingbycolor.com/p/000/017/800/m/138758/p/photo/355000.jpg http://patrickeades.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ProudMan.jpg PRIDE But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 1 Corinthians 12:18-20 AX050242.jpg How are you renewing your mind daily? How are you allowing yourself to be conformed to the world? What test(s) of finding God’s good and perfect will are you facing? Could you be filled with Spiritual Pride or Envy? Are you using your spiritual gift(s) in focused humility? 0.jpg