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The means of William Cowper’s Conversion:
In late October of 1763 Cowper was sent to St. Alban’s Asylum. By December he would come under the care of Dr. Nathaniel Cotton. He, an evangelist and lover of God, recognized the spiritual needs of Cowper, constantly persuading William that he was not hopeless or damned.
At St. Albans a relative visiting Cowper, sought to tell him of Jesus’ power to save. Cowper burst into tears, saying, “It is the first that I have seen a ray of hope.” Six months into his stay, Cowper reported, “Having found a Bible on the bench in the garden, I opened upon the 11th of St. John, where Lazarus is raised from the dead; and saw so much benevolence, mercy, goodness, and sympathy with miserable men, in our Saviour's conduct, that I almost shed tears upon the relation; little thinking that it was an exact type of the mercy which Jesus was on the point of extending towards myself. I sighed, and said, "Oh, that I had not rejected so good a Redeemer, that I had not forfeited all his favours."
Increasingly, gospel light warmed his heart with hope. Then, a few days later, Cowper found the Gospel of Romans, chapter three and verse twenty-five, which reads, “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God.” There was a fountain of blood filled at Calvary, which coursed its blessed path into the garden of St. Alban’s!
The means of Martin Luther’s conversion
This epistle is really the chief part of the New Testament, and is truly the purest gospel. It is worthy not only that every Christian should know it word for word, by heart, but also that he should occupy himself with it every day, as the daily bread of the soul. We can never read it or ponder over it too much; for the more we deal with it, the more precious it becomes and the better it tastes.
~Martin Luther~
Perhaps you were won to Christ by the Roman’s Road of salvation, too, believing,
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
GOSPEL OF GOD: 1:1; 1:9; 1:16; 15:19; 16:25-26
Seven Stops on the Tour of Romans
Seven Stops on the Tour of Romans
I. Greeting and Expectation (1:1-17)
II. God’s Righteousness Rejected (1:18-3:20)
A. the condemnation of the Gentile world (1:18-32)
B. the condemnation of the Jewish world (2:1-29)
C. concluding statement regarding sin (3:1-20)
III. God’s Righteousness Revealed (3:21-5:11)
IV. Man’s Struggle is Real (5:12-8:39)
V. God’s Relationship to Israel is Relentless (9:1-11:36)
VI. Man’s Service to God is Reasonable (12:1-15:13)
A. conduct towards Christ’s body (12)
B. conduct toward civil government (13)
C. conduct in conscience issues (14-15)
VII. Farewell and Salutations (15-16)
Cooperation & Partnership
Cooperation & Partnership
Founding of the Church (8)
est. out of Jewish communities who encountered the gospel-
16 synagogues in Rome
Fellow Laborers (15-16)
B & L
How would you get the gospel to the ends of the earth?
$- raise it, deposit it, invest it
office staff
printer- expertise
collate
fix machiune
ship
work with government officials
pick it up from port
distribute it
someone to preach it
someone to win converts and disciple them
Valla and Erasmus-
Valla began translation work- Donation of Constantine; Vulgate; wrote works which went against the grain- did not publish for fear of persecution; hid in Belgium; found in Erasmus; published in Germany in 1517— same year Martin Luther posted his 95 theses— so many hands…so many invested…but God gives the increase.
Romans 1:7- to all who are in Rome- beloved of God and called to be saints— Chapter 16 adds great specificity to who these servants are-
Phebe- 16:1- someone to deliver the letter
Tertius- 16:22- someone to transcribe the letter
Priscilla and Aquilla- 16:3-4- someone to host the church
15:27-29- someone has to give of their money to share the gospel
15:32- someone to assist the ministers of the gospel
16:7- Andronicus & Junia- someone to encourage new believers
16:10- Apelles- someone time-tested and approved
16:12- Tryphena and Tryphosa and Persis- someone to do the unmentioned tasks
16:13- Rufus’ mother- someone to love the preacher
16:17-18- someone to mark those who sow discord among the laborers