Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake;
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… Amen. Romans chapter 1, verses 1 through 7. We read from God's Word beginning at chapter 1, verse 1. Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning his son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 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, 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, including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 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. This epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament and the very purest gospel and is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word by heart, but occupy himself with it every day as the daily bread of the soul. …
… He invites us somewhere in this letter. Through him, we've received grace and apostleship to call, there's a word again, to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his namesake. And you also are among those Gentiles who are, say it with me again, called to belong to Christ. That's his invitation. Now notice his inclusion. I love this. He's including everybody. This letter is to everybody. It wasn't written directly to us, but it's for us. Are you feeling me? His inclusion. to all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people, grace and peace to you from God, our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Friends, we are called. It's God's sovereign summons. And the Apostle Paul penned this chapter, which might be the most important chapter in the entire Bible, to you and to me. So here's the question. So what? What are you going to do with this? Are you going to say, oh man, that was an interesting history lesson. …
1. A description of wicked men; in which may be observed those qualifications of wicked men which have the nature of a cause, and those which have the nature of an effect. Those qualifications of wicked men here mentioned that have the nature of a cause, are their being contentious, and not obeying the truth, but obeying unrighteousness. By their being contentious, is meant their being contentious against the truth, their quarrelling with the gospel, their finding fault with its declarations and offers. Unbelievers find many things in the ways of God at which they stumble, and by which they are offended. They are always quarrelling and finding fault with one thing or another, whereby they are kept from believing the truth and yielding to it. Christ is to them a stone of stumbling, and rock of offence. They do not obey the truth, that is, they do not yield to it, they do not receive it with faith. That yielding to the truth and embracing it, which there is in saving faith, is called obeying, in Scripture. Rom. vi. 17. “But God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin; but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.” Heb. v. 9. “And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.” Rom. i. 5. “By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name.” But they obey unrighteousness instead of yielding to the gospel, they are under the power and dominion of sin, and are slaves to their lusts and corruptions. …