Romans Chapter One Lesson 3
Review:
#3
The designation = set
apart for the gospel of God.
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set apart apo + orizw mark off by a
boundary/limits; compound = to mark off
from others by boundaries;
Paul was separated by
God from all of mankind for his apostleship;
Gal
- Paul recognized that he was in the office not on
the basis of his own merit or by association with others.
That his commissioning is in view is indicated by the use of the perfect tense of set apart;
In summary vs:1 presents Paul as belonging to a divine master; [Jesus
Christ]; fulfilling a divine office
[apostle]; and proclaiming a divine message [the gospel of God]
As Paul mentions the
"gospel of God" he
begins a sort of rabbit trail; an expansion or further defining of
the focus of the gospel in vs:2-3a;
When he gets to His Son in v.3 he goes off again
through v.5.
He sets up these
rabbit trails with 3 prepositional phrases;
- through His prophets dia, the How
- in the holy Scriptures en the Where
- concerning His Son peri
the Who
The roots of
salvation did not begin with Jesus and His incarnation, but with OT promise.
vs:2 "which
He promised before hand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures"
#1
He promised, that is, God promised; gives us the source of truth, source of the
gospel;
#2
The agency through which this gospel came was His prophets; they were the
channel through which this revelation came; His prophets.
- To question the inspiration of Scripture is a very subtly says that God is incapable of getting His message to mankind into Scripture.
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The construction here emphasizes that God is personally involved in and the
authority behind the promise and the gospel is the fulfillment of that hope
inspired in man by the prophets in Scripture.
#3 The
truth of God recorded in human language is found in holy Scriptures.
When the gospel in
promise form was believed, it was effective for salvation. Rem: salvation is
always by faith!
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This promise of the gospel would extend then to include the words of the
prophets and the sacrificial system of
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Rom 15:8-9a links this promise to the OT fathers and the incarnation and work
of Christ.
The typology like the
raised up serpent spoken of in Numb 21:8-9; tie;
Jn 3:14-15
* The last prep. phrase details for
us where the gospel is revealed.
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"in the holy Scriptures" this is equivalent to "according to the Scriptures"
in 1 Cor 15:3-5.
That it is referred
to as the Holy Scripture [no def. art] calls us to the character of the
Scriptures, it
is like no other.
What this is saying
is that what God has said, promised, is in the written word,
therefore what God says is what the Word says!