Romans Outline September 06 2009
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Paul calls himself a "bond-slave of Jesus Christ" indicating his complete subjection and devotion to serving Jesus. He was specially called and converted to be an apostle, set apart by God to preach the gospel. Paul understood this as both an honorable calling but also a position of great humility, as he had no right to think he deserved this role.
![A Bond-Slave Of Jesus, an Apostle, set Apart Romans 1:1 Charles E. Whisnant, Pastor/Teacher Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, September 06, 2009 THE APOSTLE PAUL CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST SEPARATED UNTO THE GOSPEL OF GOD. SEVEN UNFOLDINGS OF THE GOSPEL, THE GOOD NEWS ,[object Object],The question has always been asked, “How do you know you have been called by God to preach or teach. Does God set apart men, does God separate men unto the work of the Gospel? God called a unique man to be the major spokesman of the Good news. Paul was God’s keynote speaker for the heralding of the Good news. Paul was in training for this position before he was even saved Greek Education Roman Citizenship Great Ability to lead A fighter Highly motivated Determined Articulate Brilliant Specially called & converted St Paul, by El Greco Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, 16th century (Blaffer Foundation Collection, Houston, Texas). Most scholars think Paul actually dictated his letters to a secretary. And may I say, every preacher who has ever preached the gospel has depended on Paul’s sermons for his material. Paul tells us three things about him in verse one ,[object Object],a servant of Jesus Christ -- The word here rendered
servant
means
bond-servant,
or one subject to the will and wholly at the disposal of another. In this sense it is applied to the disciples of Christ at large (1 Corin. 7:21-23) as in the Old Testament to all the people of God ( Isa 66:14)). But as, in addition to this, the prophets and kings of Israel were officially
the servants of the Lord
( Josh 1:1, Ps. 18:1 title), the apostles call themselves, in the same official sense,
the servants of Christ
(as here, and Php. 1:1, Jam 1:1, 2 Peter 1:1, Jude 1:1), expressing such absolute subjection and devotion to the Lord Jesus as they would never have yielded to a mere creature. (See on Rom 1:7, John 5:22,23)).—Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 1401 Doulos. Slave, that is. Exodus 21:5-6, I Corin 7:21-23, 2 Corin 4:5, Gal 1:10, 3:28, Eph 6:5 Phil 1:1 Col. 3:11, 1 Tim 6:1. In subjection , bond servant. 5547
Christ
=
Christos
= our Lord's Messianic name with a view to His diety. Christos comes from a Greek word “chrio”) meaning contact, to smear, to rub, and seems to be used in the context as of anoint with oil. Luke 4:18. Yet christos means “anoint, i.e. the Messiah” which tells us that the meaning CHRIST is an assigned usage meaning. Several other words in the N.T. also were given a spiritual christian meaning that was not the original Greek meaning. So it is not uncommon for a word to be used in a slightly new and different way to express a spiritual concept by the N.T. writers. Only twice in the N.T. is “Messias” 3323 used. John 1:41 & 4:25. Interestingly it is in John 4:25 that both messias and christos are used. There are several other Greek words translated anoint, anointing, or anointed in the N.T. “I don’t serve because I have to, or force to, or paid to, or afraid not to, I serve because I love my master, therefore, I shall never go free. He became known as a bond slave. Facial composite of Paul the Apostle by experts of the LKA NRW, Germany A Slave of Dignity or Humility? ,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/romansoutlineseptember062009-12535737240456-phpapp03/85/Romans-Outline-September-06-2009-1-320.jpg)
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Romans Outline September 06 2009
- 2. Yes, there is a certain incomprehensible dignity in being called a servant of Jesus Christ And at the same time an object of slavery – a term of humility.
- 3. 1 Corinthians 3:5 Ministers as table waiters.
- 4. 1 Corinthians 4:1 Ministers of Christ “under row.” Paul was saying he was a third-level galley slave for Christ.
- 7. Acts 9:15, 22:14-15, 26:16-17, 1 Corin. 9:16, Gal. 1:1When first he saw the Lord ; the indispensable qualification for apostleship. ( Acts 9:5, 22:14, I Corin 9:1). “Apostle” means “sent one”. Commissioned one, dispatched one, a messenger, ambassador. One must know he has been sent and not that he is just going. The official sense and general sense of the word. All Christians are apostles ‘sent ones, to present the gospel. There are Apostles who were specially called by God. 3 Separated873unto the gospel2089of God. Set Apart You can not serve God unless you are separated. Separation has the idea of setting apart. Numbers 15:20, Numbers 8:11, Lev. 20:26 separated unto the -- preaching of the gospel -- neither so late as when the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul ( Acts 13:2), nor so early as when separated from his mother's womb (Gal 1:15). He was called at one and the same time to the faith and the apostleship of Christ (Acts 26:16-18). of God -- that is, the Gospel of which God is the glorious Author. (Rom 15:16, 1 Thess. 2:2, 8, 9, 1Peter 4:17). Once Paul knew he was called, he knew he was disconnected from the past. THE SECRET OF PAUL’S SERVICE 1AHe was a bond Slave. 2A Utterly surrendered to the Lord. 3A Sent to carry the Message of the Cross. 4AHe cut the cord with the world. TIMOTHY’S LACK OF CONSTANCY AND PERSEVERANCE 2 Timothy chapter 2 1A `Getting lazy in the ministry 2A `Becoming shy and not bold 3AHe was ashamed of the Gospel 4AHe was not doing his job with the Word of God 5AHe was getting entangled in youthful lust 4AHe was getting involved with speculative philosophy. 5AHe was being influenced by the world’s system.