Romans: The Gospel of God—Part One 1:1-15

On Sunday, October 18th, 2009 we began a new series in the book of Romans. Our plan between this date and Christmas, is to work through the first 4 chapters of this incredible letter to the church in Rome which was written by the Apostle Paul sometime around 57 A.D. while he was in Corinth.

At Christmas we will begin a series on the Gospel of Matthew and return to the next 4 chapters of Romans after we finished Matthew.

We began by looking at the first 15 verses of chapter 1 which is one of the longer introductions to any of Paul’s letters or epistles. As an introduction to the series and the letter, we looked into Paul’s upbringing, education and dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus Christ when he, a man who was committed to murdering Christians, came face-to-face with the risen Jesus.

These first 15 verses tell us lot about his purposes for wanting to visit Rome, none of which were more poignant than the last verse when he declares, “ I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.”

Romans Chapter 1:1-15

Speaker: Glenn Davies
Date: October 18, 2009
Text: Romans 1:1-15
Summary: The Gospel of God