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    30 Pit Stops on the Roman Road
    30 Pit Stops on the Roman Road
    30 Pit Stops on the Roman Road
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    30 Pit Stops on the Roman Road

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    Have you been looking for a small group study to use in your church on the book of Romans that is easy to understand and apply?

    Kim Huffman has divided the book of Romans into thirty sessions to be used by small groups. Each section has a short commentary followed by discussion questions that can be used with your small group or even with individual study. There is also a suggested verse from each session to memorize if you are looking for a challenge.

    This book is not meant to be a commentary or a deep study book. It is designed to give an overview of what some feel is the most important book in the New Testament. This book will help you as you cruise along the road you are traveling in your Christian life.

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    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJun 18, 2014
    ISBN9781490840260
    30 Pit Stops on the Roman Road
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    Kim Huffman

    Kim Huffman, Preach, as he is know at the churches where he has served since 1970 is the author of two other Bible study books; 30 Pit Stops on the Roman Road, and Ephesians: What the Church is to Be and Do. He is also the author of a childrens book, The Adventures of Gray Fox from Squirrel Creek. Kim is a graduate of Cincinnati Bible Seminary, Johnson Bible College and Trinity Theological Seminary. Since 2003 Kim has served Goshen Christian Church along with his wife Janet. Kim plans to retire in 2018. He can be reached at www.goshenchristianchurch.org

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      30 Pit Stops on the Roman Road - Kim Huffman

      Copyright © 2014 Kim Huffman.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by

      any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying,

      recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system

      without the written permission of the publisher except in the case

      of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      The book of Romans is broken down into thirty lessons for small group

      study with questions for discussion and a verse or two that can be

      memorized for each lesson. "All Scripture used in this book is from the

      NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE, Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968,

      1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation

      Used by permission." www.Lockman.org

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      ISBN: 978-1-4908-4024-6 (sc)

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      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014910470

      WestBow Press rev. date: 6/17/2014

      Contents

      Dedication

      A Timeline of Paul’s Life

      MAP OF PAULS

      Introduction

      1     Our Motivation for Ministry

      Romans 1:1–17

      2     The Danger of Unbelief

      Romans 1:18–32

      3     God’s Perfect Judgment

      Romans 2:1–16

      4     The Heart of the Matter

      Romans 2:17–29

      5     The Whole World Is Guilty

      Romans 3:1–20

      6     Justified by Faith

      Romans 3:21–31

      7     Unearned Salvation

      Romans 4:1–16

      8     The Nature of True Faith

      Romans 4:17–25

      9     Triumphant Exultation

      Romans 5:1–11

      10   Grace Greater than All My Sins

      Romans 5:12–21

      11   Baptism and the Grace of God

      Romans 6:1–14

      12   Who Is Your Master?

      Romans 6:15–23

      13   The Struggle to Be Free

      Romans 7:1–25

      14   A Spiritual Liberation

      Romans 8:1–17

      15   Groaning and Longing for Glory

      Romans 8:18–27

      16   Crowned with Confidence

      Romans 8:28–39

      17   A Visit to the Potter’s Shop

      Romans 9:1–33

      18   Our Human Responsibility

      Romans 10:1–21

      19   The Future of Israel

      Romans 11:1–36

      20   The Call to Commitment

      Romans 12:1–2

      21   Thinking Correctly

      Romans 12:3–8

      22   Love in Action

      Romans 12:9–21

      23   Heavenly Citizens and Earthly Governments

      Romans 13:1–7

      24   Loving on the Level

      Romans 13:8–14

      25   The Same Yet Different

      Romans 14:1–12

      26   The Walk of Love

      Romans 14:13–23

      27   Our Example Is Jesus Christ

      Romans 15:1–13

      28   The Ideal Missionary Heart

      Romans 15:14–33

      29   A Holy Kiss

      Romans 16:1–16

      30   Nothing Left to Do But Praise

      Romans 16:17–27

      Epilogue

      Notes

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to the churches that have allowed me to serve as their preacher over the past four decades. I am a better person because they took such good care of me and allowed me to spend my life serving the Lord. My hope and prayer is that they are better churches because I had given them a steady diet of God’s Word. Thank you to Barryton, Flat Rock, Weston, and Goshen churches for having given me the privilege of serving you. You are the best!

      A Timeline of Paul’s Life

      This timeline will give an overview of Paul’s life and help you get a better idea of where the book of Romans fits in the bigger picture of Paul’s life. Some dates are approximates, but over all, this timeline is fairly dependable and accurate.

          AD

      The Bible is silent about Paul’s death, but tradition says Paul was beheaded outside Rome on the road that leads southwest toward the sea.

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      Introduction

      Before we make any pit stops, we need to take some qualifying laps around the track. This introduction will give us some basic information about Romans that will help us as we make our thirty pit stops on this Roman road.

      I. The Writer

      There is little doubt that Paul authored Romans. Paul’s name appeared in Romans 1:1; he called himself a bond servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle to the Gentiles (Romans 1:5).

      The authenticity and genuineness of Romans being written by Paul is more certain than the authorship of any other New Testament epistle.

      II. The Destination

      Paul had not been to Rome (Romans 10:10–13), but he planned to go there as he wrote Romans. Romans 15:25–28 mentions an offering Paul was ready to take to the Christians in Jerusalem given by the Christians in Macedonia and Achaia to help with famine relief in Jerusalem.

      Paul was writing to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints (Romans 1:7). The Christians who made up the church in Rome were a mixture of Jews and Gentiles. Some may have been in Jerusalem on Pentecost when the church began because we have visitors from Rome listed as being present (Acts 2:10). Others were early converts of Paul and people who had moved to the Gentile capital in the twenty-five years since the church had begun.

      The church in Rome comprised many small house churches all around the city as there was no such thing as a megachurch in Paul’s day.

      III. The Date

      Paul wrote Romans near the end of his third missionary journey that took place from AD 54 to 58. As mentioned earlier, Paul planned to go to Jerusalem to deliver the famine aid he had collected from the Christians in Macedonia and Achaia (Romans 15:25–28).

      Paul was staying with Gaius when he wrote Romans (Romans 16:23). We know Gaius lived in the city of Corinth from 1 Corinthians 1:14. Acts 20:2–3 tells us Paul stayed with Gaius for three months, which would have been in winter; he was probably waiting on favorable weather conditions to catch a ship to Jerusalem.

      Phoebe, a Christian woman from Cenchreae, a suburb of Corinth, was going to take a ship to Rome (Romans 16:1–2). This gave Paul the means to have the letter to the Romans hand delivered since there was no mail service in that day.

      IV. The Purpose

      Paul wanted to let the Christians in Rome know of his plans to visit there after he had been to Jerusalem and when he would be on his way to Spain. Some believe Paul’s plan was to establish a base of operations in Rome from which he would be supported in his efforts to evangelize west of Rome, all the way to Spain.

      However, Paul was not sure if he would escape Jerusalem alive (Romans 15:30–32). If this would turn out to be the case, Paul wanted to pen a record explaining the gospel as he understood it—the book of Romans as we know it.

      Paul also wanted to encourage believers in Rome, who were dealing with false teachers. Even though Paul had not been to Rome, he knew many people there because of his missionary travels. Paul mentioned many of them by name in Romans 16.

      Paul explained the fundamental beliefs of our faith concisely and practically. He challenged Christians to live out their faith every day to the glory of God.

      V. The Theme

      The theme of Romans is 1:16–17:

      For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.

      If you want a simple but short and sweet theme, it would be, The just shall live by faith. Paul’s priority seemed to be to leave a written record so Christians would know how they could become righteous and stand before a righteous, holy God. Paul answered the question of how justified Christians should live (Romans 12:1–2) as they give glory to God.

      Sin was the world’s biggest problem (Romans 3:23). Paul clarified how Jesus Christ was God’s perfect remedy for sin as He made eternal life a gift to us (Romans 6:23) by demonstrating His love for us while we were still sinners (Romans 5:8).

      VI. The Outline

      Romans can be divided into two parts. Chapters 1 through 11 are mainly doctrinal in their content, while chapters 12 through 16 contain practical material to show us how we can live out our faith. The book can be outlined simply:

      •  Righteousness Revealed (Romans 1–8)

      •  Righteousness Vindicated (Romans 9–11)

      •  Righteousness Applied (Romans 12–16)

      Now that we have finished our qualifying laps, we’re ready to make some pit stops. Get ready. Fasten your seat belts. Put the pedal to the metal.

      I have divided Romans into thirty sections or lessons of text. At the end of each lesson are questions for discussion or further study.

      My prayer is that everyone who uses this book will be blessed with a better understanding of God’s Word and how it applies to daily life. As you travel this Roman road, may the Holy Spirit give you knowledge and confidence to better serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and may His church be strengthened for the difficult days yet to come.

      PIT STOP 1—

      Our Motivation for Ministry

      Romans 1:1–17

      1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy

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