Romans Verse by Verese Bible Study

There is a common saying… “There’s some good news, and there’s some bad news.” That saying could describe the book of Romans. It has a lot of good news (in fact, the word “gospel” means “good news”). But the book of Romans also has some bad news about God’s wrath and how we deserve it because of our sinfulness. Paul writes a commentary on the culture in Romans 1 like it’s today’s headlines—we are worshiping creation more than the Creator. There is more of an obsession about the planet and the environment than there is with God in our culture today. All this is symptomatic of a world that has denied the existence of God and disobeyed Him despite the fact that God has revealed Himself to an unrighteous world. 00:00 - First, the Bad News 00:13 - Introduction to the Book of Romans 05:15 - Keywords found in Romans more than any other book: 05:40 - 1) “Gospel” 07:53 - 2) “Grace” 11:15 - 3) “Faith” 20:52 - 4) “Wrath” 24:55 - All People fall into 3 Bad categories 25:09 - 1) The Unrighteous Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

What does a culture of any nation look like when it excludes God? Take a look around at American culture right now. It looks like that! Even though Paul wrote Romans 1 in the first century A.D., what he describes then is just as apparent now. When man removes God from the equation, man resorts to his base nature, and our base nature is pretty perverse. In today’s teaching, Pastor Gary deals with the sexual identity crisis, homosexuality, and the craziness of our culture with the hope that all will come to know the grace, forgiveness, and wholeness that is found through Jesus Christ. 00:00 - When a Culture Excludes God 06:22 - Definition and origin of the word “Wrath” 07:01 - All people fall into 3 bad categories 07:10 - The UNRIGHTEOUS, The SELF-RIGHTEOUS, and The OVERRIGHTEOUS 08:39 - God uses Creation to reach the unrighteous 30:04 - Romans 5:8-9 Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

Some people are self-righteous and they judge everyone else by their own standard. Some people are overrighteous and they pride themselves in being better than everyone else. But both are sinful before God. In fact, ALL of us are “guilty as charged.” Paul makes the case that no one has an excuse for denying or disobeying God because He has revealed Himself through CREATION, CONSCIENCE, and COMMANDMENTS. But the good news is—God sent Jesus to save us from our sins! Join Pastor Gary as he takes us through Romans 2. 00:00 - When a Culture Excludes God 06:22 - Definition and origin of the word “Wrath” 07:01 - All people fall into 3 bad categories: 07:10 - The UNRIGHTEOUS, The SELF-RIGHTEOUS, and The OVERRIGHTEOUS 07:19 - God has revealed himself through: 08:39 - God uses Creation to reach the unrighteous 30:04 - Romans 5:8-9 Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

The world says, “Man is basically good.” But God’s Word says, “Man is basically bad and in need of a Savior!” Since man is guilty before God and deserves punishment, the question is—How can we be made right with God? Paul answers that question from three different angles. Join Pastor Gary as he teaches through Romans 3-4 to unpack what the Lord says through Paul in today’s study, “And Now, the Good News!” 00:00 -Introduction 05:38 - Review 07:36 - How to get in right standing with God 13:07 - 1. Not gained through law; it’s through FAITH 21:27 - 2. Not limited to Jews; it’s for ALL 24:13 - 3. Not earned through works; it’s by GRACE Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

There are a lot of people in the world who have no hope—overwhelmed with grief, or pain, or sorrow, or anxiety—regretting the past, uncertain about the present, or worrying about the future. But God offers us a HOPE that the world does not have. In Romans 5, Paul tells us that there is a path toward hope that begins with suffering and includes perseverance and character. Pastor Gary explains each of these steps toward HOPE in today’s study from Romans 5. 00:00 - Stepping Stones to Hope 02:41 - Definition of Justification 04:03 - Being at peace with God does not imply the absence of suffering 11:35 - Hope is born out of suffering, but it is not a direct path 12:45 - Stepping Stones to Hope 12:54 - 1) Suffering 13:35 - Jobs example through suffering 13:45 - 1) Job did not blame God 14:04 - 2) Job did not listen to his friends who tried to explain his suffering 15:05 - 3) Job acknowledged that man is limited in his understanding 16:10 - 4) Job learned that you can’t control what in uncontrollable 20:06 - 2) PERSEVERANCE 23:13 - 3) CHARACTER 26:52 - 4) HOPE Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

When Adam and Eve sinned against God in the Garden of Eden by eating from the one tree that God had warned them not to eat, the human race became tainted. The genetic code of the human soul became permanently altered, and thus all of the descendants of Adam inherited the same sinful nature. That’s why Paul says in Romans 3:23 that “all have sinned”, and why David said in Psalm 51:5 that he was sinful from conception. But in Romans 5, Paul teaches us that what the first Adam ruined in the Garden, the “last Adam” (Jesus) redeemed on the cross! Paul contrasts the two lives of Adam and Jesus to help us understand that Jesus came as a cure to the sin problem that we all have. 00:00 - What Adam Ruined, Jesus Redeemed 06:57 - 1 Corinthians 15:22;45-49 09:05 - The word “man” in Hebrew is “Adam” 09:36 - Hb. “Adam” means “red or ruddy”…as in clay because Adam was formed from dirt. 21:57 - Romans 5 contrast between Adam and Jesus 22:04 - Through Adam, ALL became sinners (v.12) , Through Jesus, ANY can be made righteous (v.17) 22:43 - Judgment followed bringing condemnation (v.18a), The “gift” followed bringing justification (v.18b) 24:17 - One man’s disobedience made many sinners (v.19a), One man’s obedience will make many righteous (v.19b) 24:42 - Sin increased, reigning in death(v.20-21), Grace increased much more, reigning in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (v.20-21) Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

The Christian life will have its share of temptations. That’s because when a person trusts Christ as Lord and Savior, his or her spirit is regenerated but not the flesh. The flesh is constantly at war with the spirit so that the spirit wants to please God, but the flesh wants to please self. In Romans 6-8, Paul gives us a few directives about how to get victory over sin and temptation. 00:00 - Getting Victory over Sin 16:44 - 1) KNOW and rely on the fact that on the day you trusted Christ as Savior, your old SELF died (was rendered powerless) when Christ died. 22:14 - 2) CONCLUDE that you are indeed dead to sin, but alive in Christ. 29:06 - 3) DO NOT let sin DOMINATE, but instead DEDICATE yourself, and every part of your body, completely to God. Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus, check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

Since Christians are under grace instead of the law, the question becomes—is the law of God pointless now? Some Christians think that! But Paul says otherwise. In Romans 7, Paul gives us three reasons why God’s law is important in the life of the Believer today. Pastor Gary unpacks Romans 7 and also helps us to understand the battle that lies within between wanting to please God and wanting to live for our own sinful pleasures. 00:00 - The Importance of God’s Law 05:28 - 1. It EXPLAINS what sin is (7:7) 11:50 - 2. It EXPOSES sin in us (7:15-23) 12:20 - Romans 7:15-23 19:37 - 3. It EXPRESSES our need for a Savior (7:24-25) Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus, check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

In Romans 8, Paul opens and close the chapter with two important exhortations: (1) There is no condemnation and (2) There is no separation from the love of God for those who are in Christ Jesus. Too many Christians still walk around under the heavy weight of condemnation, shame, and guilt. In addition, some Christians believe the lie that God doesn’t really love them. In today’s study, Pastor Gary exposes the lies we believe from either Satan, others, or ourselves. Follow along in today’s study entitled, “No Condemnation, No Separation.” 00:00 - No Condemnation, No Separation 03:54 - Romans 7:18-25 09:17 - 2 Exhortations 09:22 1. No Condemnation (8:1-8) 12:07 - 2 Corinthians 10:5 28:52 - Romans 8:1 29:55 - 2. No Separation (8:37-39) Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/

For the Christian there is a battle within—a battle between our spirit that wants to please the Lord, and our flesh that wants to please self. In Romans 8, Paul gives us three encouraging ways that the Holy Spirit helps us to fight the battle of the flesh and spirit: He empowers us, adopts us, and prays for us. Pastor Gary explains all this in today’s teaching, “Winning the War Within.” 00:00 - Winning the War Within 01:55 - Romans 7:18-25 05:18 - How the Holy Spirit helps us 05:29 - 1. Gives Life to Us (8:11) - Empowers us 05:56 - Who is the Holy Spirit? 06:48 - 1) The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity - one God who reveals Himself in a plurality of three persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit (Gen 1:26-27) 08:23 - 2) The Holy Spirit has always existed being co-equal and co-eternal with God because He is God (Gen 1:2) 08:58 - 3) The Holy Spirit is not an “it” or just a “force”; He has all the attributes of personality: Mind (1 Cor 2:11); Will (1 Cor. 12:11); and Emotion (Eph 4:30) 10:39 - John 14:16-17 11:30 - 1. Gives life to Us (8:11) - Empowers Us 21:04 - 2. Bears Witness with us ( 8:15-17) Adopts us 25:33 - 3) Makes Intercession for us (8:26-27) - Prays for Us Find Much More with Cornerstone Chapel and Pastor Gary Hamrick: https://cornerstonechapel.net/hello GROW: If you made a decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior text "I have decided" to (703)844-9969. We'd love to rejoice with you and to send you a Bible! For next steps on how to grow in your relationship with Jesus check out https://cornerstonechapel.net/grow/