Romans – HeartQuest 101

Introduction and Theme (Romans 1:1-15, 16-17)
1. Paul’s Credentials (Romans 1:1, 5)
2. Paul’s Christ (Romans 1:2-4)
3. Paul’s Congregation (Romans 1:6-15)
4. His Confidence (Romans 1:16-17)
The Guilty World (Romans 1:18-3:20)
1. The Wrath of God Revealed (Romans 1:18-19)
2. Specific Charges (Romans 1:20-32)
  1. Inexcusable Ignorance (Romans 1:20)
  2. Ingratitude (Romans 1:21)
  3. Insolence (Romans 1:22)
  4. Idolatry (Romans 1:23)
  5. Immorality (Romans 1:24-27)
  6. Incorrigibility (Romans 1:28-32)
3. Three Kinds of People (Romans 2:1-29)
  1. The Moral Person and God (Romans 2:1-11) I’m not as Bad as a Pagan
  2. The Pagan Person and God (Romans 2:12-16) Ignorance of the Law
  3. The Religious Person and God (Romans 2:17-29) Practice What You Preach
4. Paul Presents Six Questions (Romans 3:1-31)
  1. What are the Advantages of Being a Jew (Romans 3:1-2)
  2. Will Israel’s Unfaithfulness Nullify God Promises? (Romans 3:3-4)
  3. Is it Fair that Our Unrighteousness Brings out God’s Righteousness? (Romans 3:5-8)
  4. Are the Jews Better than all Other People? (Romans 3:9-20) Total Depravity
    1. Corruption (Romans 3:10-18)
      1. Human Conscience (Romans 3:10-11)
      2. Human Character (Romans 3:12)
      3. Human Conversation (Romans 3:13-14)
      4. Human Conduct (Romans 3:15-18)
    2. Conclusion (Romans 3:9, 19-20)
  5. How Then Does God Save People? (Romans 3:21-30)
    1. The Need for Salvation (Romans 3:23)
    2. The OT Witness to Salvation (Romans 3:21b)
    3. The Method of Salvation (Romans 3:22, 24-25, 27-28)
    4. The Legal Accomplishment of Salvation (Romans 3:26)
    5. The Scope of Salvation (Romans 3:29-30)
  6. Does Faith Nullify the Law? (Romans 3:31)
Justification by Faith in Christ Crucified, Alone (Romans 4:1-5:11)
1. Justification by Faith Illustrated (Romans 4:1-5, 9-25) Abraham
  1. Justification is Apart from Works (Romans 4:1-5)
  2. Justification is Apart from Ordinances (Romans 4:9-15)
  3. Justification is Apart from the Law (Romans 4:16-25)
    1. Abraham’s Physical Seed (Romans 4:18-22)
    2. Abraham’s Spiritual Seed (Romans 4:16-17, 23-25)
2. Justification by Faith Illustrated (Romans 4:6-8) David
  1. His Transgressions (Romans 4:6)
  2. His Testimony (Romans 4:7-8)
3. The Five Results of Justification (Romans 5:1-11)
  1. Peace with God (Romans 5:1)
  2. Access to God (Romans 5:2)
  3. Assurance from God (Romans 5:3-4)
  4. Indwelt by God (Romans 5:5)
  5. Preserved by God (Romans 5:6-11)
Sanctification: indwelling sin, and the Gospel remedy (Romans 5:12-8:13)
1. A Summary of Condemnation (Romans 5:12-21)
  1. Through Adam, Sin and Death (Romans 5:12-14, 16a, 17a, 18a, 19a, 21a)
    1. The Reality of His Act (Romans 5:12a)
    2. The Scope of His Act (Romans 5:12b-13)
    3. The Nature of His Act (Romans 5:19a)
    4. The Results of His Act (Romans 5:14-15a, 16a, 17a, 18a, 21a)
    5. The Relationship to the Law to His Act (Romans 5:20a)
  2. Through Christ, Righteousness and Life (Romans 5:15b, 16b, 17b, 18b, 19b, 20b, 21b)
    1. The Scope of His Act (Romans 5:15b, 18b)
    2. The Nature of His Act (Romans 5:19b)
    3. The Results of His Act (Romans 5:16b, 17b, 21b)
    4. The Relationship of Sin to His Act (Romans 5:20b)
2. Deliverance from the Power of Indwelling Sin (Romans 6:1-8:13)
  1. By Union with Christ in Death and Resurrection (Romans 6:1-10) Know
    1. Crucified with Christ (Romans 6:1-3)
    2. Resurrected with Christ (Romans 6:4-5)
    3. Both Dead and Alive (Romans 6:6-10)
  2. By Counting the Old Life to be Dead, and by Yielding the New Life to God (Romans 6:11) Reckon
  3. By Deliverance from the Law through Death, and by the Spirit (Romans 6:12-23) Yield
    1. Yielding Wrongly (Romans 6:12-13a)
    2. Yielding Rightly (Romans 6:13b-23)
      1. The Confusion (Romans 6:15a)
      2. The Correction (Romans 6:15b-18)
      3. The Challenge (Romans 6:13b-14, 19-22)
      4. The Conclusion (Romans 6:23)
  4. The Believer is Not Made Holy by the Law (Romans 7:1-26)
    1. Religious People (Romans 7:1-6)
      1. Relationship to the Law (Romans 7:1-3, 5)
      2. Relationship to the Savior (Romans 7:4, 6)
    2. Natural People (Romans 7:7-13)
    3. Carnal People (Romans 7:14-26)
      1. Keeping the Law Leads to Carnality (Romans 7:14-23)
      2. Keeping the Law Doesn’t Lead to Spirituality (Romans 7:24-25)
  5. The New Law of the Spirit Delivers, Makes One Righteous (Romans 8:1-39)
    1. The Believer Has a New Position (Romans 8:1-8)
    2. The Believer Has a New Guest (Romans 8:9-14)
    3. The Believer Has a New Adoption (Romans 8:15-17)
    4. The Believer Has a New Hope (Romans 8:18-25)
      1. Christians (Romans 8:18, 23-25)
      2. Creation (Romans 8:19-22)
    5. The Believer Has a New Prayer Helper (Romans 8:26-27)
    6. The Believer Has a New Confidence (Romans 8:28)
    7. The Believer Has a New Destiny (Romans 8:29-39)
Parenthetic. The Gospel Does Not Set Aside the Covenants with Israel (Romans 9:1-11:36)
1. Nine Spiritual Advantages of Sovereign Selection (Romans 9:1-5)
  1. Paul’s Grief for Israel (Romans 9:1-3)
  2. God’s Gifts to Israel (Romans 9:4-5)
    1. Special Nation (Romans 9:4a)
    2. Been Adopted by God (Romans 9:4b, 5)
    3. God’s Glory was Reveal to Them (Romans 9:4c)
    4. Been Given the Covenants (Romans 9:4d)
    5. Been Given the Law (Romans 9:4e)
    6. Have the Privilege of Worshiping Him (Romans 9:4f)
    7. Have the Messianic Promises (Romans 9:4g)
    8. Have a Godly Legacy (Romans 9:5a)
    9. Are the People from Whom Christ Came (Romans 9:5b)
2. Personal Examples of Sovereign Selection (Romans 9:6-29)
  1. Ishmael and Isaac (Romans 9:6-10)
  2. Esau and Jacob (Romans 9:11-13)
  3. Pharaoh (Romans 9:14-24)
  4. Hosea (Romans 9:25-26)
  5. Isaiah (Romans 9:27-29)
3. Two Grand Conclusions of Sovereign Selection (Romans 9:30-33)
  1. Through Faith the Gentiles have found righteousness without seeking it (Romans 9:30)
  2. Through Law Jews have not found righteousness even after seeking it (Romans 9:31-33)
4. The Apparent Failure of the Promises to Israel Explained by their Unbelief (Romans 10:1-21)
  1. The Prayer Concerning Righteousness (Romans 10:1-3)
  2. The Source of God’s Righteousness (Romans 10:4-5)
  3. The Availability of God’s Righteousness (Romans 10:6-8)
  4. The Reception of God’s Righteousness (Romans 10:9-10)
    1. Conceived in the Heart (Romans 10:9b-10a)
    2. Confirmed in the Mouth (Romans 10:9a, 10b)
  5. The Scope of God’s Righteousness (Romans 10:11-13)
    1. Impartial (Romans 10:11-12)
    2. Universal (Romans 10:13)
  6. The Presentation of God’s Righteousness (Romans 10:14-15)
    1. One Must Call on the Lord (Romans 10:14a)
    2. One Must Believe in Order to Call (Romans 10:14b)
    3. One Must Hear in Order to Believe (Romans 10:14c-15)
  7. The Rejection of God’s Righteousness (Romans 10:16-21)
    1. Israel Has Heard the Good News (Romans 10:18)
    2. Israel Has Refused to Heed the Good News (Romans 10:16-17, 19-21)
5. But Spiritual Israel is Finding Salvation (Romans 11:1-36)
  1. This Future Restoration is Assured Because Israel’s Present Rejection is Not Total (Romans 11:1-10, 11b-24)
    1. The Factions of Israel (Romans 11:1-10)
      1. The Minority Group (Romans 11:1-6)
      2. The Majority Group (Romans 11:7-10)
    2. The Fullness of the Gentiles (Romans 11:11b-25)
      1. The Definition of This Period (Romans 11:25)
      2. The Details of This Period (Romans 11:11b-24)
        The Purpose (Romans 11:11b-12)
        The Preacher (Romans 11:13-15)
        The Parable (Romans 11:14-24)
  2. This Future Restoration is Assured Because Israel’s Present Rejection is Not Final (Romans 11:11a, 26-36)
    1. The Israel of God (Romans 11:11a, 26-32)
      1. Foretelling (Romans 11:11a, 26-27)
      2. Faithfulness (Romans 11:28-32)
    2. The God of Israel (Romans 11:33-36)
Christian Life and Service (Romans 12:1-15:33)
1. Living Sacrifices (Romans 12:1-21)
  1. The Believer and Self: Consecration (Romans 12:1-2)
    1. What We Offer: Bodily Dedication (Romans 12:1)
    2. What We Avoid:Worldly Contamination (Romans 12:2a)
    3. What We Are to Achieve (Romans 12:2b)
  2. The Believer and Service (Romans 12:3-21)
    1. The Grace (Romans 12:3)
    2. The Gifts (Romans 12:4-8)
    3. The Guidelines (Romans 12:9-21)
    4. The Christian and those within (Romans 12:9-16)
      1. How to Deal with Friends (Romans 12:9-13, 15-16)
      2. How to Deal With Foes (Romans 12:14, 17-21)
The Christian Responsibility to Society (Romans 13:1-14)
1. Duties Toward Rulers of the State (Romans 13:1-7)
  1. What We Are to Do (Romans 13:1, 6-7)
  2. Why We Are to Do It (Romans 13:2-5)
2. Duties Toward the Rest of the State (Romans 13:8-14)
  1. Continue to Love (Romans 13:8-10)
  2. Continue to Look (Romans 13:11-14)
The Law of Love Concerning Doubtful Things and Those Weaker in the Faith (Romans 14:1-23)
1. No Believer Should Be Judged by Another Believer Down Here (Romans 14:1-8, 13-23)
  1. Don’t Criticize Another’s Legalism (Romans 14:1-8)
  2. Don’t Corrupt Your Liberty (Romans 14:13-23)
2. Every Believer Will Be Judged by Jesus Up There (Romans 14:9-12)
  1. The Foundation of This Judgement (Romans 14:9)
  2. The Forbearance in Light of This Judgment (Romans 14:10)
  3. The Features of This Judgment (Romans 14:11-12)
The Apostle Speaks of His Ministry and Coming Journey (Romans 15:1-33)
1. The Prompting of Paul (Romans 15:1-4, 8-12)
  1. His Exhortation (Romans 15:1-2)
  2. His Example (Romans 15:3-4, 8-12)
2. The Prayer of Paul (Romans 15:5-7, 13)
3. The Plans of Paul (Romans 15:14-29)
  1. A Review of His Past Activities (Romans 15:14-22)
  2. A Preview of His Future Activities (Romans 15:23-29)
    1. Eventual Future Plans (Romans 15:23-24)
    2. Immediate Future Plans (Romans 15:25-29)
4. The Plea of Paul (Romans 15:30-33)
  1. Be Protected in Jerusalem from Unbelievers (Romans 15:30-31a)
  2. Be Accepted in Jerusalem by Believers (Romans 15:31b-33)
The Outflow of Christian Love (Romans 16:1-27)
1. Paul and the People of the Gospel (Romans 16:1-16, 21-24)
  1. He is Sending a Special Woman to the Church in Rome (Romans 16:1-2)
  2. He is Sending a Special Welcome to the Church in Rome (Romans 16:3-16, 21-24)
    1. He Sends Greetings to 26 Individuals (Romans 16:3-16)
    2. He Send Greeting from 8 Individuals
2. Paul and the Perversion of the Gospel (Romans 16:17-19)
  1. What They Are Doing (Romans 16:17)
  2. Why They Are Doing It (Romans 16:18-19)
3. Paul and the Promise of the Gospel (Romans 16:20)
4. Paul and the Power of the Gospel (Romans 16:25-27)
  1. It Has the Power to Strengthen Saints (Romans 16:25a)
  2. It Has the Power to Save Sinners (Romans 16:25b-27)

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