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Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

• I want you to notice he was "called" and you know the story how on the road to Damascus he was struck down and called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God.
• He was called by the Holy Spirit directly and given direct instructions on his apostle-ship.

2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

• The Old Testament spoke of this Word going to the world.

3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

• Or, concerning the good news that all people could partake of Christ, our Lord.

4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

• By being the first fruit raised from the dead, proved He was the Son of God.

5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

• Through faith in Christ comes all gifts of God, you might say.

6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

• Paul writes on three levels.
• He was sent to the Gentiles, to the rulers (Pharisees or the lawgivers) that sat in the seat of Moses at the time of Christ's first advent.
• Matthew 23:2 and to the true Israelites, both the lost sheep and the elect.
• We shall call attention to all three levels.

7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

• Now saints here are the "called" or chosen to be elect.
• Therefore, we see he is writing specifically to the elect at the same time he brings this good news to the Gentiles.

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

• For all that teach the word of God, throughout the whole world.

9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

• I'm praying for you and about you.

10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

• Paul has been drawn here.
• In the book of Acts, Jesus came to him in a dream or vision, telling him directly to be of good cheer because it was intended to send him to Rome.

11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

 

12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

• He saying, we're both to gain by this.
• We can help each other.
• Certainly Paul saw the benefit of his teaching and that of his converts, he was sent on to Rome.
• Naturally, he took pride in them.

13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that often times I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

• I have wanted to come there many times and I don't want you to be ignorant concerning that, but I was taken else where as well.

14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

• Or, Paul was sent to all people to teach and warn on all three levels.

15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

• The Holy Spirit had already told him he was going there, and he felt the Father leading him to the mission that would soon take him there.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

• Paul says, to be able to teach the gospel, I count as my highest honor.
• Now I want you to note in the last phrase the expansion here: salvation to everyone that believes, and of course he means those who really believe from the heart.
• This salvation is offered to the Jew first.
• The Kenites (sons of Cain) had slipped into the temple in Jerusalem at this time and brought about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
• They stood in the Holy Place calling themselves Jews, as it is recorded in Revelation 2:9 claiming to be Jews, but were lying, and in fact they were the synagogue of Satan.
• Before Christ's crucifixion He said, "go not" but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
• In the Old Testament, all the covenants of God with the Adamic race from the beginning were made through Abraham, and until Christ shed his blood for everyone, salvation was only to Abraham's seed or the Israelites.
• When Paul explains salvation to the Jews first, he refers to true Israel (The13 tribes of Israel), and the Greek, of course, refers to the Gentiles.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

• In a sense here, this is faith in Christ versus the faith in Satan, if you would have it so.
• Those who live by faith in Jesus Christ can attain salvation.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

• Who holds God's truth in unrighteousness?
• 2 Thessalonians 2:6 And now ye know what with holdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
  7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
  8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
  9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
  10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

• Here, the invisible things are those things hidden from the very foundation of the world.
• It was made know to them that the Father created this whole world, therefore they are without excuse.
• I would remind you deeper students of the falling away even before the foundation of this world.
• Lucifer and his fallen angels did turn against God and (they knew better).
• This is the reason for our existence here and the necessity for Paul's gospel to correct and teach these people, who were not ignorance concerning the Father, yet they followed the wicked one.

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things.

• Understanding this on the first level (to the Gentiles), we see here that man made images and practiced idol worship of birds, four-footed beasts as cattle, creeping things, etc. even as various religions do, even today.
• Now on the third level (to the elect or the wise that understand), "changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image" image in Greek means "a representation of".
• Now don't forget the image that will be made in the last days, Revelation 13:18, when the false christ will stand in the Holy Place causing the people to worship the image that will be called one-worldism in our day, or this world's political system.
• Scripture tells us "for it is the number of a man".
• There is no doubt.
• Satan will be the false christ directing this world's government.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

• Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness..Who are them?
• It could not be the Israelites, because in Romans 11:1, the question is asked, has God given up Israel?
• Is there no difference?
• And Paul states, God forbid, for I myself am an Israelite and he explains that God certainly did not give up Israel.
• The souls who followed Satan and refused Christ.. these he did give up to uncleanness and the lust of their own hearts.
• We can get a better fix on this lust of their own hearts by turning to John 8:44.
• Jesus is speaking to this group and identifies them, saying, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.
• Ye are of your father, the devil, the partaker there even in the Garden of Eden.
• "He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth, because there was no truth in him.
• When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it.
• So the lust here to dishonor their own bodies between themselves is of the devil, the father of lust.

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

• They changed the truth of God into a lie, and this began in Genesis 3:4-5.
• Satan said, surly the day you eat here of, you'll become wise, etc.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
• Don't be deceived as Eve, by the serpent
• The serpent wholly seduce her by deceiving her, through his  trickery or sophistry.
• Beguiled: to seduce wholly, deceive, of uncertain derivation; to cheat
• Subtilty:  trickery or sophistry
• We see then a comparison in this day and age when the Kenites, that have slipped in among the Jewish people, return to Jerusalem even at this time and make ready for the false christ (Satan).
• Today's churches teach that the Kenites are God's chosen people, and the layman is unaware of this delusion.
• Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
  5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

• Of course, this is talking about a sexual abuse of the body here.

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

• John 8:44, we see the father of the evil lust.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

• 2 Thessalonians 2 , it says because they believe not the truth, God has sent them strong delusions.
• More or less says, as they rejected God, then God in turn rejected them.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own country men, even as they have of the Jews:
• You have followed the example of the churches in Judea and have suffered of your people the same as those in Jerusalem suffered of the Jews, meaning the Kenites and Paul identifies them in the next verse.
15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
• Paul is talking about the Kenites here directly and pretty strongly.
• He's blaming the death of Christ upon them and accuses them of ungodliness.

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

• We see that 1 Thessalonians 2, certainly speaks the truth in those 14th and 15th verses.

31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

• So we see then that Lucifer and his following did these things, knowing they were contrary to God's plan in addition they take pleasure in converts to their synagogue for participation in these evil deeds.

• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.

 

•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

 

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25