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Romans 3:21-28

Romans 3:21-28. Summer Reading 8 : Paul’s Letters. Letters = 78% of the New Testament . 13 letters by Paul 3 letters by John 2 letters by Peter 1 by James 1 by Jude 1 by the unknown author of Hebrews. Major Themes in the Letters. Jesus the Christ is the fulfillment of God’s promises.

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Romans 3:21-28

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  1. Romans 3:21-28

  2. Summer Reading 8: Paul’s Letters

  3. Letters = 78% of the New Testament • 13 letters by Paul • 3 letters by John • 2 letters by Peter • 1 by James • 1 by Jude • 1 by the unknown author of Hebrews

  4. Major Themes in the Letters • Jesus the Christ is the fulfillment of God’s promises. • The new life of believers is a gift of God. • Salvation is by grace through faith. • The Church is the restored Israel. • Christians will experience persecution now, glory later. • False teachers subvert the true Gospel of Christ.

  5. Paul’s Letters in order of writing: • Galatians • 1 Thessalonians • 2 Thessalonians • 1 Corinthians • 2 Corinthians • Romans • Philippians • Colossians • Philemon • Ephesians • 1 Timothy • Titus • 2 Timothy

  6. GALATIANS • As a Pharisee, Paul was a fiery opponent of Christians, and once he became a Christian, he became a fiery opponent of those Jewish Christians who wanted to require Gentile believers to observe the very same Jewish laws he himself had once revered. • Although Paul learned to modulate and moderate his message over time, Galatians, his first letter of concern for churches he had established, is still pretty fiery.

  7. In the tables that follow for each book,the first table is fromThe Life Application Bible (Tyndale, 1996) and the second table is fromBruce Wilkinson, Your Daily Walk(Zondervan, 1991).

  8. GALATIANS

  9. Paul’s 1st and 2nd Missionary Journeys

  10. Paul’s 3rd Missionary Journey & his Journey to Rome

  11. Paul’s Gospel as Divinely Revealed • Galatians 1:11-12 11  I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. 12  I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

  12. Justification by Grace, not by Works • Galatians 2:15-16 15  “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16  know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

  13. Crucified with Christ • Galatians 2:20 20  I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

  14. The Magna Carta of Christian Freedom • Galatians 3:28 28  There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

  15. The Fulfillment of the Law • Galatians 5:14 14  For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  16. The Fruit of the Spirit • Galatians 5:22-23 22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23  gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

  17. Salvation by God’s Spirit, not by Ritual • Galatians 6:15 15  Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.

  18. 1 & 2 Thessalonians • Essays on the Return of Christ • Christian response to persecution • Ethical concerns • Misunderstandings about the Second Coming

  19. 1 THESSALONIANS

  20. 2 THESSALONIANS

  21. The Return of Jesus • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 13  Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14  For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15  According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

  22. The Return of Jesus • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 16  For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17  After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18  Therefore encourage one another with these words.

  23. Attitudes for Christian Living • 1 Thessalonians 5:16-1816  Rejoice always, 17  pray continually, 18  give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

  24. Don’t be “so heavenly-minded” that you’re no earthly good. • 2 Thessalonians 3:10 10  For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”

  25. 1 & 2 Corinthians • “Well, at least our church is not that messed up!”

  26. Four Letters to Corinth • Paul’s first visit to Corinth • Paul’s first letter from Ephesus to Corinth • “1 Corinthians” • Paul’s second visit to Corinth • “The Tearful Letter” • “2 Corinthians” • A Planned 3rd visit to Corinth

  27. 1 CORINTHIANS

  28. Wisdom & Foolishness • 1 Corinthians 1:18 18  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. • 1 Corinthians 1:21-24 21  For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22  Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23  but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24  but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

  29. The Source of Spiritual Understanding • 1 Corinthians 2:14 14  The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

  30. On Consideration for Others • 1 Corinthians 8:9 9  Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. • 1 Corinthians 8:13 13  Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.

  31. On Resisting Temptation • 1 Corinthians 10:13 13  No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

  32. The Institution of the Lord’s Supper • 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 23  For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24  and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25  In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

  33. The Institution of the Lord’s Supper • 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 26  For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27  So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28  Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 29  For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.

  34. On Spiritual Gifts • 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 4  There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6  There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

  35. The Love Chapter • 1 Corinthians 13:1-8a1  If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3  If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8  Love never fails.

  36. Died – Buried – Raised – Seen! • 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 3  For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4  that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5  and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. 6  After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7  Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8  and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

  37. On the Resurrection • 1 Corinthians 15:14 14  And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. • 1 Corinthians 15:17-22 17  And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18  Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19  If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20  But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21  For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22  For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

  38. 2 CORINTHIANS

  39. Paying Grace Forward • 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 3  Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4  who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

  40. We Live by Faith • 2 Corinthians 1:20 20  For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. • 2 Corinthians 5:7 7  For we live by faith, not by sight.

  41. The “Weight of Glory” • 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 16  Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

  42. The Judgment Seat of Christ • 2 Corinthians 5:10 10  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

  43. The “Clear Kernel of the Gospel” • 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18  All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20  We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21  God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

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