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- THE BOOK OF ROMANS PART 1 ROMANS INTRODUCTION Preliminary Questions A. Who Wrote It 1. The Apostle Paul B. When Was It Written 2. Winter A.D. 57-58 C. Who Was it Written To 3. The church in Rome D. Why Was It Written 1. To prepare the Roman believers for his visit 2. To change his base of operations to Rome 3. To provide the church with a firm theological grounding 4. To resolve Jew/Gentile tension 5. To vindicate God’s righteousness 6. To preserve the gospel before he died 7. To insulate the Romans from false teachers E. What is the Primary Theme 1. The righteousness of God has been revealed and that people can enter into this righteousness through the gospel (1:16-17) F. What is Unique About It 1. How man could obtain God’s righteousness 2. The most theological of all of Paul’s letters 3. The most theological treatment of the gospel 4. It discusses a broad range of subjects 5. It is the most formal of Paul’s letters 6. It is the longest of all of Paul’s letters 7. It draws extensively from Old Testament citations 8. To a church he had not founded or even visited at the time of writing 9. Has had a tremendous influence on prominent Christians in history G. Presuppositions 1. God is the Holy One, the Creator, the Sustainer, and the sovereign Ruler of the universe. H. Romans and Systematic Theology 1. Bibliology – The Doctrine of the Scriptures 2. Theology Proper – The Doctrine of God 3. Christology – The Doctrine of the Son 4. Pneumatology – The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit 5. Satanology – The Doctrine of Satan 6. Anthropology – The Doctrine of Man 8. Soteriology – The Doctrine of Salvation 7. Hamartiology – The Doctrine of Sin 9. Israelology – The Doctrine of Israel 10. Ecclesiology – The Doctrine of the Church 11. Eschatology – The Doctrine of the Last Days I. Outline 1. Justification: Past tense of salvation (Chapters 1-8) 2. Sanctification: Present tense of salvation (Chapters 1-8) 3. Glorification: Future tense of salvation (Chapters 1-8) 4. God’s relationship to Israel (Chapters 9-11) 5. Application (Chapters 12-16)