The Road to Romans!
The End of
the law
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Romans 10:1–4 (ESV)
1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them
is that they may be saved.
2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God,
but not according to knowledge.
3For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and
seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to
everyone who believes.
There is a lot in these 4 verses, its about how the old way of doing
things (living by the law) and a new era of (Gospel centered faith) has been
ushered in. but there is much more. And today we are going to see how Paul is a
great example of how we as Christians are to act toward a hostile world, and
even closer to home, how we are to treat loved ones and friends that aren’t followers!
What is your
hearts desire?
1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them
is that they may be saved.
Paul’s desire!
·
With out
desire, our prayer is meaningless
·
The soul of
prayer comes from the hearts desire
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He desired that
the Jews be saved
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From the heart
he says
And its God desire for us all!
2 Peter 3:9
(NLT)
9The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise,
as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want
anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
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God could show
us all what we deserve
·
He could dole
out his wrath
·
But he doesn’t
·
And that should
be a shining example for us all!
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A lesson in patients
What is your hearts desire for your mission field
God has given you?
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What is your
desire for those God has put in your path??
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What do you
long for deep in your heart?
o
Salvation?
o
Or are people
just a means to a end?
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We have to
learn from Paul that we should first and foremost desire salvation for everyone
God puts in our path!
Then he prayed
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Your hearts
desires must be vocalized in prayer
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You take action
first in prayer
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Giving to God
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Getting Guidance
from the Spirit within you
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Reach deep down
to your deepest desires for those God has put in your path
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Not the ones
you want, but the ones God places deep with in you
After he found his
desire, and prayed then he put it in to action!
2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God,
but not according to knowledge.
·
He was a good
witness, see the action?
·
He put his
desires and prayers in to action
From Matthew Henry:
The unbelieving Jews were
the most bitter enemies Paul had in the world, and yet Paul gives them as good
a character as the truth would bear. We should say the best we can even of our
worst enemies; this is blessing those that curse us. Charity teaches us to have
the best opinion of persons, and to put the best construction upon words and
actions, that they will bear. We should take notice of that which is
commendable even in bad people.
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We can’t simply
attack the world
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We have to find
the good in them and bring it out
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Paul says “they
have zeal for God”
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Thou misplaced,
is gives them some credit
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You can’t be argumentative
and hard hearted and win souls
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We never
compromise the Gospel, but we find the good in them
Zeal without knowledge is dangerous!
VS2 they have a zeal for God, but not according to
knowledge
·
They had all
the zeal for God
·
But no knowledge
of what god’s true plan was
·
That is a
dangerous place
·
God ushered in
phase two and they didn’t even see it
·
The promised Messiah
was right in fornt of them
·
And they missed
it
So what in Gods word, his plan for us do we miss??
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Are we so zealous
for part of the word that we miss the most important part
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Do we over
look, what Gods plan calls for?
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Showing Grace
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Mercy
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Compassion
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Loving the
unlovable
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Paul was
talking to his enemies and was trying to save them
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Do we??
o
Stop looking
down your nose
o
Fall on your
knees
o
Love those God
puts in your path
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Don’t compromise
the Gospel
o
Jesus didn’t
o
But he showed
it in a loving way
o
Can you?
They had a submission issues!
3For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and
seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
I see two major problems
here! Ignorance and pride!
1. Ignorance
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They didn’t fully
understand Gods word
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The true law
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They went off
half cocked
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Sound familiar?
o
I have got in
to more issues with people over their lack of knowledge of the bible
o
They have sound
bits
o
Or heard a
sermon on one thing and totally miss the point
o
And it is pure
ignorance
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We fix that by
being humble and studying Gods word
2. Pride!
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They sought to establish
their own righteousness
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Through their
own works
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They were full
of pride in them selves
Mark 7:22–23
(NLT)
22adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit,
lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
23All these vile things come from within;
they are what defile you.”
Proverbs 11:2
(NLT)
2Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes
wisdom.
Proverbs
16:18 (NLT)
18Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness
before a fall.
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Proud people
fall
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We get all
wrapped up in ourselves
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The church is
the worst
·
We look down on
people
·
We are ignorant
to what Jesus calls us to do
·
And we let
pride slip in
One thing fixes it all Submission!
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We as Christian
deny ourselves
·
We mean nothing
with out Christ
Luke 9:23
(NLT)
23Then he said to the crowd, “If
any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take
up your cross daily, and follow me.
Paul knew this to well!
(read) Philippians
3:4-9
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He lost his
status
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He lost his
friends
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He lost it all
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And said it was all worth just knowing Jesus!
The end of an era
4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness
to everyone who believes.
The design of the law was to
lead people to Christ. The moral law was for the searching of the wound, the
ceremonial law for the shadowing of the remedy; but Christ is the end of both
Moral Law
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Showed us we
need a savior
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That we could
not do it on our own
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We can’t even
keep the 10 commandments
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And the Jew add
600 more, trying to fix something they could never fix!
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Neither can we!
o You will never be good enough
o You will never be smart enough
Romans 6:23
(NLT)
23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of
God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ceremonial Law
The sacrifices, and
offerings, and purifications appointed under the Old Testament, foreshadowed
Christ, and pointed at him; and their inability to take away sin discovered the
necessity of a sacrifice that should, by being once offered, take away sin.
The sacrifices showed the
coming of the lamb
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The one true
sacrifice
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It was for told
700 years before his birth
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After that all sacrifice
are gone,
o We need to stop trying to show the world how good we
are
o We need to show the world that Christ did it for us!
The offerings are gone
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We don’t give
out of need, we give out of want
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We don’t help
because we have to, but because we want to
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