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Keyword: prayer
1:9 For God is my witness, swhom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, tthat without ceasing I mention you 10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow uby God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
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Who saw the epistle
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No doubt they had heard of Paul and would have been honored by the letter, but Paul always took opportunities to personally connect with his audience so that the message of the gospel might be better received.
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why
For vI long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— 12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged wby each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
I have often intended to come to you (but ythus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some zharvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 1
he wants to reap a harvest among them and the rest of the Gentiles. This is a metaphor that Paul often uses to describe leading people to Christ. He wants to come to Rome to see more people put their faith in Christ to be forgiven for their sins and welcomed into the family of God.
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I am under obligation both to Greeks and to bbarbarians,4 both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
What
For God is my witness, swhom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, tthat without ceasing I mention you 10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow uby God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
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where & when
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Paul had never been to Rome when he wrote the letter to the Romans, though he had clearly expressed his desire to travel there in the near future (Acts 19:21; Romans 1:10–12).
The apostle Paul wrote to the Romans from the Greek city of Corinth in AD 57, just three years after the 16-year-old Nero had ascended to the throne as Emperor of Rome. The political situation in the capital had not yet deteriorated for the Roman Christians, as Nero wouldn’t begin his persecution of them until he made them scapegoats after the great Roman fire in AD 64. Therefore, Paul wrote to a church that was experiencing a time of relative peace, but a church that he felt needed a strong dose of basic gospel doctrine.
my reflection
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Paul was open to all Greeks or Barbarians / wise or foolish in Rome and looking to reap more spiritual fruit
Paul was deeply convinced that he was not ashamed of the gospel and rather the gospel is the power of God to save all those who believes in the gospel of His son, the first to the Jew, also to the Greek
Romans 8:26 - Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Who wrote
Paul, the apostle of Jesus Christ
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What
early
According to the law, people are condenmed
Jesus, son of God, in likeness of human being fulfiled the righteousnsess requirements of the Law
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the creation is subject to futitlity, not willingly
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now
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the way out?
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for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose
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In suffering, God loves us and who can be against us and what can separate us from God's love?
why
clarify the love of God so that we believers have the identity of the first-fruits - being saved from the God's judge, called to be saints and to hope for the redeemed bodies in future
results
The church in Rome was suffering tribulations, distress and persecutions but stood firmly
my reflection
Am I recalling God's love, foreknowing, predestining, giving, saving, calling, justifying, glorifying
what's important now and future - love relationship with God, the hope of body redemption
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Believe the Spirit knows people hearts and intercedes for us, or not
Believe all things work together for good for those who are called, or not