Know Your Place

Scripture Reading - Romans 1:1-16
Romans 1:1
● Paul is from ______________ (Acts 22:3)
● His early profession was a ____________, taking after his father (Acts 18:3)
● Paul hated Christ as well as followers of Christ (Philippians 3:5-6, Acts 8:1-3,
Acts 9:1-2)
● But Paul’s life was forever changed on the road to ____________(Acts 9:3-4)
● Paul became a defender of the __________ (1 Timothy 3:15)
● Paul received _________ revelation from the _________ (1 Corinthians 11:23,
Galatians 1:11-12)
● Paul was accepted by ___________ & ____________ (Acts 9:27, Galatians
1:18)
● This epistle starts the same way all other Pauline epistles start - PAUL
● A SLAVE OF CHRIST JESUS
● Greek word for slave is ‘doulos’
● Why is this word so important?
● EVERYONE is slave to _________ or __________
1. Slave to sin & unrighteousness, serving their father the __________ (John
8:34, 44)
2. Slave to Christ & to righteousness (Romans 6:6, Matthew 6:24, Romans 6:15-
18)
● Slaves of Christ are brought out of their enemy position by the love of the Master
(Romans 5:10, Colossians 1:21-22, Acts 22:19-20, Acts 22:5)
● Believers in Jesus Christ have been bought, purchased by the ___________ of
Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)