Romans: The Gospel of God

A. The Problem of Sin, 1:1-3:20

• Introduction, 1:1-17
• God’s judgement of self-sufficient idolaters, 1:18-32
  • The revelation of God’s wrath, 1:18a
  • The rejection of God’s truth, 1:18b-23
  • The evidence of God’s judgement, 1:24-32
• God’s judgement of self-righteous moralists, 2:1-16
  • God’s judgement is inescapable, 2:1-4
  • God’s judgement is righteous, 2:5-9a
  • God’s judgement is impartial, 2:9b-16
• God’s judgement of self-confident Jews, 2:17-3:9
  • Because of their hypocrisy with regard to the law, 2:17-24
  • Because of their ritualism with regard to circumcision, 2:25-29
  • Because of their faithlessness with regard to the covenant, 3:1-9
• God’s summary judgement of humanity, 3:10-20

B. The Provision of Salvation, 3:21-5:21

• Righteousness apart from the Law, 3:21-31
  • The righteousness of God revealed, 3:21-22a
  • The righteousness of God maintained, 3:22b-26
  • The righteousness of God received, 3:27-31
• The illustration of justification, 4:1-25
  • Not by works, 4:1-8
  • Not by circumcision, 4:9-12
  • Not by the law, 4:13-15
  • Only by faith, 4:16-22
  • Applicable to all, 4:23-25
• The wonders of salvation, 5:1-11
  • Our standing in the present, 5:1-5
  • God’s love in Christ in the past, 5:6-8
  • Our hope for the future, 5:9-10
  • Our joy in the present, 5:11
• A new humanity in Christ, 5:12-21
  • Adam as the source of our sin, 5:12-14
  • Adam’s sin and Christ’s gift, 5:15-17
  • Christ our righteousness, 5:18-21

C. The Process of Sanctification, 6:1-8:39

• How should we now live? 6:1-7:25
  • The relation of grace and sin, 6:1-14
  • The relation of grace and law, 6:15-23
  • The relation of the believer and law, 7:1-12
  • The relation of the believer and sin, 7:13-25
• God’s provision for holy living, 8:1-17
  • Our position in Christ, 8:1-2
  • Our life in the Spirit, 8:3-13
  • Our relationship with God, 8:14-17
• God’s unfailing love, 8:18-39
  • Our eager expectation, 8:18-25
  • Our Divine Helper, 8:26-27
  • Our certain destiny, 8:28-30
  • Our absolute assurance, 8:31-39

D. The Puzzle of Sovereignty, 9:1-11:36

• God’s sovereignty, 9:1-29
  • Paul’s passion for his countrymen, 9:1-5
  • Has God’s Word failed? 9:6-13
  • Is God unjust? 9:14-26
  • God’s preservation of a remnant, 9:27-29
• Man’s responsibility, 9:30-10:21
  • The failure of the Jews to believe, 9:30-10:4
  • God’s provision of salvation, 10:5-17
  • Israel’s rejection of salvation, 10:18-21
• God’s eternal purposes, 11:1-36
  • Has God cast His people away? 11:1-10
  • Is their fall final? 11:11-24
  • God’s inscrutable ways, 11:25-36

E. The Plea for Service, 12:1-16:27

• The call to serve, 12:1-8
  • A living sacrifice, 12:1-2
  • A serving body, 12:3-8
• The call to love, 12:9-13:14
  • Love one another, 12:9-16
  • Love your enemies, 12:17-21
  • Submit to authority, 13:1-7
  • Love your enemies, 13:8-10
  • Live in light of eternity, 13:11-14
• The call to acceptance, 14:1-15:13
  • By the power of love, 14:1-15:4
  • For the glory of God, 15:5-13
• Conclusion, 15:14-16:27