Charles E. Whisnant, Outline from Romans 1 September 03,2009

2. “No man can go into a phone booth, take off his clothes and become superman.”

4. I Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

6. Jesus never wrote poetry, but world’s greatest poets have been inspired. Dante, Milton, Emerson.

7. Jesus never wrote a note of music but inspired Haydon, Handel, Beethoven, Bach, Johnny Edwards

8. 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.