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Dan DeRoche | Romans 1:1-7
Romans 1:1-7 NIV
Romans is a:
1. Gospel saturated letter
2. Community building letter
3. Missional letter
Gospel in four words:
1. God
2. Humanity
3. Jesus
4. Response
The gospel is worthy of a person’s entire life (v. 1)
Romans 1:1 NIV
The gospel is the longing of the human soul (v. 2)
Romans 1:2 NIV
The gospel is all about the fullness ofJesus (vv. 3-4)
Romans 1:3-4 NIV
“Humans’ worst produced a dead Savior, God’s best produced a risen Lord” - Stuart Briscoe
The gospel gives us mission and meaning (vv. 5-6)
Romans 1:5-6 NIV
Paul’s Two Objectives:
1. He wants to awaken faith in unbelievers
2. He wants to activate obedience in believers
The gospel satisfies our souls (v. 7)
Romans 1:7 NIV
The things you have always longed for in your soul, are now offered to you in fullness and reality because of Jesus.
You belong to Jesus
“Our souls will find no rest until they find their rest in God” - Augustine
We belong to Jesus