Weekly Sermon Reflection Questions

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The gospel impacted Paul so much that he devoted his life to God’s kingdom and everything he did revolved around the gospel. What drove Paul to do so? Paul believes the gospel has power […]

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Apostle Paul was writing this letter from prison to a church he had never met. He wanted to guide them in living a life worthy of the Gospel, and we too can learn from

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The apostle Luke authored the Acts of the Apostles. He was a bold witness who, openly, truthfully and persistently, testified to others of the risen Jesus, through the life of the church. Have we

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l In our pilgrimage, it is always important to know who we are and not be distracted by voices telling us who we should be.  We are sons and daughters of the Living God.  God

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary:      Paul ends the book of Romans with a commendation, a warning and a promise. 1. Commendation (Romans 16:1-16;21-23) Paul uses this chapter to affirm and appreciate many people in Rome. He also includes greetings

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary I Christ-like intentional living goes beyond mere social gathering. Through the early church community of believers, we see attributes to learn from and prioritise today: Advance God’s Mission – Paul was not alone in his

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | The first 15 chapters of Romans could be a consolidation of Paul’s previous sermons, seminars and debates in his 25 years of ministry. Rom 15:14-24 are like personal notes to a letter. The church

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | This chapter contains many discipleship lessons although it looks at first glance as if Paul is merely sharing his travel plans. He did not establish nor ever visit the church in Rome personally but

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The apostle Paul teaches us how to walk right with God and one another. The church then was divided over issues like diet and days. This caused heated arguments and church members viewed each

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Romans 14 deals with practical issues which address how Christians should respond when disagreements with each other arise. The Jewish Christians in Rome were evicted from the city and when they returned in A.D.

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l This was Jesus’ final night before He was crucified on the cross.  Jesus and His disciples were preparing to leave the Upper Room, where Jesus had just washed the feet of His disciples.  In

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Just as God can restore life to dry bones, so He can restore our lost hope today.  The prophet Ezekiel was commanded by God to prophesy to a valley of dry bones, so that

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The theme of Romans is that we are made right to walk right. In view of God’s great mercies to save us, we are called to offer our bodies as living sacrifices to live

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Context- Paul was addressing both Gentile and Jewish Christians within the Roman Church. The Jews were expelled in AD 41 and AD 49 by Emperor Claudius but were allowed to return in AD 55-57.

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The apostle Paul exhorts us to respond to God’s mercies by becoming a living sacrifice. We are called to live a counter cultural lifestyle which turns away from a life of the flesh to

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Paul appealed to the Roman Christians to live in a way based on God’s mercy.  God withheld the judgement that we deserved.  Jesus Christ, His beloved son, suffered the punishment that was meant for

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Paul had a burning desire that the Jews would enter into salvation by recognising the truth of Jesus Christ. They were God’s special people and Jesus Christ was one of them and yet they

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Jesus fulfills God’s covenant, and saves us to proclaim the Good News! God who has mercy on those who seek and love Him, fulfills His covenant through Jesus Christ in whose righteousness both Jews

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l By the time he wrote Romans 9-11, Paul would have been preaching and teaching God’s salvation plan for more than 20 years. He had encountered these frequently asked questions that he needed to address:

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l In Romans 9 to 11, Paul touched on how God dealt with the election of Israel and God’s plan for salvation with a total of 45 quotations and references from the Old Testament Scriptures.

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l A life in the Spirit entails suffering. (Rom 8:17)Is the suffering that we go through worth it? Three spiritual realities: Present Suffering (v 18-27) The suffering in the current age is not worth comparing

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The first half of Romans 8 describes how believers are to live by the Spirit, ending with the truth that “we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l At the end of Romans 7, there is a desperate cry, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” (Romans 7:24). If the book were to end at

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Romans Recap: This letter was written to address differences in the early Church between Jews and Gentiles in aspects such as food offered to idols, Sabbath practices and circumcision. A divided Church does not

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l The Gospel of Jesus sets people free from sin and to be alive in God.  The good news is Jesus has come, died, and risen.  He now lives in our heart through the Holy

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l Christ has liberated us to fulfill God’s law which gives true freedom. We who abide by earthly laws, what is our attitude towards God’s laws? Are we legalists who fear the law and are

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary l We have been justified and made right with God by His grace through faith in Christ. However, our discipleship journey does not stop here. Although believing in Christ changes our status, our substance and

READ | SERMON NOTES The key verse: “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Romans 6:11) We Must Consider Ourselves In Christ In verse 5 Paul said that we are “united

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary | Why do we need the righteousness of God? Our journey in studying Romans so far shows us that we need to be justified because of our depravity in spite of knowledge of God (1:18-32);

READ | SERMON NOTES Summary |  The Greek word for grace is “charis” which means undeserved gift or unmerited favour. 5 areas of God’s grace when we are justified in Christ: 1. Grace of Peace of God (V1) Justification is