Jensens survey of the old testament adam 451
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section of Christian service begins at the
peak of the Christian’s consecration (12:1-2)
and ends at the peak of God’s glory (15:813). All the commands and exhortations are
recorded in between. Read those two
passages at this time.
Study the threefold outline at the very
bottom of the chart, beginning with
Deadliness of sin. Another way to word this
outline is: Need of salvation; Way of
salvation; Results of salvation.
Some look on chapters 9-11 as
parenthetical, because in those chapters
Paul’s subject is a special people, Israel,
whereas in the sections preceding and
following those chapters he speaks about all
people and all Christians. But the Jews are
brought into the discussion of the epistle in
other parts of Romans, such as the rst
chapters, and Gentiles are very prominent in
chapters 9-11. Therefore the outlines of
Chart 63 consider those chapters to be an
integral part of Paul’s theme, not
parenthetical. That will be discussed later as
a prominent subject of Romans.
To help get a mental image of the full
scope of Paul’s epistle, study the other
outlines shown on Chart 63. The easiest
outline to remember for Romans is the one
that begins sin; salvation; and so forth. In
your own words, what is each of the sections
about? Compare your segment titles with
these subjects.
IV. PROMINENT SUBJECTS
A. WHOLE WORLD CONDEMNED (1:18—
3:20)
The theme of Romans is salvation by faith
in Christ (1:16-17), but Paul’s starting point
is showing why that salvation is needed:
because the whole world is guilty of sin and
condemned to eternal death. The
rst
section of Romans is divided into these four
parts:
The pagan world
(1:18-32)
The self-righteous
(2:1-16)
The Jew condemned
The whole world
(3:9-20)
condemned
condemned
(2:17—3:8)
condemned
1 . The pagan world condemned (1:18-32).
These verses represent the classic Bible
passage referred to for answers to such
questions as, Are the heathen lost? and, Is it
fair that those who never in their lifetime
hear or read a gospel message should be
eternally condemned? Paul rmly declares
that God’s wrath is justly revealed against
unevangelized sinners because God gives
them su cient knowledge of Himself to
induce reverent worship and obedience,
making this revelation of Himself both in
their conscience (1:19) and through nature
(1:20). But when men thus introduced to
God refuse to worship and serve Him (1:2123), God gives them up to their own ways
(vv. 24-26), and those ways lead them into
the fearful depths of iniquity pictured in
verses 26-32. The wrath of God must be
understood as His hatred of sin, not of the
sinner.
