Summary: FOUR GREEK WORDS FROM ROMANS 1:16. ASHAMED, POWER, GOSPEL, EVERYONE.

I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL

ROMANS 1:16

I. ASHAMED

II. POWER

III. SALVATION

IV. EVERYONE

A YOUNG GIRL GOT SAVED IN A POWERFUL REVIVAL THAT WAS BEING HELD AT HER CHURCH.

AND THAT AFTERNOON SHE WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE SINGING AND DANCING AND JUST FULL OF JOY.

WHEN HER GRANDFATHER STOPPED HER. AND SAID...

“YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.

YOU JUST JOINED THE CHURCH

AND NOW YOU’RE SINGING AND DANCING ON THE LORD’S DAY!”

SHE WAS CRUSHED BY HER GRANDFATHER’S ATTITUDE,

AND SO THE SHE WENT OUT BY THE BARN,

CLIMBED UP ON THE CORRAL FENCE,

AND LOOKED AT THE OLD MULE THAT WAS STANDING THERE

IN THE CORRAL.

HE HAD A SAD, DROOPY FACE AND HIS EYES WERE ALL BLEARY.

AS SHE REACHED OVER AND PATTED THE OLD MULE SYMPATHETICALLY, SHE SAID, “DON’T CRY, OLE MULE.

I GUESS YOU’VE GOT THE SAME KIND OF RELIGION THAT MY GRANDPA HAS!”

ROMANS 1:16 (NIV)

I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL, BECAUSE IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR THE SALVATION OF EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES: FIRST FOR THE JEW, THEN FOR THE GENTILE.

ASHAMED EPAISCHUNOMAI – MEANS TO BE ASHAMED.

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WHAT A TESTIMONY PAUL HAD: “I AM NOT ASHAMED!”

WHY WOULD PAUL EVEN BE TEMPTED

TO BE ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL

PAUL WAS WRITING THIS LETTER TO ROMANS.

WELL, FOR ONE THING,

THE GOSPEL, THE GOOD NEWS

WAS ALL ABOUT SOME POOR JEWISH CARPENTER

WHO'D BEEN CRUCIFIED ON A CROSS.

THE ROMANS DIDN'T ESPECIALLY APPRICIATE THE JEWS,

AND CRUCIFIXION WAS CONSIDERED TO BE

THE LOWEST FORM OF EXECUTION IN THAT DAY

IT WAS ONLY USED FOR CRIMINALS.

SO WHY WOULD ROMANS WANT TO PUT THEIR FAITH IN SOME JEW WHO'D BEEN CRUCIFIED?

SECONDLY, ROME WAS A PROUD CITY, AND

THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL CAME FROM JERUSALEM,

TO THE ROMANS,

JERUSALEM WAS JUST SOME LITTLE CITY

IN ONE OF THE LITTLE NATIONS

THAT ROME HAD CONQUERED.

AND THIRDLY,

THE CHRISTIANS OF THAT DAY

WERE JUST THE PLAIN, COMMON FOLK.

SOME OF THEM WERE EVEN SLAVES.

ROME HAD HAD BEEN HOME TO A LOT OF GREAT PHILOSOPHERS

AND A LOT OF GREAT PHILOSOPHIES AS WELL;

SO WHY SHOULD THEY PAY ANY ATTENTION TO SOME “FABLE”

ABOUT A JEW WHO SUPPOSEDLY AROSE FROM THE DEAD?

(1 COR. 1:18–25)

PAUL GOT IT RIGHT IN…

1 CORINTHIANS 1:18a (NIV)

THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING,

AND HE ASKED IN…

1 CORINTHIANS 1:20 (NIV)

WHERE IS THE WISE MAN? WHERE IS THE SCHOLAR? WHERE IS THE PHILOSOPHER OF THIS AGE? HAS NOT GOD MADE FOOLISH THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD?

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,

PAUL WAS JUST SOME LITTLE JEWISH TENTMAKER,

GOING TO THE BIG CITY OF ROME

TO PREACH A MESSAGE LIKE THAT,

IT WAS ALMOST FUNNY.

BUT PAUL WAS NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL.

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PAUL HAD BEEN REJECTED BY HIS FELLOW JEWS,

HE'D BEEN DESPISED, PERSECUTED, AND DRIVEN FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE HAD TRIED TO KILL HIM.

PAUL HIMSELF SAID IN 1 CORINTHIANS. 4:13b

CORINTHIANS 4:13 (NIV)

...WE (APOSTLES) HAVE BECOME THE SCUM OF THE EARTH, THE REFUSE OF THE WORLD.

HE’D BEEN TREATED LIKE GARBAGE.

BUT EVEN AFTER FACING ALL THAT,

HE WAS STILL ABLE TO SAY,

ROMANS 1:16 (NIV)

I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL,

BECAUSE IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR THE SALVATION

OF EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES:

FIRST FOR THE JEW, THEN FOR THE GENTILE.

PAUL HAD CONFIDENCE IN HIS MESSAGE,

AND THE REASON HE HAD CONFIDENCE WAS BECAUSE

OF WHERE HIS MESSAGE HAD COME FROM.

IT HAD COME FROM GOD HIMSELF.

WHENEVER A MESSAGE WAS HANDED DOWN FROM CAESAR

IT WOULD GET THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE ROMANS.

BUT THIS MESSAGE

THIS GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE

WAS A MESSAGE THAT CAME FROM THE VERY SON OF GOD!

IN VERSE 1 OF THIS CHAPTER, PAUL CALLED IT...

“THE GOSPEL OF GOD” (ROM. 1:1).

HOW COULD PAUL BE ASHAMED OF SUCH A MESSAGE, AS THAT

WHEN IT HAD COME FROM GOD HIMSELF.

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THERE IS A LOT OF SHAMFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD

WE’VE BECOME WAY TO USED

TO THE POLUTION OF THE WORLD.

PEOPLE TODAY, DON'T BLUSH MUCH ANY MORE.

A MAN WHO IS A RAPIST OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

A DRUNKARD OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

A THIEF OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

THE LYING POLITICIANS IN OUR GOVERNMENT

OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

GOSSIPERS AND BACKBITERS OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

A DOCTOR WHO WOULD MURDER AND UNBORN BABY STILL IN THE WOMB OF ITS MOTHER– OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

A PROSTITUTE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

A CHILD MOLESTER OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED.

PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEIR SINFUL ACTIONS.

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BUT WE SHOULD NEVER BE ASHAMED OF WHAT'S RIGHT,

WE SHOULD NEVER BE ASHAMED OF WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US TO HELP US LIVE THE RIGHTEOUS LIFE.

PAUL SAID THAT THOSE WHO BELIEVE ON CHRIST JESUS, SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED

IF YOU'RE SAVED – YOU SHOULDN'T BE ASHAMED OF IT

ROMANS 10:11b (NIV)

"ANYONE WHO TRUSTS IN HIM WILL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME."

AND PAUL SAID IN…

2 TIMOTHY 1:8 (NIV)

SO DO NOT BE ASHAMED TO TESTIFY ABOUT OUR LORD, OR ASHAMED OF ME HIS PRISONER. BUT JOIN WITH ME IN SUFFERING FOR THE GOSPEL, BY THE POWER OF GOD,

SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING IN CHURCH TODAY,

USED TO DO SOME PRETTY TERRIBLE THINGS AND

THEY WEREN’T ASHAMED

WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEM THEN.

THEY DID THEM BRAZENLY OPENLY & DELIBERATELY.

THEY WERE BLATANT SINNERS

THEY WERE BOLD SINNERS

THAT'S THE KIND OF CHRISTIANS WE OUGHT TO BE.

WE SHOULD BE BLATANT CHRISTIANS.

WE SHOULD BE BOLD CHRISTIANS.

WE SHOULD BE OPEN AND DELIBERATE CHRISTIANS.

BUT WAY TOO OFTEN

WHEN WE GET SAVED

WE JUST SIT & DO NOTHING

WE LOSE OUR BOLDNESS

AND WE LOSE OUR BLATANTNESS

YOU KNOW...

I’D HATE TO THINK

THAT I WAS A BETTER SOLDIER FOR THE DEVIL

THAN I AM FOR JESUS!!!

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IF THERE EVER WAS A BOLD SINNER – IT WAS PAUL

HE MURDERED THE CHRISTIANS

HE PERSECUTED THE CHURCH

HE LED AN ALL OUT WAR AGAINST THE CHURCH

BUT WHEN PAUL GOT SAVED – HE DIDN'T SLOW DOWN.

NO HE DIDN’T!

HE JUST CHANGED SIDES

AND HE SAID “I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL!!!”

PAUL PREACHED IN TARSUS – WHERE HE WAS BORN

PAUL PREACHED IN JERUSALEM – THE HOLY CITY

HE PREACHED IN DAMASCUS AND IN ANTIOCH

HE PREACHED IN EPHESUS AND IN ATHENS

AND WHEN HE WROTE THIS LETTER TO THE ROMANS HE WAS PREACHING IN THE CITY OF CORINTH.

PAUL HADN'T GOTTEN TO ROME YET.

HE'D BEEN WANTING TO GO TO ROME FOR A LONG TIME.

MAKING IT TO ROME WAS ONE OF HIS LIFE GOALS.

IN ACTS 19:21 HE SAID

"I MUST VISIT ROME ALSO."

HE SAID, “I'VE JUST GOTTA GO PREACH TO ROME”

BUT EVERY TIME PAUL PLANNED TO GO TO ROME – SOMETHING WOULD COME UP AND KEEP HIM FROM GOING THERE.

ROMANS 1:16 (NIV)

I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL, BECAUSE IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR THE SALVATION OF EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES: FIRST FOR THE JEW, THEN FOR THE GENTILE.

POWER DUNAMIS; DUNE A MUSS

DUNAMIS MEANS…

MIRACULOUS POWER, MIGHT, or STRENGTH:

THE DUNAMIS OF GOD

WAS SOMETHING THAT PAUL KNEW ABOUT

HE'D MET JESUS ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD,

HE'D EXPERIENCED GOD FACE TO FACE.

AND HE WAS NOT ASHAMED.

INSTEAD OF BEING ASHAMED, HE GLORIED IN IT.

HE'D SEEN GOD DO MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE

AND HE KNEW THAT GOD WAS GOING TO GET HIM TO ROME ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

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ROME WAS A POWERFUL EMPIRE.

ROME HAD BUILT GREAT HIGHWAYS

AND THEY HAD ERECTED HUGE BRIDGES.

ROME'S ARMIES WERE UNMATCHED IN THE WORLD OF THAT DAY.

THE ROMAN EMPEROR HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF POWER.

BUT I’M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT…

THERE'S A GREATER POWER THAN THE POWER OF ROME

AND THAT POWER IS

THE POWER OF GOD FOR THE SALVATION

OF EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES:

FIRST FOR THE JEW, THEN FOR THE GENTILE.

GOD HAS THE POWER TO SAVE

MOST OF US HERE HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE POWER

THAT THIS OLD WORLD CAN HAVE OVER US.

BUT ONCE WE’VE ACCEPTED THE FORGIVENESS THAT JESUS OFFERS.

THEN THE WORLD DOESN'T OWN US ANYMORE.

WE BELONG TO A HIGHER POWER.

WE BELONG TO GOD

AND WHEN WE BELONG TO GOD

WE CAN STEP UP AND DECLARE TO THE WORLD

THAT WE'VE BEEN CHANGED.

THERE’S A GREATER POWER AVAILABLE TO US…

THAN THE POWER OF ALCOHOL.

THERE’S A GREATER POWER AVAILABLE TO US…

THAN THE POWER OF COCAINE.

THERE’S A GREATER POWER AVAILABLE TO US…

THAN THE POWER OF PORNOGRAPHY.

THERE’S A GREATER POWER AVAILABLE TO US…

THAN ALL THE DEMONS OF HELL CAN MUSTER.

AND THAT POWER IS THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!!!

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THE SONG WRITER WROTE...

THERE'S POWER – POWER – WONDER WORKING POWER

IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!!!

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT...

THERE'S POWER – POWER – WONDER WORKING POWER

IN THE BLOOD OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!!!

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ROMANS 1:16 (NIV)

I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL, BECAUSE IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR THE SALVATION OF EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES: FIRST FOR THE JEW, THEN FOR THE GENTILE.

SALVATION SŌTĒRIA;

SOTERIA MEANS DELIVERANCE, OR SALVATION:

THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL IS THAT WE CAN BE DELIVERED.

IN PAUL'S DAY,THE WORD “SALVATION” HAD TREMENDOUS MEANING.

BASICALLY IT MEANT “DELIVERANCE,”

A PHYSICIAN DELIVERED YOU FROM YOUR ILLNESS.

THE GOSPEL DELIVERS YOU FROM THE PENALTY AND THE POWER OF SIN.

“SALVATION” IS A MAJOR THEME IN PAUL'S LETTER TO THE ROMANS;

THAT’S BECAUSE SALVATION IS THE GREATEST NEED

OF THE HUMAN RACE.

EVERYONE OF US WERE LOST AND CONDEMNED TO GO TO HELL

IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SAVED,

THEN OUR ONLY HOPE IS HAVING FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.

THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN...

ROMANS 10:9-10 (NIV)

9 (NIV) THAT IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH, "JESUS IS LORD," AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED.

10 FOR IT IS WITH YOUR HEART THAT YOU BELIEVE AND ARE JUSTIFIED, AND IT IS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT YOU CONFESS AND ARE SAVED.

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I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL, BECAUSE IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR THE SALVATION OF EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES: FIRST FOR THE JEW, THEN FOR THE GENTILE.

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WHAT THIS LITTLE GREEK WORD IS SAYING IS

THE GOSPEL IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE MESSAGE.

IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WILL...

ANYONE WHO WILL CONFESS WITH THEIR MOUTH, THAT

"JESUS IS LORD,"

AND BELIEVE IN THEIR HEART

THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD,

THEN THEY WILL BE SAVED.

ARE YOU AN ANYONE?

ANYONE MEANS ANY- ONE.

ANY- ONE CAN BE SAVED

BUT THEY HAVE TO HUMBLE THEMSELVES,

REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SINFUL

AND ASK JESUS TO FORGIVE THEIR SINS.

JESUS TOLD US IN MARK 16:15 TO...

“GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL,”

AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT THE GOSPEL CAN BE TAKEN

TO ALL PEOPLE!

GOD DOESN’T SAY WE HAVE TO BEHAVE TO BE SAVED,

HE SAYS WE HAVE TO BELIEVE.

IT IS THE FAITH IN CHRIST THAT SAVES US.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO HELL

THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL IS THAT

WE CAN ESCAPE HELL AND GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN.

AND THAT WE CAN BEGIN THAT WONDERFUL ADVENTURE WITH GOD RIGHT NOW.