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4. God’s inclusion of the Gentiles in His salvation is for the purpose of bringing
Israel to a repentant trust in Christ. (11:1-32)
5. A Concluding Doxology. (11:33-36)
II. Show the Wonder of Your Salvation in Christ. (12:1-15:13)
A. The Foundational Command. (12:1-2)
B. Specific Applications of the Foundation Command. (12:3-15:13)
1. In how you think about yourself and your place in the church. (12:3-8)
2. In how you relate to fellow image-bearers. (12:9-21)
3. In how you relate to governing authorities. (13:1-7)
4. In how you relate to fellow image-bearers continued. (13:8-10)
5. In how you relate to evil. (13:11-14)
6. In how you relate to brothers and sisters in Christ in the church.
(14:1:15:13)
a) Remembering to whom you are all accountable accept and respect the choices
you each make about how to use your freedom in Christ to serve him faithfully.
(14:1-9)
b) Do not use your freedom in Christ to judge one another or to keep one another
from growing in their trust in and service to Christ. (14:10-23)
c) Receive one another despite your differences so that the harmony of your
relationships with one another will show the glory of God. (15:1-7)
d) As Christ has worked on your behalf to show you God’s love and mercy, so
you must joyfully accept one another in spite of your differences. (15:8-13)
Postlude: (Romans 15:14-16:27)
Purpose for the letter. (15:14-29)
Request for prayer. (15:30-33)
Commendation of a faithful servant. (16:1-2)
Greetings to partners in ministry. (16:3-16)
A final warning. (16:17-20)
Greetings from ministry partners. (16:21-24)
A Concluding Doxological Blessing. (16:25-27)
The book of Romans in one sentence:
✦ Know and show the wonder of your salvation in Jesus Christ.
✦ The foundation to showing Christ’s glory to others in your living is knowing the wonder of your
salvation by faith in His work.
✦ Because you are tasked to show the wonder of salvation in Jesus Christ in your living you must
know the content of your salvation in Jesus Christ.
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