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Gospel of God in the Book of Romans
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Special Note for
the Programs on Romans
Sources
for these broadcasts were taken from the Recovery
Version of the New Testament, Life-study
of Romans, and Gospel Outlines
by Witness Lee. Some portions also had their source from, The
Collected Works of Watchman Nee.
Romans: The Masterpiece of the New Testament
Martin Luther
called this book “the masterpiece of the New Testament.” In this first
program on Romans we consider the writer and the subject of this precious pure
gospel of God.
Key
Verses:
Romans 1:1-2
The Wonderful Person of Christ as the Focus of the Gospel
Romans 1 tells
us that the gospel of God is concerning the Son. Listen to how the Son is
described in His two natures for the purpose of accomplishing redemption and for
life imparting.
Key
Verses: Romans
1:3-4
In this program
we find out that the goal of the gospel is to produce many sons just like the
Firstborn.
Key
Verses: Romans
8:29-30
The Proclaiming of the Gospel!
How should we
preach the gospel? Listen to this program to find some secrets of how the sent
ones should make the gospel known and how it is to be received by the called and
believing ones.
Key
Verses: Romans
1:5, 9
The good news
is that the wonderful person of Christ has come to take away our sin, to fill
the void of our emptiness, and to save us from a destiny apart from God. Now
what is left for us to do? Just come as you are, open your heart, and receive
Him!
Key
Verses: John
6:37
The Gospel is the Power of God unto Salvation!
As believers we
have such a wonderful gospel that we should not be ashamed of. This full and
complete gospel is powerful to save us to the uttermost!
Key Verses: Romans 1:16
The Righteousness of God is Revealed in the Gospel
Why is the
gospel so powerful? It is because the righteousness of God is revealed in it. In
this program we discuss what righteousness is, who has it, and how it is related
to our full salvation.
Key
Verses: Romans
1:17
God’s Saving Way is by Faith, not by Works
From the time
of Cain people have tried to come forward to God based upon what they could
produce. This is contrary to God’s saving way of having faith in what He has
accomplished on our behalf. Listen to what the Bible says about salvation
through faith, and not by works.
Key
Verses: Romans
1:17; Eph.
2:8-9
The Righteous shall have Life and Live by Faith
Romans 1:17 is
actually an abstract of the whole book of Romans. Listen to this discussion to
find out the significance of this verse to the three main sections of Romans.
Key
Verses: Romans
1:17
A
Parable of Two Men: One Righteous and One Not
The truths in
Romans 1:16 and 17 are exemplified in a short parable in Luke 18. Listen to this
gospel message which speaks clearly of God’s way of salvation for sinners.
Key
Verses: Luke
18:9-14
Genesis 1:26 tells us that God created
man in His image to express and represent Him on this earth. What happened?
Listen to this program to find out, and to consider the good news of the gospel
for the accomplishing of God’s original goal.
Key
Verses: Genesis 1:26; Romans
1:19-20
Romans 1:18-32 describes the downward
trend of the fallen man who is under God’s condemnation. In this program we
learn how man gave up God and what the terrible consequences were of his
foolishness.
Key
Verses: Romans
1:18,
20,
24,
26
God’s wrath is revealed upon all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of man. What caused man to come to such a state,
and what is the way of restricting evil and wickedness?
Key Verses: Romans 1:32
The Way of Restricting Evil and Wickedness
Romans chapter one not only portrays
the downward trend of the fallen man, but also shows us some practical ways of
restricting evil and wickedness. Listen to find out how we can cooperate in our
daily life to stay away from uncleanness, passions of dishonor, and a
disapproved mind.
Key
Verses: Romans
1:21, 25
How to Depart from Ungodliness and Unrighteousness
Although we are all under God’s
condemnation in our fallen natural state, God does not want us to remain there.
In this special gospel message we find a simple way to depart from ungodliness
and unrighteousness through repentance and confession.
Key
Verses:
Romans 10:9-10
Condemnation on the Self-righteous
In this program we find out that
although some people may be better than others, no one is excused from the
judgment that is coming upon all unrighteousness and ungodliness of men.
Key Verses: Romans 2: 1-3
God’s Kindness, Forbearance, and Long-suffering
God is waiting, holding back the
revelation of His wrath upon all the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. In
this program we hear about God’s merciful kindness, slowness of anger, sweet
reasonableness, and restraint in order to give people opportunity to repent and
be saved.
Key Verses: Romans 2:4
In order to keep us from falling
further into wickedness and sin, God created man with a good nature that
corresponds to Him. This nature, our conscience, and our proper reasonings are a
witness in us to God and His law.
Key Verses: Romans
2:14-15
A day is coming when God will judge the
world. The dead will be resurrected to appear before God at the Great White
Throne. Listen to this program to find out what important records will be
checked for each person who will be present.
Key Verses: Romans 2:5-6; Rev. 20:11-15
An Example of a Self-righteous Man
What happens when a man, being ignorant
of his true condition before God, tries to justify himself? Find out in this
program as we consider such a one from the Gospel of Luke.
Key
Verses: Luke
10:25-37
Two questions are asked in this
program: on what name do we trust and what do we rest upon for salvation? Listen
to hear about the vanity of relying upon any other name than Jesus, and of
trusting in any law or ethical principle rather than in Christ for salvation.
Key
Verses: Romans
2:17, 10:13
In this program we consider the contrast of having a boast in a good name versus caring for inward reality, and for knowing God objectively through letters versus knowing Him subjectively as the living Spirit.
Key
Verses: Romans 2:17-24
God’s Condemnation on the Religious
We can understand why fallen sinners
are under condemnation, but why are the religious condemned? Find out several
reasons why practicing religious forms and traditions do not justify people
before God.
Key
Verses: Romans 2:23-29
In this program we summarize six
reasons why the religious are under condemnation. They trust in a name other
than Christ. They have a mere outward knowledge of God.
They practice the same evils that they condemn. They emphasize outward
forms and rituals versus the reality of such practices. They lack the inward
reality of the Spirit, and they take the Scriptures in an outward and
superstitious way.
Key
Verses: Romans 2:28 – 3:2
From the example of Cain we learn that
man’s religious efforts do not gain us acceptance before God. Like Cain,
religious people are left farther from this fellowship, deeper in sin, and
separated from God. God’s way is through a prepared sacrifice – Jesus
Christ.
Key
Verses: Genesis 4:1-15;
John 14:6
The Definition of Justification
In this program we learn that God is
not defeated by the fallen condition of man. He has provided a way in Christ for
man to be brought out of condemnation and to become acceptable before Him. Being
approved by God according to His standard of righteousness is the true meaning
of what it means to be justified.
Key
Verses: Romans
3:21; Phil.
3:9; 2
Cor. 5:21
God’s Way of Bringing Man into Fellowship
Sinful man is full of unrighteousness
and short of God’s glory. So how could he approach the righteous, glorious
God? In this program we find out the way God provided was through a sacrifice
which included the shedding of blood.
Key Verses: Romans 3:10, 21; Heb. 9:22; John 1:29
In order to understand how God resolved
all the problems of sinful man in Christ, we need to know what these Bible terms
mean. Listen to this program to find out how Christ is the One who made
propitiation for our sins. He is the One who brought us back to God by paying
the price for us.
Key
Verses: Romans
3:24-25
The righteousness of God is manifested
to faith. But how do people obtain faith to believe? In this broadcast we find
out that faith is found in Christ who is the Author and Finisher of our faith.
This faith, which is of the living Christ, is the way that we believe to be
justified before God.
Key
Verses: Romans
3:28-30; , Hebrews
12:2
In this program we consider a great
dilemma. How can the loving God righteously receive sinful men? Listen to find
out how God solved this problem for our salvation.
Key
How Abraham, Our Forefather of Faith, Believed
Chapter four of Romans presents Abraham
as an example of one who was justified by faith. What was it that caused Abraham
to believe? Listen to this program to find out how such a person who was living
in a confused land of idolatry responded to God’s promises and believed in the
God of glory.
Key
Verses: Romans
3:28; Acts
7:2; and 2
Corinthians 4:6
Three Things that Do Not justify Us Before God
In this broadcast we expose three wrong
concepts concerning how to be approved by God. It is not by our works (good
deeds), not by religious practices (circumcision), and not by obeying or keeping
the law (commandments) that we are saved. We can only be justified by faith!
Key Verses: Romans 4:5, 10, 13
The purpose of God in justifying us is
that He could gain a group of people for a testimony to Himself. Listen to this
program to hear about how God is fulfilling His promise to Abraham today through
the church – the called out ones composing the
Key Verses: Genesis 15:6; Galatians 3:6-9
The One Who Calls Not Being as Being and Gives Life to the Dead
In the bringing forth and offering of
Isaac, Abraham believed in God in two aspects. Listen to this program to hear
how we are following our forefather Abraham to also believe in the One who calls
things not being as being and gives life to the dead.
Key Verses: Romans 4:17
Christ
Delivered for Our
Offenses and Raised for our Justification
What do those of faith believe? Listen
to this gospel message to hear how to be saved by believing and confessing that
Christ was delivered for our offenses and raised for our justification.
Key Verses: Romans 4:25; 10:9-13
Becoming the Righteousness of God in Him
How can we, the unrighteous, eventually
become the righteousness of God in Him? Listen for the answer to this question
as we open the Word more concerning being justified before God.
Key
Verses: 1
Corinthians 1:30; Genesis 2:9;
Galatians 2:20
God’s Remedy to Eight Aspects of Our Fallen Condition
Did you know that before we were saved
we were lawless, dead, with many offenses, weak, ungodly, sinners, under God’s
wrath, and enemies of God? Listen to find out how God remedied this fallen
condition.
Key
Verses: Romans
5:6-9
Walking in Peace, Standing in Grace, and Boasting in the Hope of Glory
There are several positive, precious
treasures which issue from our being justified before God. In this program we
explore three in Romans chapter five: peace, grace, and hope.
Key
Verses: Romans
5:1-2
The book of Romans tells us that God commends His own love to us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. How do we know this love subjectively? Listen to the fellowship in this broadcast to find out about the pouring out of this love in our hearts.
Key
Verses: Romans
5:5, 8
Appropriating Christ as your Righteousness before God
Two mistaken concepts are addressed in
this program with regard to salvation. One holds that if I do good works, I can
be saved. The other is that since I am good, surely I am saved. Find out why
both of these thoughts are not true. Also listen to hear how you can appropriate
Christ for your salvation.
Key Verses: Romans 5:8-11; Titus 3:5
The
Sinful Nature Inherited from Adam
Starting in the
middle of Romans 5 Paul helps us to realize that God has a way to deal not only
with our sins, but also with our sinful nature. In this program we address the
source, definition, and activity of indwelling sin.
Key Verses: Romans 5:12, 19
Being
Saved Much More in His Life
Since we are assured
of being saved from the wrath to come by the Lord’s redemptive work on the
cross, why does the Bible tell us that we still need to be saved in His life?
Key
Verses: Romans 5:9-10;
Heb. 7:25
Romans Five presents
to us four reigning things. Listen to find out how in Adam we are under the
reign of sin and death, but in Christ we are under the super-abounding reign of
grace to become those who reign over all things.
Key
Verses: Romans 5:14,
17,
21
Two
Aspects of God’s Full Salvation
Paul in Romans shows
us that God’s salvation is full and complete. Through His judicial redemption
we are now qualified and positioned to enjoy God’s organic salvation in and by
life.
Key
Verses: Romans 3:24;
5:10
Receiving
and Enjoying the Father’s Full Salvation
We all, like the
prodigal son, have left our Father God and ended up in sin, hunger, and shame.
God is waiting and has prepared both the best robe to be our righteousness
before God outwardly and a fattened calf to satisfy us with a life supply
inwardly.
Key
Verses: Luke 15:11-24
In
the book of Romans God does some divine reckoning. How do you come out? It all
depends on whether you are in Adam or in Christ. Listen to this program to hear
about God’s divine accounting.
Key
Verses: Romans 4:3;
5:13;
6:11
Our
Far-Surpassing Credit in Christ
Through Adam’s
transgression we were all brought into sin, judgment, condemnation, and death.
But through Christ’s obedience we were all brought into the far-surpassing
gift of grace, righteousness, justification, and life.
Key Verses: Romans 5:15-18
In this broadcast we
learn that Christ’s history is our history. Listen to find out that the way we
become identified with Christ is through the reality of baptism.
Key
Verses: Romans 6:3-5
The book of Romans
helps us to realize that once we are in Christ, we need to learn to cooperate
with Him for our full salvation. Listen to this broadcast to learn some secrets
of the Christian experience of seeing the facts, reckoning ourselves dead to sin
and living to God, presenting our members, and rejecting sin.
Key
Verses: Romans 6:3,
13,
16,
19,
22
Have
You Received the Gift of Eternal Life?
This gospel program
encourages us to be delivered from the wages of sin and to receive the gift of
eternal life.
Key
Verses: Romans 6:23;
John 10:10
Paul in the book of
Romans tells us that we should not be ignorant of the true spiritual facts. In
this broadcast we review some of the divine accomplishments in God’s full
salvation as portrayed in chapters five and six.
Key
Verses: Romans 5:1-2,
8-10,
17,
21
In order to
understand that as believers in Christ we are no longer under the law, Paul
presents to us an illustration of a marriage. When a woman is married and her
husband dies she is free from the law that bound her to that husband. Now she
can marry another and bear fruit to her new husband. Listen to find out how this
typifies our Christian life.
Key Verses: Romans 6:14; 7:1-6
Paul tells us that we
are no longer under the law. We may be confused concerning the law. Listen to
find out the nature and function of the law and why it was given?
Key Verses: Romans 3:20, 5:20, 7:7, 13
In Romans 7 Paul
portrays a battle going on within us as we in our good mind attempt to fulfill
the law of God but our overcome and defeated by the law of sin and death in the
members of our flesh. How can we be saved from the cycle of this raging warfare?
Key
Verses: Romans 7:21-25
How
a Great Man Was Saved From His Great Problem
There is a wonderful
story in the Old Testament which shows us that man does not need to exercise his
own works or efforts to be saved, but simply take God’s way of salvation.
Listen to the story of Naaman in this broadcast to find out how he was saved
from his leprosy.
Key
Verses: 2 Kings 5;
Titus 3:5
Life:
the Goal of God’s Salvation
Did you ever wonder why you were
redeemed and reconciled to God? Paul tells us clearly in the book of Romans that
we were saved and reconciled in order that we might have life, be saved in life,
walk in newness of life, and even reign in life. In this broadcast we find out
more concerning God’s goal of life and how we can experience it in a practical
way.
Key Verses: Romans 8:2
Living a Christian Life Free from Sin
Did you ever
consider that we are like a miniature garden of
Key
Verses: Romans
8:2, 4,
6
Allowing
the Spirit to Dwell in Us
In Romans seven and eight we see a
great contrast in the experience of a believer who lives in the flesh versus one
who lives in the Spirit. Listen to find out how we can cooperate with the
indwelling Christ to enjoy all God’s blessings for us.
Key Verses: Romans 8:7-10
The
Experience of the Four-fold Life
In Romans 8 we find that not only the
Holy Spirit is life, but also our spirit, our mind, and even our bodies can
experience this divine life. Listen to hear how our spirit is sustained, our
mind is supplied, and our bodies are enlivened.
Key Verses: Romans 8:9-11
Test
Yourselves Whether Jesus Christ is in You?
Throughout the gospels we find that the
Lord often presented Himself as the bread of life or the water of life. Without
Him, no matter what we pursue we are still left lacking and empty. Listen to
find out how to receive Christ as your Savior and to make sure that Jesus Christ
is in you!
Key
Verses: Romans 8:10;
2 Cor. 13:5
In the last
half of Romans 8 we come to God’s goal in saving us – that is that He might
be the Firstborn among many brothers. Listen to this broadcast to see something
more of what is on God’s heart.
Key
Verses: Romans 8:28-29
Romans Eight
helps us realize that the Christian life is one of
stages of growth unto sonship. Children are regenerated in their spirit.
Sons are those who are transformed in their souls, and heirs are the mature
ones, transfigured in their bodies.
Key
Verses: Romans 8:14-19
The Work of the Spirit to Bring us unto Full Sonship
Romans
Eight reveals that the Spirit is witnessing, leading, groaning and interceding,
and is available to us as the Firstfruit for our enjoyment. This work within
matches God’s work in our environment to bring us unto full sonship.
Key Verses: Romans 8:14,
16,
23,
26-27
God’s Great Love, the Source of Our Salvation
As
the Lord is working in our environment, and the Spirit is working within us, we
need to be assured that we can never be separated from God’s love.
Key Verses: Romans 8:38-39
God’s Great Love to Fallen Man
We know that Adam fell right after the time of creation. What did God do? Because of His great love, He did not forsake man, but began His great salvation and continued His plan for man.
Key Verses: Genesis 3:9,
21,
Romans 5:8
God’s Full Salvation for Our Whole Being
Since we are a three-part being, God’s complete salvation brings life to each part. Through justification our spirit is made life, through sanctification our mind is made alive, and eventually in glorification our bodies will be given life.
Key Verses: Romans 8:6, 10, 11
Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption
These three words are described in one verse in 1 Cor. 1:30, yet it takes 8 chapters in the book of Romans to explain what these mean in our spiritual experience. Listen to this broadcast to find out.
Key Verses: 1 Cor. 1:30
How did God choose ones for His purpose? In Romans 9 we see that God’s selection is not according to our birth, our works, or anything depending upon us. God’s selection wholly depends on the God who calls.
Key Verses: Romans 9:11
God’s Mercy and Compassion upon Vessels
God’s choosing depends on God’s will and His sovereignty. He has mercy and compassion on those whom He wills. He is the Potter who has authority over all His vessels.
Key Verses: Romans 9:15, 23
Why did God created man as a vessel? God desires that man would be filled with Himself as his content. Until we are filled with the God of purpose, the feeling of emptiness will still remain.
Key Verses: Romans 9:11, 23; Eccl. 3:11
Romans 10 tells us that we don’t need to ascend into heaven to bring Christ down, or descend into the abyss to bring Christ up from the dead. He has passed through all things and has made Himself so available to us for our salvation. Listen to this program to hear how the Bible describes His availability.
Key Verses: Romans 10:6-8
Calling upon the Name of Jesus
Paul’s writing in Romans 10 helps us know that the way to be saved is simply by believing with our heart and by confessing with our mouth. There is power and salvation only in the name of Jesus. Call upon this name and you will be saved!
Key Verses: Romans 10:9-10
The Lord is Rich to all who Call
In
this program we discover that calling is not only the initial way of salvation,
but also the way to enjoy a daily salvation. Listen to the testimony of a
brother from
Key Verses: Romans 10:12-13
Paul asks us to consider how ones will call on the Lord to be saved if they do not believe. How will they believe if they have not heard the gospel? How will ones hear if no one is sent to them? Listen to this broadcast to be stirred afresh concerning our responsibility as Christians to go forth to speak the gospel to others.
Key Verses: Romans 10:14, 17
Did you ever read the account of how Paul was saved in Acts 9? No doubt he was influenced by Steven and the other believers who called upon the Lord. Through the hearing of faith and the convicting of the Spirit something was operating in Paul. Then the Lord appeared to him and he was saved to become a useful vessel to bear the Lord’s name before others.
Key Verses: Acts 9:15
We are all clay vessels created by God. But are you a chosen one who is enjoying God’s mercy? Are you being filled with Christ to become a person unto honor and glory? Listen to find out more about how to be filled with the real treasure.
Key Verses: Rom. 9:23; 10:12; 2 Cor. 4:7
What is the Future of the Jews in God’s Plan?
Has God cast away His people? Paul says, ‘absolutely not!’ He has reserved a remnant for Himself according to His selection of grace.
Although
Key Verses: Rom. 11:11, 17
Can God Change His Mind Regarding His Selection?
Paul tells us in Romans that the gracious gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Listen to this program to hear how this fact caused Paul to release praises to God for His wisdom, knowledge, and untraceable ways in His selection.
Key Verses: Rom. 11:29
The
Bible tells us that God, in His kindness, is so willing for us to be joined to
Him. On our part we must respond to Him and the gospel through our repentance
and believing. Listen to this program to hear more about how easy it is to be
saved.
Key Verses: Rom. 2:4; Mark 1:15
Romans
one through eight shows us the procedure in God’s full salvation of bringing
the many sinners unto full sonship. Starting in Romans 12 we are shown the
purpose of God’s full salvation. Listen to this program as we consider the
purpose of God’s salvation to build up the saved ones as the Body of Christ.
Key
Verses:
The
Practical Expression of the Body of Christ
At
the end of the book of Romans we see a very practical expression of the Body of
Christ exhibited in local churches. From the last couple chapters of Romans we
can see that the Body is not only mystical and spiritual, but also very
practical.
Key Verses: Rom. 15:7; 16:1; Acts 8:1; 13:1; Rev. 1:11