Romans - 7 Key Word Studies

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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August 11, 2012


 *WEEK 26 - JUN 24-30 - ROMANS - JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH*


 *JUN 24. 1:16-17 (1:1-17) INTRODUCTION TO JUSTIFICATION. “For I am not
ashamed of the gospel: for it is God's power unto salvation to every
:believer: to Jew first, also to Greek. 17 For herein is being revealed
God's righteousness from faith unto faith: as it is written, But the
righteous man shall live by faith” (NNT). *Father, we glory in the Living
Gospel: Jesus! In Him righteousness is *realized*! *Hallowed be your :name.*


 *JUN 25. 3:28 (1:18-4:25) LAW SHUTS UP TO JUSTIFICATION. “For we reckon a
man is justified by faith apart from works of law.” *Father, You have
purposed and ordained that *only* through the faith of Jesus shall any man
be justified. There is salvation in *no other name!* We therefore
*justify*You, Father, by believing this, and declare faith in Him and
His Finished
Work, as the *only* way. *Your :kingdom come.*


 *JUN 26. 5:17 (5:1-21) ATONEMENT AND GRACE: BASIS OF JUSTIFICATION. “For
if, by the trespass of the one, :death reigned through the one; much rather
shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of
:righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.” *In Messiah
You have given us so much, Father! The reign of death, You have *overturned*!
*Abundance* of grace, You have *given*. *Reigning in righteousness*, You
have made a *reality*!* Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.*


 *JUN 27. 8:10 (6-8) HOLY SPIRIT: PROMISE OF JUSTIFICATION. “And if Christ
is in you, the body is indeed dead because of sin; but the spirit is life
because of righteousness.” *Father, we begin dimly to perceive Your great
wisdom, plan and purpose in the Gospel. It contains Your promise of the
Holy Spirit through Messiah: that is, the empowerment of justification. *Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.*


 *JUN 28. 11:25 (9-11) RELATIONSHIP OF ISRAEL AND GENTILES TO
JUSTIFICATION.“For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this
:mystery, lest you be
wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part has befallen :Israel,
till what time the fullness of the nations be come in: 26 and so all Israel
shall be saved!” *Father, through this we perceive the *depth* of the
riches of Your wisdom and knowledge: temporary excising of Israel, that we
Gentiles might come in: then - *One New Man in Messiah*! * And forgive us
our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.*


 *JUN 29. 12:18 (12:1-16:23) PRACTICAL OUTWORKING OF JUSTIFICATION. “If
possible, as much as in you is, be at peace with all men.” *Father, we
thank You for the wisdom of the Spirit through Paul. We thank You that he
understood the frailty of the flesh. We thank You Father, that this truth
is one of the practical outworkings of justification. * And bring us not
into temptation.*


 *JUN 30. 16:25, 27 (16:25-27) GLORY TO GOD FOR JUSTIFICATION. “Now to the
one able to establish you according to my :gospel and the preaching of
Jesus Christ, according to revelation of the mystery kept silent through
the times of ages ... 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to
whom the glory unto the ages. Amen.” *Father, we *glorify* You for Your
plan of salvation through *justification by grace through faith*! Your
wisdom, love and grace humble our hearts. *But deliver us from the evil one.
*


 *NOTE*: Perhaps more books and commentaries have been written on Romans
than any other book of the Bible, and rightly so! For it is the basis and
foundation for all Christian truth. A right understanding of this book puts
us in good stead!


 Romans is the gospel to the Gentiles, as Hebrews is gospel to the Jews.
Both letters contain the “Foundation Truths” laid in Hebrews 6:1-2. The
whole epistle of the Romans is truly an exposition of these 6 truths.


 Many preachers have made this their chief expository book. Some have even
preached through it up to 5 times. Ern Baxter is but one of dozens and
scores of these. I served under him as his associate for 3 years from 1973
to 1976, and count it as a high privilege indeed. He was a prince of
preachers, a golden-tongued Chrysostom.


 He had preached through the entire Bible in an expository manner. He had a
personal library of 17,000 volumes, and his working library was 1500
volumes. These latter he had mastered.


 He taught himself Greek, and his various commentaries gave him a working
knowledge of Hebrew also. He had over 40 commentaries on the book of Romans
alone.


 I met him in 1944 briefly, but in October 1948 in Edmonton, Alberta at a
Latter Rain Conference, we became close friends. As a result of that
friendship I led with the help of an associate in providing for him a word
study on every major word of the Greek New Testament, some 4000 MS pages.
He literally carried a suitcase of these manuscripts around the world with
him.


 Bryn Jones of England carried this suitcase up to his hotel room for him
on one occasion and asked, ”What on earth do you have in this suitcase?
Gold?” “I'll show you when we get up to my room,” he replied.


 We all need to have this love for the Word of God. Anything we can do to
gain a more accurate understanding of the Bible - all the better! After
all, Jesus and His Word are one (John 1:1)! Ivan Panin mastered both Greek
and Hebrew in a 4 year period of time, so earnest was he in obtaining an
objective and accurate understanding of God's Word. At one time, every
young man preparing for the Presbyterian ministry was required to obtain a
working knowledge of Greek and Hebrew.


 Romans was “the book” of W.J. Ern Baxter. All his studies were like the
beam of a magnifying glass - they tended to focus down especially upon this
book. Donald Gray Barnhouse was minister for the Tenth Presbyterian Church
of Philadelphia, who also majored on Romans. This book is indeed a key that
will open a clear understanding to the rest of the Bible. To lack a clear
understanding of “Justification by Faith” is to miss God's key to His Word.
Martin Luther was transformed by this truth, and the “Reformation” starting
in 1517 had its roots in this revelation.


 What a marvelous gospel! What a complete presentation! The book of Romans
is unique in the library of holy writ. What a vacuum there would be should
this letter be missing from the Sacred Canon! Now see 7 Greek words that
bring forth much of the teaching of Romans.


 *1. GOSPEL, Romans 1:16. eu-agGEli-on from Ago* - 79 (1288) references. I
have divided the book of Romans into 7 sections. In the Introduction, I
have chosen the word Gospel as the key. It literally means “Good News”, and
this is indeed the theme of the Book of Romans for Gentiles! 79 references
to this term shows its importance to the mind of the Spirit.*


 *2. JUSTIFIED, Romans 3:28. di-kaiOo from DEcho-mai - 40 (939) references.
To be justified, or declared righteous, is a legal term. God has designed
through the death of His Son as atonement for our sins - that whenever an
individual accepts God’s method of becoming right with Him through faith -
immediately he is declared righteous with God. He is justified by faith without
works of law. This is the very heart of the Book of Romans.*


 *3. RIGHTEOUSNESS, Romans 5:17. di-kai-oSUne from DEcho-mai - 92 (939)
references. Look what justification by faith does as a result for the human
spirit: it becomes Life! We are dead in trespasses and sins up to the
moment of justification. Then immediately our spirit become alive through
faith. Now it is a long process for our mind to become renewed following
this - but the process - as we feed on God’s Word through meditation like
Joshua - immediately begins!*


 *4. LIFE, Romans 8:10. zo-E from ZAo* - 134 (326) references. Life in the
Spirit - is the immediate process beginning following justification. What a
blessing! A “bright conversion” takes place at this time, making an
extremely effective witness for the new convert! We should encourage each
new convert to make the most of this time - by sharing this new-found life
with relatives, friends and strangers. My mother at this time cautioned me
not to try to save the whole world all by myself.*


 *5. MYSTERY, Romans 11:25. musTEri-on from MUo* - 27 (32) references. Part
of the wisdom of God in the whole Justification process - is that He has
blinded the minds of Israel to His great plan of the Gospel. This allows
Gentiles to come in at this time. The wisdom of God at this point is called
a mystery. It is true that a small remnant of Jews have their eyes opened,
and like Gentiles, receive the Gospel and become part of the “One New Man”.
But the nation Israel as a whole is blinded until Christ returns!*


 *6. PEACE, Romans 12:18. ei-reNEUe-te from eREo* - 4 (4076) references.
Are we perfected at the time of justification? No. Absolutely not! Those
who teach sinless perfection prior to our resurrection at the Return of
Christ - are in Word deception - and do not understand the clear teaching
of Scripture. That is why we still have difficulty getting along with some
of our fellow-believers! So the exhortation at this point is to be at peace
with one another - as much as that is possible!*


 *7. GLORY, Romans 16:27. DOxa from DEcho-mai* - 168 (939) references.*

*- glory, worship, honor, praise.*

*And the final word from this most basic epistle? - Glory to God through
the eyes of the “Finished Work” of Jesus Christ! He made Reconciliation
between God and man possible - by becoming man by the Will of the Father
and His agreement in His pre-incarnate state as the LOgos, the Word. See
Hebrews 7-10 for very clear insights in this direction.*


 Memory Verse: 1:16-17 - *“For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is
God’s power unto salvation to every :believer; to Jew first, also to Greek.
**17** For herein is being revealed God’s righteousness from faith unto
faith: as **it** is written, But the righteous **man** shall live by faith.”
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