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“THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE EVERYWHERE, KEEPING WATCH ON THE WICKED AND THE GOOD.” –  Proverbs 15:3

A sheep astray

“For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.” – First Peter 2:25

Notes taken from, “Romans, Exposition of Chapter 1, The Gospel of God, page 155, by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

ROMANS 1:6-7

A. DESCRIPTION OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE

B. PAUL EXPRESSES HIS DESIRES AND WISHES WITH RESPECT TO THEM

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A. DESRIPTION

1. He describes them in general – “the called of Jesus Christ”

2. He describes them in particular

a. the “beloved of God”

b. they are “called”

–  general call

– particular call (effectual call)

c. they are “saints” – You cannot be a Christian without being a saint.

The Cross

“But you

First Peter 2:9

Intr.:

are

1.  a chosen people,

2.  a royal priesthood,

3.  a holy nation,

4.  a people belonging to God,

End:

that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

MIRROR

“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.” – James 1:23,24