TRUE EVANGELISM!
Paul’s Presentation of The First Five Steps of The Soul-Winner in Romans
Bernard E. Northrup Th. D.
The translation of the Biblical text is the Author’s unless otherwise noted
copyright 1996
Bernard E. Northrup
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A NOTE INTENDED ONLY FOR THE SCHOLARS
B. Paul’s message to believers.
C. Paul’s concern for his own people, the nation of Israel
D. Paul’s own example of soulwinning techniques
E. Paul introduces the gospel in Romans 1:15–16
THE FIRST STEP OF THE SOULWINNER: Exposing Man’s Total Lack of Righteousness Before God (Rom. 1:15–3:20)
A. An Introductory Preview of Paul’s presentation of the Gospel
B. A Brief Survey of Paul’s Presentation of the Gospel
1. Mankind’s twofold opportunity to know God rejected
2. God’s remarkable provision of His own righteousness to the unrighteous
3. Man’s utter inability to participate in the saving of himself by works
4. The Savior’s work on the cross in bearing the penalty for our sins
5. The Divine transaction of transferring our sins to Christ and His righteousness to us
C. Paul’s explanation of a major achievement of the gospel
1. The gospel should produce a twofold means of revealing God’s righteousness to the world (Rom. 1:16–17)
2. The gospel is a means of revealing the righteousness of God
3. The life of the justified believer also should be a means of revealing the righteousness God (1:17b)
DID YOU KNOW THAT GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD …
4. God’s wrath revealed against all unrighteousness (1:15–32)
a. The theme of the gospel: God’s righteousness (1:16)
b. Its revelation by the gospel’s requirements (1:17a)
c. Its ultimate revelation through lives of believers (1:17c)
d. The Real nature of the Gospel which Paul Preached
A WORD TO THE JEWISH EVANGELIST
5. The way that God’s revelation of Himself to mankind through natural revelation unveils what God is like.
a. Man already is condemned by his rejection of natural revelation (1:18–20)
b. Mankind’s departure from natural revelation (1:21–23)
c. God’s resignation of the sinful race to its own way (1:24–32).
D. The Plight of the Self-righteous Jew (2:1–3:8)
1. God’s judgment of the self-righteous with the reprobate (2:1–29)
a. The self-righteous condemned with the reprobate (2:1).
b. God’s judgment is according to truth and works on the basis of the gospel (2:2–16)
c. The folly of Israel in depending upon the law for righteousness (2:17–20)
d. Israel’s utter failure to practice what they preached (2:21–29).
2. God demonstrates that all mankind is under condemnation and lacks righteousness before Him (3:1–20).
a. Israel’s complaint of lack of advantage in being placed on a level with the lost Gentile (3:1–4).
b. The rejection of Israel’s attempt to justify their unrighteousness (3:5–8)
c. The placing of both Jew and Gentile equally under sin (3:9–19).
d. The conclusion that the entire race is guilty before God (3:20).
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About True Evangelism: Paul’s Presentation of the First Five Steps of the Soul-Winner in RomansPaul specifically insists that “If you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Eternal Lord and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” This book is written in the hope that many who never really have heard the gospel according to Paul may now hear it from you and come to believe with genuine, saving faith. |
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