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1 Leaders guide The righteous will live by 1:17 Tim Keller | Redeemer Presbyterian Church | 2003 RomansThe message ofCopyright Timothy J. Keller, and Redeemer Presbyterian Church 2003 study 1 Romans 1:1-17 | Introducing the GospelTeaching A: Overview of the GospelStudy 2 Romans 1:18-32 | The pagans need the GospelStudy 3 Romans 2:1-16 | The religious need the Gospel (I) study 4 Romans 2:17-3:8 | The religious need the Gospel (II) study 5 Romans 3:9-20 | Everyone needs the GospelTeaching B:What is sin? study 6 Romans 3:21-31 | How justification worksStudy 7 Romans 4:1-25 | When justification startedStudy 8 Romans 5:1-11 | What justification bringsStudy 9 Romans 5:12-21 | Why justification comesTeaching C:How did Jesus win our salvation?

2 study 10 Romans 6:1-14 | Union with ChristStudy 11 Romans 6:15-7:6 |Servants of GodStudy 12 Romans 7:7-25 | Warfare with sinTeaching D: Identifying idols of the heartStudy 13 Romans 8:1-11 | Fighting sin with the SpiritStudy 14 Romans 8:12-27 | Living as children of GodStudy 15 Romans 8:28-39 | Facing troubles with confidenceTeaching E: Living as sons and daughters of GodStudy 16 Romans 9:1-29 | God s sovereigntyStudy 17 Romans 9:30-10:21 | Our responsibilityStudy 18 Romans 11:1-36 | The Gospel and the JewsTeaching F:Does God control everything? study 19 Romans 12:1-8 | New relationships: To God and ChurchTeaching G:Spiritual giftsStudy 20 Romans 12:9-16 | New relationships: To friend and enemyTeaching H: Forgiveness and reconciliationStudy 21 Romans 13:1-14 | New relationships: To the worldStudy 22 Romans 14:1-23 | New relationships: To the weakStudy 23 Romans 15:1-16.

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4 3. Try to cover the whole passage No question should be treated as foolish or insignificant by the group. However, theleader has the right to decide if the question or comment is taking the discussion offthe subject. System for the leaderBackground InformationOften it is helpful to provide background information. This should be facts which thegroup probably does not have access to but which will help them understand thepassage better. Questions should go in Launchingquestions are the main questions that get the group into the text. In theleaders notes, these are the questions that are laid out and are underlined. Earlierlaunching questions in the discussion should be observation questions (what does itsay?)

5 , later ones should be interpretation questions (what does it mean?), and lastones should be application questions (what does it mean to us?). For example:Observation question: What does Paul say are the results of God s wrath? Interpretation question: Why does this paragraph follow that one? What is Paultrying to say? Application question: How would we live differently if we were to take thisseriously? LEADING THE study notesCopyright Timothy J. Keller, and Redeemer Presbyterian Church 2003 B. Guidingquestions are follow-up questions and responses by the leader that keepthe group digging for more truth along the lines of a launching question.

6 Many launchingquestions are not very open ended and have one real answer in such cases you mayfollow up with few or no guiding questions. Other launching questions need severalguiding questions. For example: OK, but what does thatmean? What does anyone else see? What do the rest of you think? Are there anyother ways to answer that? Is there anything else? OK! What else? Be careful not to phrase a guiding question in such a way as to make the previousspeaker think you were unappreciative of his or her Asummarizingquestion is necessary with an open-ended launching questions thatelicited a number of responses. Then move to another launching question.

7 For example: OK, could someone summarize what we ve learned here? Could anyone putthis in your own words? OR, if the point has been hard and no one has reallyspoken well to it, you may summarize it and polish it yourself. But incorporate whathas been said!Notes on the notesOften I put a question in parentheses this can be used as an alternate question if thefirst one does not seem to get a good response, or they can be used as a guidingquestions to get the group digging more to get THE STUDYR omans | Leading the studynotesCopyright Timothy J. Keller, and Redeemer Presbyterian Church 2003 study 1| Romans 1:1-17 RomansIntroducing the GospelCopyright Timothy J.

8 Keller, and Redeemer Presbyterian Church 20031 Summary: I: - Paul s life-work revolves around the The gospel is what Paul s whole life is The gospel is what the whole Bible (OT) is The gospel is about Jesus, the The gospel leads to obedience through Greetings!II: - Paul s goal is to preach the gospel at Paul wants to come to Though they are Christians, Paul expects to bless them by preachingthe gospel to them too III: - Paul s thesis: the gospel in a nutshellCharacteristics of the The gospel destroys shame (its effect) The gospel is a living force (its power) The gospel can save anyone at all (its scope) The gospel saves only those believing (its condition) The gospel came to the Jew first, then the Gentile (its history)Content of the God provides a perfect righteousness and record for It is received by faith permanently and The result of reception is a new way of I.

9 ( , 6) What is the passion and ultimate goal of Paul s life?( ) Paul has received grace and apostleship ( , both his job, apostleship,andpower to accomplish it, grace). The goal of his life is to bring about among the obedience that comes from faith. Paul is going to the pagan Gentilesand seeking to have them obey God, but it is an obedience that springs from that means is unfolded throughout the whole book, but it is an obedient heart andlife that comes from knowing we are accepted and righteous in God s eyes through ourfaith in Christ. ( )Paul was set apart for the gospel s spread. The word means toseparate, to move away and apart from everything else for the pursuit of some oneINTRODUCING THE GOSPEL notesStudy 1 | Introducing the GospelCopyright Timothy J.

10 Keller, and Redeemer Presbyterian Church 20032thing. This means that the gospel is something so great that he is willing to separatehimself from anything(wealth, health, acclaim, friends, safety, etc.) in order to befaithful to :Paul s goal in life is to see the pagan nations know the obedience to God thatsprings from an embrace of the gospel. Paul is prepared to lose anything to see ( ) What do we learn about the content of this gospel from the first 6 verses? ( what do we learn about what the message is?) Its origin. The gospel is not a new thing, but the Old Testament was all about it ( which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures ).