The Book of Romans

Hi again,
I know I promised some shots of our daughter's B-day, but I'm just going to take this oppoprunity to post our current study outline for our series of messages at Northside Bible Chapel here in Barrie. We have just begun a series of talks on Paul's letter to the Romans. This is a suggested outline to follow along... (adapted from Weirsbe's Expository Outlines of the New Testament)

ROMANS – God’s Good News
Key verses: 1:16,17
Theme: The Righteousness of God

1) INTRODUCTION – (1:1-17)

a) Salutation (1:1-7)
b) Explanation (1:8-17)

2) SIN – (1:18-3:20) Righteousness Needed

a) Gentiles guilty before God (1:18-32)
b) Jews guilty before God (2:1-3:8)
c) Whole world before God (3:9-20)

3) SALVATION – (3:21-5:21) Righteousness Imputed

a) Justification stated (3:21-31)
b) Justification illustrated in Abraham (4:1-25)
c) Justification experienced (5:1-21)

4) SANCTIFICATION – (6-8) Righteousness Imparted

a) Victory – The Flesh (6)
b) Liberty – The Law (7)
c) Security – The Spirit (8)

5) SOVEREIGNTY – (9-11) Righteousness Rejected

a) Israel’s past election (9)
b) Israel’s present rejection (10)
c) Israel’s future restoration (11)

6) SERVICE – (12:1-15:13) Righteousness Practiced

a) In the church (12)
b) In Society (13)
c) Toward the weaker believer (14:1-15:13)

7) CONCLUSION – (15:14-16:27)

a) Paul’s faithfulness in the ministry (15:14-21)
b) Paul’s future in the ministry (15:22-33)
c) Paul’s friends in the ministry (16:1-23)
d) Final benediction (16:24-27)