Paul refers to God's plan to save man through Jesus. The term "mystery" was often used in the New Testament to refer to the message of the gospel as it has been revealed through God's Son, Jesus. Romans 16:25, 26 point this out.
Jesus died on the cross so we could live 1) Freely, 2) Faithfully, 3) Factually. I hope that each will understand that Jesus died so that we can have life both now and in eternity in a free, faithful, and factual way. I hope to encourage the listener to be free in Christ, faithful to Christ and factual with Christ.
The counter-cultural truths that our culture refuses to accept are: 1) Homosexuality is a destructive lifestyle; 2) Religious people are more charitable than non-religious people; 3) Religious people live better quality lives than non-religious people. Each one will know that being correctly religious is morally praiseworthy, but accepting these prevailing cultural beliefs promotes immorality. Each one will know that it is an objectively good thing to be correctly religious.
In this lesson, we will look at some of Paul’s methods of evangelism. Each listener should be able to learn from Paul’s example of evangelism. I hope that we will follow Paul’s example and be more evangelistic.
The Christian can truly have personal peace in his life by following some practical instructions from scripture. Each hearer should know how to have personal peace in his life. This lesson brings scripture to bear on some practical ways to have personal peace.
Paul does not say there was no law in the day of Abraham or even before that. That is not his point at all. He merely says that where there is no law then there is no transgression. What then is the point? His point is that when God gave the promise to Abraham, that promise was given without law. Hence that promise was made to Abraham upon the condition of faith, not upon the condition of law.
In this lesson we will study that mercy and salvation comes from God’s word because God’s word gives us 1) Answers, 2) Liberty, 3) Confidence. The hearer should understand that when we walk in God’s word we gain mercy and salvation.
The word of God cleanses our 1) Path, 2) Praise, 3) Purpose (Psalm 119:9-16). Each person should become more familiar with Psalm 119 and its lessons.