Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, writes to the Romans about the gospel of God concerning his Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus descended from David according to his humanity but was declared the Son of God through his resurrection from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit.

1. The Resurrection
of the Son of God
~ Romans 1:1-4 ~

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Romans 1:1-4
Found on page 939 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:

3. Do you truly
believe that
happiness
in life is
impossible
?

4. “This is my perspective and has always been my
perspective on life. I have a very grim, pessimistic
view of it. I always have since I was a little boy.…!

5. “I do feel that’s it’s a grim, painful,
nightmarish, meaningless experience and that
the only way that you can be happy is if you
tell yourself some lies and deceive yourself.”!

6. “My relationship with death remains the same.!
I’m strongly against it.”

7. Is death
the end
or just the
beginning
?

8. The Resurrection
of the Son of God
~ Romans 1:1-4 ~

9. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called
Romans 1:1-4
to be an apostle, set apart for the
gospel of God, which he promised
beforehand through his prophets in
the holy Scriptures, concerning his
Son, who was descended from

10. …David according to the flesh and
Romans 1:1-4
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….”

11. Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God!

12. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called
Romans 1:1
to be an apostle…

13. “They [the churches of
Judea] only were
hearing it said, ‘He
who used to persecute
us is now preaching
the faith he once tried
to destroy.’”
~ The Apostle Paul in
Galatians 1:23

14. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called
Romans 1:1-4
to be an apostle, set apart for the
gospel of God, which he promised
beforehand through his prophets in
the holy Scriptures, concerning his
Son….

15. “Surely there is not a
righteous man on earth
who does good and
never sins.”
~ King Solomon in
Ecclesiastes 7:20

16. “For the wages of
sin is death…”
~ The Apostle Paul in
Romans 6:23

17. “I am telling you if there
is a God, when I get to
heaven I’m not stopping
to be interviewed. I am
heading straight in. I
have earned my place
in heaven. It’s not even
close.”
~ Michael Bloomberg
Former NYC Mayor

18. “For the wages of
sin is death, but
the free gift of God
is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our
Lord.”
~ The Apostle Paul
in Romans 6:23

19. “To him all the prophets
bear witness that
everyone who believes in
him receives the
forgiveness of sins
through his name.”
~ The Apostle Peter
in Acts 10:43

20. according to the flesh…
Romans 1:1-4
…who was descended from David

21. according to the flesh and was
Romans 1:1-4
declared to be the Son of God
in power…
…who was descended from David

22. “Fancy writing like this to
Rome of all places, the
greatest city of the world
at the time, the home of
the most powerful man in
the world, the Caesar,
whose official titles
included, ‘son of god’,
whose birthday was hailed
as ‘good news’…

23. “…and who claimed the
allegiance, loyalty, of the
greatest empire the world
had ever seen! But Paul
knew exactly what he was
doing. Jesus is the true
king, the world’s rightful
Lord, and it is vital that the
Christians in Rome know
this and live by it.”

24. according to the flesh and was
Romans 1:1-4
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….”
…who was descended from David

25. The historical fact of the
resurrection of the Son of God
is the “good-est news” the
world could ever hope to hear.
Summary

26. Believe the Good News.1

27. “I think at best the universe is indifferent…so
we create a fake world for ourselves, and we
exist within that fake world…a world that, in
fact, means nothing at all, when you step back.

28. “It’s meaningless. But it’s important that we
create some sense of meaning, because no
perceptible meaning exists for anybody.”

29. “The idea that Jesus truly
did rise form the dead is
indeed the most
dangerous idea on Earth,
for it tells us that not all
men stay dead. Given the
inevitability of death, this
truth is the greatest news
that mortal human beings
could ever hope to hear.”

30. “…if you confess with your mouth that
Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved.”
~ The Apostle Paul in
Romans 10:9

31. Join the
Revolution
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image: Jason Teale

32. “These men who have
turned the world upside
down have come here
also…and they are
acting against all the
decrees of Caesar,
saying that there is
another king, Jesus.”
~ Acts 17:6-8

33. “If Christ is risen,
nothing else matters.
And if Christ is not –
nothing else
matters.”
~ Jaroslav Pelikan
Yale University

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