Notes for October 17, 2010

Hello Everyone!  Thanks for your prayers and comments on the lesson today.  It is a great encouragement to know that there are those that pray for God's will to be done and I could possibly get out of the way for Him to teach us all.

Here are some questions for next Sunday, October 17, 2010.  Have a great week!

A) Review -

1) Please read Romans 1:1-15.  Review the notes from the last two Sundays regarding verse 1 to 7.  Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

B) Dive In -

1) Pray for Jesus' guidance in your intention and what He would like you to come away from this week with.

2) Read Romans 1:8-15.  What are the top things that call out to you from these verses?  Write them down in a list.

3) Verse 8 - Who does Paul thank?  Why does Paul thank?  Does this describe you and your household?  Why or why not?

4) Verse 9 - Paul tells something about himself.  What is that?  Why does God need to be his witness?  What purpose does this serve?

5) Verse 10 - How does he remember them - tactically what has he done?  What does Paul pray for?  What do you pray for for the church?  Does it resemble this?  How often and for what do you pray?  Write down your answer.

6) Verse 11 and 12 - What is Paul so wanting for/to/with the Romans?  Don't take these two verses apart.  Stay with what he has said - these are not gifts such as spiritual gifts, this is "to make you strong" is what these words mean.  Paul then talks about what he will get out of being with them, to ensure that he doesn't seem to say that blessing will flow only from Paul to the church.  What do you expect from being at church?  Does this speak to your passion for church and the people in it?  Write down your answer.

7) Verse 13 - What does Paul want them to be aware of?  What has he been doing?  Why has he not come before?  When is is coming to Rome?  Use a concordance or study bible if you have one.  What is the History here?  Sometimes do we have to wait to do something we have passion for due to obligation?  What is that in your life?

8) Verses 14 and 15 - Paul says in verse 11 that he longs to see the Romans.  Now he is obligated?  What is he trying to say here?  Where was he headed once he ministered to Rome?  What was his plan?  How does this factor into these two verses?  Don't know?  We will discuss next week!

Take care!  Romans 8:5

Andrew

Notes and Questions for October 10, 2010

Hello Everyone!  Below are the blanks we filled in last week and those we will cover coming up this week.  We may dive into 8 to 15 so if you have a chance you may want to go ahead and at least read these verses.

Romans 1:1-7 - Who are you? - Needed for All Relationships       October 2010

Paul  v 1 ____Belongs to Christ because he was called by Christ____________________

Acts 13:6-12

Phil 2:7

1 Cor 4:1-4

Acts 9:15

Gal 1:12

Promise v 2-4 __The Christ is Lord___________________

Permeating Prophecy

Matt 1:1, Luke 1:32, Acts 13:22, 2 Tim 2:8  _____Lineage of David ___ as needed for the Messiah from Isa 11:1 

Power

Genesis 1:26 - From the beginning He was ________

Col 1:29 __The power is inside and is known personally by believers____

1 Cor 15:45 ______Christ is the Life-Giving Spirit__________

1 Cor 15:20-21 ___Forerunner of others in transformation________

kata pnuema and kata sarka - In view throughout - 1 Tim 3:16 - So Holy - So absolutely free of sin,  That death could not hold Him - Acts 2:24

Acts 2:36, 10:36 - "Our Lord" - greater use after the resurrection

Here is what we will cover this week:

Proclamation v 5-7  _________________________________

ALL

v5 - the Apostles were called - _________________________________

v5 - All Gentiles - Matt 28:19 - _________________________________

That are called by Faith

v5 - To Call People to _________________________________________

Belong to Christ

v6 - You are called - Heb 12:1-3 - Get Serious (again if necessary)

The Lord

v7 - His Love _______________________________________________

Only God can grant grace and peace - No What?  Phil 2:1-11 

Here are the questions for this week - if you didn't finish last week's questions go back and do those first...

1)  Who were apostles?  Are we all apostles?  v5

2) What were the apostles to do?  v5

3) What is "obediance that comes from faith"  or "obediance of faith"?  What does it mean to you?  What does it mean to your spouse? v5

4) Who is Paul talking to in v6?

5) What does it mean to be called?  What is a saint?  v6  Are you part of this called to be saints?  Why or why not?

6)  What is the difference between v6 and the beginning of v7?

7)  Is there any particular need to say v7?  What does it gain the Romans?  What does it gain us?

8)  Why do these verses (5-7) matter?  In your own words....

See you Sunday!