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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>ROMANS
- OVERVIEW - T2601R</b></u></font></p>
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<b><font size="3">1. 1:16-17 (1:1-17, Panin's NNT) 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.</font> <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">17 </font><font size="3">For
herein is being revealed God's righteousness from faith unto faith:
as </font><font size="3"><i>it</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">
is written, But the righteous </span></font><font size="3"><i>man</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">
shall live by faith." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
we glory in the Living Gospel: Jesus! In Him righteousness is
</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">realized</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">!
</span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="">Hallowed
be your :name.</span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">2. 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." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
You have purposed and ordained that </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">only</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
through the faith of Jesus shall any man be justified. There is
salvation in </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">no
other name!</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
We therefore </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">justify</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
You, Father, by believing this, and declare faith in Him and His
Finished Work, as the </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">only</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
way. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="">Your
:kingdom come.</span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">3. 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." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">In
Messiah You have given us so much, Father! The reign of death, You
have </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">overturned</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">!
</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Abundance</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
of grace, You have </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">given</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">.
</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Reigning
in righteousness</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">,
You have made a </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">reality</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">!
</span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">4. 8:10 (6-8) HOLY
SPIRIT: PROMISE OF JUSTIFICATION. "And if Christ </span></font><font size="3"><i>is</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">
in you, the body </span></font><font size="3"><i>is</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">
indeed dead because of sin; but the spirit </span></font><font size="3"><i>is</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">
life because of righteousness." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">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. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">5. 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 </span></font><font size="3"><i>conceits, </i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">that
a hardening in part has befallen :Israel, till what </span></font><font size="3"><i>time</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">
the fullness of the nations be come in: </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">26</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">and so
all Israel shall be saved!" </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
through this we perceive the </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">depth</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
of the riches of Your wisdom and knowledge: temporary excising of
Israel, that we Gentiles might come in: then - </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">One
New Man in Messiah</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">!
</span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">6. 12:18
(12:1-16:23) PRACTICAL OUTWORKING OF JUSTIFICATION. "If possible,
as much as in you </span></font><font size="3"><i>is</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">,
be at peace with all men." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">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.
</span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></font></p>
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<b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">7. 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 </span></font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">
mystery kept silent through the times of ages ... </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;">27
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">to </span></font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">
only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom the glory unto the ages.
Amen." </span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Father,
we </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">glorify</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
You for Your [plan of salvation through </span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">justification
by grace through faith</span></u></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">!
Your wisdom, love and grace humble our hearts. </span></span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">one.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><u><b><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></font></b></u><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">:
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.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">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. </span></span></span></font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">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.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">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.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">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.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">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.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
all need to have this love for the Word of God. Anything we can do to
gain a more accurate understanding of theBible - all the better!
After all, Jesus and His Word are </span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">one</span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
(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. </span></span></span></font>
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</div><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">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. Jim Watt</span></span></span></font></p>
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