Romans 16
Proclamation of Jesus
It is our privilege and responsibility to be Jesus Christ’s Press Secretary
To be Jesus Christ’s Kerux
To proclaim, to preach, to communicate, to announce with a clear and unquestionable voice the desires, dictates, orders, recent events, news, or message that the King and His government wished to express to the people
Jesus taught us to pray
"'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-10
The answer to this prayer is you and I
His Kingdom will be established in the lives of people if
We are to proclaim
Jesus Christ and His message
Proclamation of Jesus
Have you ever considered the job of
being the President’s spokesperson?
Imagine your job as White House Press Secretary.
What an honor to have the right
to meet with the President.
To write down the message
of the nation’s leader and ask questions.
What a responsibility to be the news
of the President to the press.
All the cameras are on you.
The questions are asked…
You must clearly and accurately, with the
thoughts and heart of the nation’s leader, speak.
This job of speaking on behalf of the nation’s leader
is not new to the United States.
In Jesus’ time…
They were called, in the Greek Kerux.
It was the message proclaimed by the kerux,
who was the official spokesman or herald of a king.
Because the kerux was the appointed,
official representative of the king or government…
His specific job was to announce with a clear
and unquestionable voice the desires, dictates, orders,
recent events, news, policy changes, or message
that the king or government wished to express to the people.
Paul’s first of seven points
in Romans 16:25-27 is…
1. Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel
Paul’s second point is…
2. and the proclamation of Jesus Christ
We are established by the Gospel
and the proclamation or preaching.
In Jesus’ closing to His earthly ministry,
before returning to Heaven and
sitting on the throne at the right hand of God, said…
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Matthew 28:18-20
Mark’s Gospel says…
"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved,
but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Mark 16:15-17
The proclaiming of the Jesus Christ
and the Good News is essential…
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"
Romans 10:14-15
You and I are the spokesperson of Jesus Christ.
We, who have believed, have been given…
Access into the Holy of Holies,
the throne room of God
We have been given the Scriptures
which are the breath of God.
We have the Holy Spirit to reveal
the mysteries of the Scriptures…
We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. However, as it is written:
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him"—
but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:6-10
It is our privilege and responsibility
to be Jesus Christ’s Press Secretary.
To be Jesus Christ’s Kerux…
To proclaim, to preach, to communicate,
to announce with a clear and unquestionable voice
the desires, dictates, orders, recent events, news,
or message that the King and His government
wished to express to the people.
Jesus taught us to pray…
"'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:9-10
The answer to this prayer is you and I.
His Kingdom will be established
in the lives of people if…
We are to proclaim
Jesus Christ and His message.
Scripture Reading
Romans 16:25-27 NIV
25 Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him— 27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
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