STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 77

ASSURANCE & REQUESTS

Romans 15:29-33 (KJV)

²⁹ And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. ³⁰ Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; ³¹ That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; ³² That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. ³³ Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Romans 15:29-33 (CEB)

²⁹ And I know that when I come to you I will come with the fullest blessing of Christ. ³⁰ Brothers and sisters, I urge you, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggles in your prayers to God for me. ³¹ Pray that I will be rescued from the people in Judea who don’t believe. Also, pray that my service for Jerusalem will be acceptable to God’s people there ³² so that I can come to you with joy by God’s will and be reenergized with your company.³³ May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

1.    FULL OF THE BLESSING V. 29

2.    REQUEST FOR PRAYER V. 30-32

Ø  First: they would join him in his prayers

Ø  2^nd: specifically praying for deliverance from Judean non-believers

Ø  3^rd: that the offering (his service) would be accepted by Judean believers

Ø  4^th: so he could come to them and be refreshed by them

3.    HIS PRAYER FOR THE GOD OF PEACE TO BE WITH THEM V. 33

EVEN PAUL NEEDED THE PRAYERS OF OTHER BELIEVERS – WE DO ALSO.

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STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 76

PAUL’S EXPLANATION FOR HIS DELAY

Romans 15:22-28 (KJV)

²² For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. ²³ But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; ²⁴ Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. ²⁵ But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. ²⁶ For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. ²⁷ It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. ²⁸ When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

Romans 15:22-28 (CEB)

²² That’s why I’ve been stopped so many times from coming to see you. ²³ But now, since I don’t have any place to work in these regions anymore, and since I’ve wanted to come to see you for many years, ²⁴ I’ll visit you when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while I’m passing through. And I hope you will send me on my way there, after I have first been reenergized by some time in your company. ²⁵ But now I’m going to Jerusalem, to serve God’s people.²⁶ Macedonia and Achaia have been happy to make a contribution for the poor among God’s people in Jerusalem.²⁷ They were happy to do this, and they are actually in debt to God’s people in Jerusalem. If the Gentiles got a share of the Jewish people’s spiritual resources, they ought to minister to them with material resources. ²⁸ So then after I have finished this job and have safely delivered the final amount of the Gentiles’ offering to them, I will leave for Spain, visiting you on the way.

1.    HINDERED V. 22

2.    TIME TO SEE THE ROMANS V. 24

3.    MISSION TO SAINTS IN JERUSALEM V. 25-26

4.    SPIRITUAL & MATERIAL DEBT V. 27

5.    TIME OF HIS INTENDED VISIT V. 28

OUR LIFE IS A MISSION TO REACH OTHERS BECAUSE OF OUR DEBT TO CHRIST.

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STUDIES IN ROMANS

LESSON 75

PAUL’S MINISTRY TO THE GENTILES PART 2

Romans 15:17-21 (KJV)

¹⁷ I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. ¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, ¹⁹ Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. ²⁰ Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: ²¹ But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

Romans 15:17-21 (CEB)

¹⁷ So in Christ Jesus I brag about things that have to do with God. ¹⁸ I don’t dare speak about anything except what Christ has done through me to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles. He did it by what I’ve said and what I’ve done, ¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. So I’ve completed the circuit of preaching Christ’s gospel from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum. ²⁰ In this way, I have a goal to preach the gospel where they haven’t heard of Christ yet, so that I won’t be building on someone else’s foundation.²¹ Instead, as it’s written, Those who hadn’t been told about him will see, and those who hadn’t heard will understand.^[a]

Footnotes:

Isa 52:15 - (CEB) ¹⁵ But he will astonish^[a] many nations. Kings will be silenced because of him, because they will see what they haven’t seen before; what they haven’t heard before, they will ponder.

1.    I MAY GLORY (BRAG-TAKE DELIGHT IN) V. 17

2.    ONLY OF WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE THROUGH ME V. 18

3.    THROUGH MIGHTY SIGNS AND WONDERS V. 19

4.    PREACHED WHERE GOSPEL NOT HEARD V. 20

5.    PROPHESIED IN ISAIAH V. 21

PAUL’S (AND OUR) SUCCESS IS THROUGH CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT – ONLY.

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