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Introduction/Main Theme
Romans 1:1-17 · Sunday, 27 April 2025 · 8 preachers
The 8 treatments
Same passage, same morning, different rooms.
Caleb Combs
The pastor opens a new series on the book of Romans, providing background on Paul’s letter to the Roman Christians, written around AD 57–58. He highlights that the letter reveals God’s righteousness…
Chuck Lindsey
The book of Romans is presented as a thorough explanation of the gospel and the theme of grace. It teaches that the gospel is God’s power to save anyone who believes, and that God’s righteousness is…
Grant Grimes
The Dynamic Power of The Gospel
Paul opens Romans as a servant of Christ, heading to Rome to strengthen the church and spread the gospel. The sermon says the world calls the gospel foolishness, but it is God’s powerful salvation…
Jayson Combs
The book of Romans is the focus of a summer series that explores the gospel as God’s power for salvation. The preacher explains that Paul’s letter reveals God’s righteousness, our need for a savior…
John Carter
The sermon launches a series through the book of Romans, beginning with Paul’s introduction in chapter 1. It explains that the gospel is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, and that…
Josh Combs
The gospel is good news about God's Son, Jesus Christ, who came in the flesh, died for sin, and rose from the dead to offer forgiveness and eternal life. The sermon explains that faith is not mere…
Josh Yates
The sermon opens with the Sawi people’s story of a peace child, which points to Jesus as God’s ultimate peace child guaranteeing everlasting reconciliation. It then introduces a series through the…
Justin Dean
The Resurrection
A summer series on the book of Romans presents it as a letter written with deep intentionality and sincerity. It examines Paul's identity—apostle, sinner, academic, and missionary—to explain his…
The passage
Read Romans 1:1-17 (ESV)
Chapter 1
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,
3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh
4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—
12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16 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.
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Where else these verses were handled
Other Sundays of this series whose preachers spoke into this passage — counted from verified spoken references, not from the schedule.
| Sunday | Passage | References | Preachers |
|---|---|---|---|
| The NEED of the Religious, Pt. 1 | 2:1-16 | 25 | 4 |
| The NEED of the World | 1:18-32 | 21 | 6 |
| Gather - Encouragement | 1:12; 14:19; 15:2 | 17 | 4 |
| Reach - Romans Road | 3:10-18; 3:23; 6:23; 5:8; 10:9-10; 10:13 | 13 | 4 |
| The Spirit - Gives Us Life | 8:9-11 | 8 | 2 |
| Applying Righteousness: Towards Others/Church | 12:3-8 | 8 | 2 |
| Righteousness Explained | 3:21-31 | 7 | 4 |
| The Blessings of Righteousness | 5:1-11 | 6 | 2 |
| The NEED of the Religious, Pt. 2 | 2:17-3:8 | 5 | 1 |
| Righteousness Illustrated, Pt. 1 | 4:1-12 | 5 | 1 |
| Israel's Future | 11:1-36 | 5 | 2 |
| Conclusion | 15:14-16:27 | 3 | 2 |