Romans 1 “Obedience That Comes From Faith”

 

Romans 1

“Obedience That Comes From Faith”

 

“…obedience that comes from faith” Romans 1:5

 

We obey what we believe

Until the world around you has Faith, we will not have righteousness and obedience

 The Righteous live by Faith because it is the first and last thing they do

Paul knew it is Faith in God’s Word and

Only Faith that changes a person and changes the world

Look at the results of your life

Do you have Faith in God’s Word?

If so, then you are obedient and God calls you Righteous

It is Faith that makes all the difference 

 

 “Obedience That Comes From Faith”

 

Forty times in the Book of Romans

you will find the word FAITH.

 

Each time we find the word Faith,

we get a better description of what Faith is.

 

We find the word Faith five times in Chapter 1.

 

Paul says in verse 5…

 

obedience that comes from faith

 

We live in a world of disobedience.

 

As little children, we learn

we get attention when we disobey.

 

It seems that we live in a world that the only

way to get attention is through disobedience.

 

Where there is disobedience, there is unrest.

 

I am NOT saying…

 

 The world is perfect and everyone should submit to it.

 

Jesus understood the injustice, greed and evil

of this world and came to save it.

 

There is so much civil disobedience and unrest

that it seems the word obedience is a bad word.

 

Paul’s words “obedience that comes from faith” are profound.

 

We do what we believe in.

 In the end, faith is the only thing we are obedient to.

 

The warning is…

 

There is a way that seems right to a man,

but in the end it leads to death.

Proverbs 14:12

 

What you believe in matters.

 

Paul later in verse 18 of Romans 1

 speaks of the Wrath of God…

 

A world, people who are disobedient

to God and His laws of nature.

 

Paul gives us the answer for changing a world

of disobedience to a world of obedience…

 

It is Faith

 

We all want to do what we believe in.

 

When people believe in the right thing,

they begin to do the right thing.

 

We can use all kinds of methods to get people

to do the right thing, but unless they believe the truth,

change will not happen.

 

Jesus left His disciples in the world and told them

to go into the world and preach the Gospel.

 

It is the message or Word of God that brings faith.

 

Of all the messages we are filling our street with,

 only one Message will bring obedience and peace.

 

You cannot force people to believe or have faith.

 

They must be convinced it is the truth

and the foundational or starting place is…

 

The Son of God, Jesus Christ died,

 was buried and arose from the dead.

 

So, Paul tells us the most important

thing on changing a life is faith.

 

In Romans 1:17, Paul says…

 

 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed,

a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,

just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."  

 

It is the Gospel that reveals righteousness,

the acts of obedience.

 

Righteousness comes by faith.

 

Our message from start to finish is Faith.

 

Faith comes by hearing the Gospel, the Word of God.

 

Our goal is to help people understand what

God has done for them through Jesus Christ.

 

When they begin to understand…

 

They have faith and do what they believe.

 

This is the way we become righteous…

 

This is the way we become obedient.

 

This is why Paul ends verse 17

with a quote from Habakkuk 2:4…

 

"The righteous will live by faith."

 

Parents…

 

 Rules, order and structure are needed in the home,

 but unless you have communicated

to your children the “why”

in a way they can believe it,

you will have disobedience.

 

This is the same for your friends,

people you work with and neighbors.

 

Until the world around you has faith,

we will not have righteousness and obedience.

 

 The Righteous live by faith because

it is the first and last thing they do.

 

Paul knew it is faith in God’s Word…

 

And only faith that changes

a person and changes the world.

 

Look at the results of your life.

 

Do you have faith in God’s Word?

 

If so, then you are obedient and

God calls you Righteous.

 

It is Faith that makes all the difference. 

 

 

Scripture Reading (NIV)

 

Romans 1:5

 5 Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

 

Romans 1:8

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.

 

Romans 1:11-13

11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith.

 

Romans 1:16-17

 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."