Romans One The Bad News Needs The Good News

If you have the privilege of finishing the journey through this great book of Romans, you will be changed.

An Introduction To The Book Of Romans This is going to be a renewing of your mind. This could be a life changing adventure! John Calvin: “If a man understands this book, he has a sure road of understanding of the whole of Scripture.” William Tyndale: “Romans is deep, profound, divine, yet it is in the grasp of all of us. In this book you have Paul giving the essences of the last word of the Christian faith. It says all Paul intends to sum up and say about the gospel of Jesus Christ. This book will guard you against, guard you from heresy IMPORTANT WORDS IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS: God (153), Law (72), Christ 65 Sin 48 Lord 43 Faith 40. Romans is about those terms. THE TEACHING OF THIS BOOK IS BREATH TAKING. It answers all the important questions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

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Study by Charles E. Whisnant, Rivers of Joy Baptist Church 2009 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What is the Good News of God Is Jesus really God What proves He is God Why did He come

6. What is a Saint 7. What is God like 8. How can God send people to Hell 9. What will happen to people who have never heard the Gospel 10. Why do people reject God and Christ 11. Why are there false religions & idols? 12.What is man’s biggest sin 13.Why is there sex, perversion, crime, hate & why so much 14. What is the standard whereby God condemns people 15. How can a person who has never heard be held responsible 16. Are Jews more responsible to believe than Gentiles 17. Who is a true Jew 18. Is there any advantage of being Jewish 19. How good is man 20. How bad is man 21. Can anyone keep God’s law 22. How can we know we are sinners 23. How are we justified & forgiven 24. How are Christians related to Abraham 25.What is important about Christ’s death 26. What is important about His resurrection 27. What is important about His present life 28.For whom did Christ die 29.Where can men find real peace & hope 30. How are we related to Adam spiritually 31. How are we related to Christ spiritually 32. What is grace 33. And what does grace do 34.How does a person die spiritually to be reborn 35.What is the Christian relation to sin 36. How importance is obedience 37.How law and grace relate to one another 38. Why is it such a struggle to live the Christian life 39. How many natures does a believe have 40.What does the Holy Spirit do for us 41.How important is Christian relationship to God really 42. Why is there suffering 43.Will the world ever really be different 44.How can I pray properly 45.What does predestination mean 46.How secure a Christian 47. What is God’s present plan for Israel

48. What is his future plan for Israel 49.Why have the Gentile been chosen 50. What is our responsible to Israel 51.How is a person saved 52. What is the basic bottom line for Christian commitment 53. What is the Christian relationship to the world 54.What is the Christian relationship to other Christians 55. What is the relationship to the unsaved 56. What is the relationship to the government 57. What is love 58. How does love work 59. How do we deal with neutral things 60.

Study Notes by Charles E. Whisnant, Pastor/Teacher of Rivers of Joy Baptist Church,

ROMANS CHAPTER ONE RIVERS OF JOY BAPTIST CHURCH, MINFORD OHIO BAD NEWS to GOOD NEWS

Romans 1:1-7 Paul and the Good News: Charles E. Whisnant, Pastor/Teacher (August 31, 2009) Why people love doing bad things more than right? Multiple killings in Brunswick, Georgia Newspaper: Up to 7 dead in mobile home; 2 critically injured August 20 2009

The news is filled with BAD NEWS. On a daily basis we read of the sad state of mankind. We are getting worse and worse in America and around the world. What is happening on a massive scale is only the multiplication of what is happening on an individual basis. BAD NEWS.

Has America become numb to tragedy? Recent mass shootings have left 43 dead and many asking why? PITTSBURGH - Does the name Byran Uyesugi ring a bell? Odds are not. What about Robert A. Hawkins? Or Mark Barton? Terry Ratzmann? Robert Stewart? Each entered the national consciousness when he picked up a gun and ended multiple lives. Uyesugi, 1999, Hawaii office building, seven dead. Hawkins, 2007, Nebraska shopping mall, nine dead. Barton, Ratzmann and Stewart — 24 dead among them in 1999 (Atlanta brokerage offices), 2005 (Wisconsin church service) and last week (North Carolina rehab center).

Each has been largely forgotten as the parade of multiple killings in America melts into an indistinguishable blur. We bemoan, we mourn, we move on. ANALYSIS By Ted Anthony

Sun., April 5, 2009Men and women are in the clutch of a horrifying power, and that power clutches them deep inside their own being and it pulls them to self destruction. That power is SIN, and SIN makes for BAD NEWS.

FOUR MAJOR AREAS THAT SIN PRODUCES BAD NEWS FOR THE HUMAN RACE. self-centeredness

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Acquired Self-centered Syndrome

Acquired Self-centered Syndrome (ASS) is not a new "disorder" it's been plaguing humanity ever since Eve bit into the forbidden fruit. Eve ate the fruit because, well, she wanted to be like God. In a "pride goeth before the fall moment" Lucifer boasted, "I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:14). God promptly booted him out of heaven on his hinny. Adam followed Eve's lead and ate of the forbidden fruit. They both received a rude awakening. The First Couple was driven from their garden retreat forthwith. •

It’s bad news in human existence that every one of us is bent on fulfilling our own selfish desires at any rate.

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Satan was the first angel who had this self-centeredness syndrome

Society has lost its moral compass and our children have paid a big price. Divorce is rampant, even in the Church. The excuse Christians give is, "God wants me to be happy." Wrong. God wants kids to be happy! He wants adults to be responsible. And in the case of Christians, His desire is for them to be obedient. We live in a world where people are demanding their rights. “What are you going to do for me now”. And if they don’t get their wish, they rebel, get angry and SIN and cause harm to anyone who is not willing to give it to them. The ultimate goal of people today is to achieve self-satisfaction. Because of this selfishness for gain, fame, dominates, popularity, money, physical fulfillment. WE SHOULD LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS INSTEAD OF USING PEOPLE AND LOVING THINGS.

So what is the result of self-centeredness? 1 2

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Unable to sustain a meaningful relationship. Unable to really love. Unwilling to give. Thus forfeits joy. Loneliness. Despair

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guilty. On the wrong side of the law Why do we have guilt? • •

Because God has designed man to feel something when he sins. Other wise man could never prevent himself from going to Hell. Because guilt tells us we are on the wrong road, and something has to change. The result of guilt

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Anxiety, fear, sleeplessness, lives with psyological problems, ulcers, many illnesses. Which results in drunkenness, and bad behavior. People are frightened to death over guilt. ○ They try to cover it with a covering of sod.  Money, possession, alcohol, drugs, sex, travel, horoscope People will blame their guilt on:  Society, some old outdated Biblical tradition being imposed upon them, on God, on Christians, on the church, on parents, on childhood days.

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no feeling of significance.

Meaninglessness

“Is this what life is all about?” Better would it be if I had never been born.  Where there is no fulfillment all the basic questions are, Is this all there is? Why am I alive? What is truth? How do I find out what is truth? 

And mankind is fed a steady line of lies by the liar Satan, who runs the world’s system. And the devil’s lies never answer the question of meaning. So he never gets the answer. The news is always bad. “Life ever goes on, I just forget why.” 4a

the feeling of hopelessness. Despondency & Depression occurs,  The law of diminishing returns. When all is said and done, life has no where to go. There is nothing here in this life and nothing after this life. ALL IS BAD NEWS.  Resulting in going deeper in the dilemma caused by being pushed by the lies of the devil who keeps pumping lies through the system we live.

Is there any good news anywhere? For goodness sake?

Yes? The good news

about sin is that it can be dealt with.

Self-centeredness can be dealt with.

Life after death can be good news

Guilt and anxiety can come to an end Meaning of life can be dealt with. I submit to you today there is good news! Romans 1:1 Paul says there is good news, and that is the Gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ, The good news of salvation, The good news of the grace of God.

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Sin can be forgiven Guilt can be removed Life will have meaning The future has a reality

WE PREACH THE GOOD NEWS, BUT THE WORLD SEES IT AS BAD NEWS. Romans has the Good News. The entire 16 chapters are thrust in the first seven verses of chapter one. Paul summarizes the good news and then unfolds it in the chapters remaining.

Romans 1:1 THE GOSPEL OF GOD.  Good, merry, glad, joyful, tidings that make a man’s heart rejoice, make him sing, leap for joy.  Note where the good news comes from: ‘FROM GOD” that is important to say that. The good news is not coming from Rome, from Caesar, but from God.  Why should God give me good news? I don’t desire it. RIGHT.  1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Do You Live Like the Gospel is Actually Good News?

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gospel -- neither so late as when "the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul" (Ac 13:2), nor so early as when "separated from his mother's womb" (see on Ga 1:15). He was called at one and the same time to the faith and the apostleship of Christ (Ac 26:16-18). of God -- that is, the Gospel of which God is the glorious Author. (So Ro 15:16 1Th 2:2, 8, 9 1Pe 4:17).

A Bond-Slave Of Jesus, an Apostle, set Apart Romans 1:1

Charles E. Whisnant, Pastor/Teacher Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, September 06, 2009 THE APOSTLE PAUL CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST SEPARATED UNTO

THE GOSPEL OF GOD. SEVEN UNFOLDINGS OF THE GOSPEL, THE GOOD NEWS I.

THE PREACHER OF THE GOOD NEWS

The question has always been asked, “How do you know you have been called by God to preach or teach. Does God set apart men, does God separate men unto the work of the Gospel? God called a unique man to be the major spokesman of the Good news. Paul was God’s keynote speaker for the heralding of the Good news. Paul was in training for this position before he was even saved

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Highly motivated

Roman Citizenship

Determined

Great Ability to lead

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Specially called & converted

St Paul, by El Greco Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, 16th century (Blaffer Foundation Collection, Houston, Texas). Most scholars think Paul actually dictated his letters to a secretary.

And may I say, every preacher who has ever preached the gospel has depended on Paul’s sermons for his material. Paul tells us three things about him in verse one 1. Paul

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a servant of Jesus Christ -- The word here rendered "servant" means "bond-servant," or one subject to the will and wholly at the disposal of another. In this sense it is applied to the disciples of Christ at large (1 Corin. 7:21-23) as in the Old Testament to all the people of God ( Isa 66:14)). But as, in addition to this, the prophets and kings of Israel were officially "the servants of the Lord" ( Josh 1:1, Ps. 18:1 title), the apostles call themselves, in the same official sense, "the servants of Christ" (as here, and Php. 1:1, Jam 1:1, 2 Peter 1:1, Jude 1:1), expressing such absolute subjection and devotion to the Lord Jesus as they would never have yielded to a mere creature. (See on Rom 1:7, John 5:22,23)).—Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

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Doulos. Slave, that is. Exodus 21:5-6, I Corin 7:21-23, 2 Corin 4:5, Gal 1:10, 3:28, Eph 6:5 Phil 1:1 Col. 3:11, 1 Tim 6:1. In subjection , bond servant. 5547

"Christ" = "Christos" = our Lord's Messianic name with a view to His diety.

Christos comes from a Greek word “chrio”) meaning contact, to smear, to rub, and seems to be used in the context as of anoint with oil. Luke 4:18. Yet christos means “anoint, i.e. the Messiah” which tells us that the meaning CHRIST is an assigned usage meaning. Several other words in the N.T. also were given a spiritual christian meaning that was not the original Greek meaning. So it is not uncommon for a word to be used in a slightly new and different way to express a spiritual concept by the N.T. writers. Only twice in the N.T. is “Messias” 3323 used. John 1:41 & 4:25. Interestingly it is in John 4:25 that both messias and christos are used. There are several other Greek words translated anoint, anointing, or anointed in the N.T.

“I don’t serve because I have to, or force to, or paid to, or afraid not to, I serve because I love my master, therefore, I shall never go free. He became known as a bond slave.

Facial composite of Paul the Apostle by experts of the LKA NRW, Germany

A Slave of Dignity or Humility? •

The Jewish sense versus the Hebrew sense. ○ Yes, there is a certain incomprehensible dignity in being called a servant of Jesus Christ And at the same time an object of slavery – a term of humility. ○ 1 Corinthians 3:5 Ministers as table waiters. ○ 1 Corinthians 4:1 Ministers of Christ “under row.” Paul was saying he was a third-level galley slave for Christ. ○ A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

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To be a preacher/teacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ is sometimes overwhelming. There is no higher calling in life than to proclaim the Word of the Pulpit and to be able to teach the Word of God under the Power of the Holy Spirit, what a high calling. There is a sense of honor and

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dignity in the calling. The Scripture says, “Respect them,” “Obey them.” “Submit to them.” “Set your life to follow their example.” To be a preacher/teacher of the gospel also in a sense is the humblest kind of service. You realize you have absolutely no right to think you deserve it, because of who you are. He was a preacher of the gospel

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He was a called2822 “apostle652”. He didn’t decide on his own. God decided. He was not appointed by man. ○ Acts 9:15, 22:14-15, 26:16-17, 1 Corin. 9:16, Gal. 1:1 When first he "saw the Lord"; the indispensable qualification for apostleship. ( Acts 9:5, 22:14, I Corin 9:1). “Apostle” means “sent one”. Commissioned one, dispatched one, a messenger, ambassador. One must know he has been sent and not that he is just going. The official sense and general sense of the word. All Christians are apostles ‘sent ones, to present the gospel. There are Apostles who were specially called by God.

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Separated873unto the gospel2089of God. Set Apart You can not serve God unless you are separated. Separation has the idea of setting apart. Numbers 15:20, Numbers 8:11, Lev. 20:26 separated unto the -- preaching of the gospel -- neither so late as when "the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul" ( Acts 13:2), nor so early as when "separated from his mother's womb" (Gal 1:15). He was called at one and the same time to the faith and the apostleship of Christ (Acts 26:16-18). of God -- that is, the Gospel of which God is the glorious Author. (Rom 15:16, 1 Thess. 2:2, 8, 9, 1Peter 4:17). Once Paul knew he was called, he knew he was disconnected from the past. THE SECRET OF PAUL’S SERVICE 1A He was a bond Slave. 2A Utterly surrendered to the Lord. 3A Sent to carry the Message of the Cross. 4A He cut the cord with the world. TIMOTHY’S LACK OF CONSTANCY AND PERSEVERANCE 2 Timothy chapter 2 1A

`Getting lazy in the ministry

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`Becoming shy and not bold

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He was ashamed of the Gospel

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He was not doing his job with the Word of God

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He was getting entangled in youthful lust

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He was getting involved with speculative philosophy.

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He was being influenced by the world’s system.

“OH THAT SOMEONE WOULD ARISE AND SHOW US GOD”

First the Bad News, then the Good News ROMANS 1 Charles E. Whisnant, Pastor and Teacher of Rivers of Joy Baptist Church, Minford, Ohio September 13, 2009 growbylearning.com ✔ In every man there is a God shade vacuum, man’s eternal soul is so made that it knows no rest until it finds its rest in God. It is never a question if man will to worship, it is only a question of what he will worship. ✔ It is not a question whether a man will be religious; it’s a question of how he will define that

religion. For man’s eternal soul seeks for God, but in the bent of his perverse nature, inevitable man rejects the true God and forms gods of his own thinking. ✔ And the worship of theses gods, there is no solutions to his sinful confusion but only an

intensifying of the emptiness. There is a basic problem, man has sinfulness. How can he escape from his condition?

Illustration: Man in side a box cube. • • •

There is this longing to comprehend what is outside the box, so he invents gods that he thinks are on the outside. So we have religious themes abounding. And all the religions of the world tell him he can. “No man can go into a phone booth, take off his clothes and become superman.” By nature no man can get outside the box. But God can invade the box. God has entered in to tell us what is out there, and tell us how too. How we can dwell out there in His presence for ever. And that is the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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AND CAPTIVE

And at the end of his captivity, death, unless he escapes. The nature can not ascend to the supernatural. But the supernatural can come down to to the natural.

THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS OF ROMANS 1:1. With all the Bad News, there is Good News. God has bursted through the boxd and desires to commuicate with man. Paul keeps telling us about the Good News of God I Timothy 1:11

Romans 10:15

Romans 1:9

Romans 15:29

Ephesians 1:13

Romans 1:16

Acts 20:24

Romans 1:1

Paul states the good news of God, then shows it’s His good news, He came in to possession of the good news by faith in Christ and that it was His Gospel to preach.

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Romans 16:25 “Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and

the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,” I Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. I Corinthians 9:22-23 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.”

JESUS CHRIST is the good news that invaded the box to reveal God to man. He is the most incomparable personality of all human history. All people recognized Christ’s greatness. The difference for the unbeliever is that he does not surrender to Him as Lord. "Jesus There's Something About That Name" By Gloria Gaither · http://cwhisna.blogspot.com/ “The name JESUS, not that so much is written, as it is plowed in to the soil of the history of the world.” Socrates taught 40 years, Plato taught 50 years, Aristotle taught 40 years. Jesus public ministry lasted 3 years. Yet His influence of His life far outweigh the combined 130 years of those. ✔ ✔ Jesus never a picture He painted, yet inspired Michelangelo, Raphael, daVinci ✔ Jesus never wrote poetry, but world’s greatest poets have been inspired. Dante, Milton, Emerson. ✔ Jesus never wrote a note of music but inspired Haydon, Handel, Beethoven, Bach, Johnny Edwards ✔ Jesus has affected our society like no other. The incomparable Christ is the Good News. And what makes it such Good News is that we are not deserving of such good news, which makes it the more true that God is gracious.

1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, Paul takes 16 chapters to unfold these six verses. The infinite mind of God, who in a few words condenses the essence of the unfathomable gospel, and covering everything from the incarnation of Christ to living the Christian life. Watchman Nee: “One thought of God takes 1000’s of words to dispense in human though language 297 English words are required to sum up all of God’s oral law in the Ten Commandments 41 words in Matthew 27:37-40 65 words to definitive teaching on prayer. Matthew 6:9-13 One governmental study on regulating the price of cabbage a few years back took 26,000 words.

THE PROMISE OF THE GOSPEL Why the word “holy” is in front of bible on our bibles Romans 1:2 Rivers of Joy Baptist Church Charles E. Whisnant Pastor and Teacher September 20 2009

"...Which He Promised Beforehand Through His Prophets in the Holy Scriptures..." (which he had promised afore 4279 by his prophets 4396 in the holy Scriptures. 1124. This Gospel is not something new. This message of the Gospel is not a change of God’s strategy. It was something that was promised long ago. It wasn’t a revolutionary new message. It was an Old Testament promise. Paul was being accused of being Anti-Jewish. That he was preaching a new message. Paul is saying this is not the new good news but the old good news.

1B The gospel of God is the fulfillment of Old Testament promises. (Messianic prophecies fulfilled by Jesus Christ.) God's purpose of salvation for men was centered around Jesus Christ. The promises which He made to Eve, Abraham and David all spoke of Jesus as their literal descendant. Indeed, the whole of the Old Testament points forward to, and prophesies about, Christ. The Law of Moses, which Israel had to obey before the time of Christ, constantly pointed forward to Jesus: "The law was our schoolmaster to bring

us unto Christ" (Gal. 3:24). Thus, at the feast of Passover, a lamb in perfect condition had to be killed (Ex. 12:3-6); this represented the sacrifice of Jesus, "the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29; 1 Cor. 5:7). The spotless condition which was required for all the animal sacrifices pointed forward to the perfect character of Jesus (Ex. 12:5 cp. 1 Peter 1:19). Prophecy: Seed of a woman Old Testament Reference: Genesis 3:14-15 New Testament Fulfillment: Galatians 4:4 "And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put hostility between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall damage thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." (Genesis 3:13-15) "But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, . . . " (Galatians 4:4)

It is not a new religion. It is the fulfillment of an old religion. The God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament. What he was preparing and promising then, he fulfilled in the coming of Jesus. As a matter of fact there are 330 prophecies in the OT that are fulfilled in Christ’s first coming. •

The Old Testament was completed hundreds of years before Jesus Christ was born. A large number of prophecies were made in astonishing detail by many people throughout these books. In fact, fulfilled prophecy is one of the distinguishing marks of the Bible, authenticating its claim to be the inspired Word of God.

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For example, the Old Testament indicated Jesus would be betrayed by someone he trusted. "Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who has shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me" (Psalm 41:9). The New Testament, which records Jesus' life and resurrection, reveals that one of the 12 people Jesus chose to be part of his inner circle betrayed him: "Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them" (Mark 14:10).

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More than 300 Messianic prophecies like this were made in the Old Testament and then fulfilled through Jesus' life, death and resurrection. The chances of one person fulfilling a mere eight of these prophecies are one-in-100,000,000,000,000,000. For one person to fulfill 48 of these prophecies, the number becomes staggering – one chance in 10-to-the-157th power. Add to that the 250 other prophecies, and it becomes impossible for any other person except Jesus to ever fit that particular sequence of time and event

The Old Testament laid the foundation for the coming of the New Testament Gospel. Not only was Paul accused, but Jesus also faced the same accusation. •

“He (Jesus) doesn’t do what we do, He doesn’t belong in the same establishment as we do.”

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He doesn’t teach what we learned.”

The Question then was: did Jesus come with a new revelation. No. Matthew 5:17. It’s your teaching that is a perversion of Scripture. Pharisee tradition, not scriptures. The New Testament is completely consistent with the New Testament.

“So you are saying:” ”I can’t become a Christian because I am Jewish? That would be denying my heritage.” Truth is you are denying your heritage when you haven’t become a Christian. Cf. Jeremiah 31:27-40, Ezekiel 26:26-38

The Jewish people of that day, lost the continuity between the Old and the New. THE MODE: Hebrews 1:1-2 By Prophets God would tell the people about the good news.

THE METHOD: I Peter 1:10-11 18:15

Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Daniel, Hosea, Ezekiel. Deut.

In summary, the message of Isaiah is that salvation comes from God—not man. Jesus alone is Savior.

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Next."He committed no sin; no guile was found on his lips. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls." 1 Peter 2:2125

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The lamb was the major animal of sacrifice among the Jewish people at the evening and morning sacrifice (Ex. 29:38-42; Num. 38:3-8), and specials days (Num. 28:11), the Passover (28:1619), Pentecost (28:26f), Feast of the Trumpets (29:1, 2), the Day of Atonement (29:7, 8), and the Tabernacle (29:12-16). Other personal sacrifices included lambs (Lev. 12:6; 14:10-18,), such as the sin offerings (Lev. 4:32-35). Moreover, the Pascal sacrifice is basic to the whole sacrificial system (Ex. 12:13). Thus the figures in Isaiah 53:7 and Exodus 12:13 come together in the designation of the “Lamb of God.” They compliment each other.

THE OLD TESTAMENT SPEAKS OF THE MESSIAH:

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GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES. Hundreds of years go by. The Jews wonder if the Messiah will ever come. They go through horrendous suffering. Then God acts and the promise is fulfilled. This means that God can be trusted. It may look as if he has forgotten his promises. But he does not forget. So verse 2 is not only a statement about the content of the gospel, but is also a reason for believing it. If we can see that God promised Christ centuries before he came and that in many details he fulfils these promises, our faith is strengthened

THESE ARE HOLY, INSPIRED, REVERANCE AND BELIEVE

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Papyrus fragment from Nahal Hever scroll including Habakkuk 2:19, 20 Fortunately, textual critics and paleographers have a large number of ancient manuscripts at their disposal, many of which have been found within the last century. Nearly the entire New Testament exists in manuscripts dated to before 300 AD. Other important manuscripts date to the fourth and fifth centuries.

Paul wants to make clear that Scripture was holy, set apart, divine, righteous and Godly. John 5:39, Luke 24:25-27, and Hebrews10:7

FROM GENESIS TO MALACHI YOU WILL SEE THE REVELATION OF CHRIST

Holy Scriptures: 2Peter 1:20-21 •

the origin of scripture is divine. Rom 7:12

Notice the tremendously important implications of verse two for our doctrine of Scripture. First there is God; then there is a promise that God wills to make; then there are prophets "through" whom (note well: not by whom, but "through" whom, God himself remaining the speaker) he

speaks his promise; then there are writings; and these writings are called holy. Why are they holy - set apart from all other writings and one of a kind and precious? Because it is God who speaks in them. Read the verse carefully: He [God] promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures." God promised in the Scriptures. God is speaking in the Scriptures. That is what makes them holy. This is Paul's understanding of Scripture and should be ours. If you have ever wondered why our Bibles say "Holy Bible" on the front, Romans 1:2 is the answer.

Holy Men of God, moved along by the Holy Spirit, wrote the Scriptures, to produce a holy scripture... the pure work of God. Special thanks to my wife Charity for her proofreading. Stop.