“His Middle Name was Christmas”
Dec.24, 2010 Rom.1:1-7 Play
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NOW PRESENTING...
• an unusual way to address a letter (vv2-6)
WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT THE GOSPEL?
• Rome associated with taxation, burden, oppression
• Jesus’ right to kingship on a human level (v3)
• firstfruits of resurrection - marked as God’s Son
(v4)
GOD’S PRESENTS TO US
• Who Jesus Is (vv3f) / Who We are Called to Be
(vv5-7)
• loved by God; grace (vv5,7)
• called to: (a) be saints/holy (v7)
• (b) belong to Jesus Christ (v6)
• (c) the obedience that comes from faith (v5)
ROME VS.RIGHTEOUSNESS
• Churchill memorized Gibbon’s summary of Rome’s
decay / Christianity’s rise