Notes on Romans

March 1, 2010 1:12 AM
I've got so much going on Luigi told me to read Romans. To take notes. So here I got. I'm starting over, reading in the message so it may come in passages.

1:1 Christians are God's friends. --interesting cuz I've always pictured him as more of a boss than a friend.
1:2-7 You are who you are through this gift and call of Jesus Christ.--if I'm a bad person----scratch that there is a good person in each of us we are innerently bad though in Christ we are Good.

I'm looking at the headings of different passages and the next one reads "Ignoring God Leads to a Downward Spiral" I wanna say AMEN to that but wouldn't that be admitting that I've ignored God? No one WANTS to admit that blatantly. . .but if its true than shouldn't I acknowledge it? Fine, unfortunately I've ignored God. And it DOES in fact lead to a downward spiral. Now lets go up.

1:18-23 People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn't treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction in their life;
Isn't that what we do today? We know God but we don't want to put him high enough in our lives for him to actually do something so our lives turn into something silly and confusing with no real direction to it.
They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life.
Okay hold up--I'm pretty sure I've done that! So many times I've just figured I'm smart I can figure this out myself. But that's my biggest problem--I really can't figure it out by myself! That's why I've got all these people behind me. That's why I'm constantly talking to Luigi and why I've started going to Aldersgate for counseling. Because I really can be illiterate about life.
1:26-27 And then they paid for it, oh, how they paid for it--emptied of God and love, godless and loveless wretches.
Can anyone say The World As We Know It? We are a nation that defiles ourselves and in this we have become godless and we are absent of His TRUE LOVE, We are godless therefore loveless.
1:28-32 . . . . .worse, they hand out prizes to those who do the worst things best.
No words--because again this is the world as we know it.
2:4 God is kind but not soft. In his kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.
talk about 180
2:12-13 Merely hearing God's Law is a WASTE OF YOUR TIME if you don't DO WHAT HE COMMANDS. DOING NOT HEARING IS WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO GOD.

Another heading: "Religion Can't Save You"
Hold up a sec. I though that's what salvation was for. Didn't Christ die on the cross to SAVE us from our sins? Or is there a difference between religion and salvation? Isn't all religion a form of salvation?
So upon further reading it's like religion as your mask you hae to REALLY mean it, really believe it. And with that I sleep though I don't want to. Okay 15 more minutes

2:29- And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics.
It doesn't necessarily matter what others think of you. On one hand, yes you should live a Christ-like life. On the other hand it is God that is the rightful judge, not anyone else.
3:2-6 (gonna paraphrase this first part differently, its supposed to say Jews) So, what if, (in doing this) They (some of the Jews) abandon their post? God didn't abandon them. Do you think their faithlessness cancels out his faithfulness? Not on you life! Depend on it: God keeps his word even when the whole world is lying through its teeth.
Gives a whole new meaning to God never fails. I mean seriously--God keeps his word even when the whole world is lying through its teeth! God is the ONE constant in this world that will NEVER EVER CHANGE. When all else fails he never will.

So here I leave it. Romans 3:2-6 page 2035. Music an Appreciation Disc 2.