Not Ashamed of the Gospel

Everton Park - 3rd April 2016 am

Not Ashamed of the Gospel (Romans 1:16)
by Shane Stegemann

Romans 1:1-17
Psalm 25

Introduction. Should we be ashamed?
Romans is the gospel in “compressed summarised _ _ _ _”.

1. The Unashamed Testimony of Paul
   a. The power behind the man!
   i. A single h _ _ _ _ _ _ focus on God’s truth.
   ii. Unashamed to own his calling as a servant
   iii. Unashamed of his s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ calling.
   iv. Unashamed as an ambassador.
   b. An Unashamed Gospel Testimony today.
   i. Knowledge of s_ _ _
   ii. Willingness to pay the cost.
   iii. Settled in our faith in the objective s_ _ _ _ _ _ _
   iv. Doesn’t rely on gimmicks or eloquent s_ _ _ _ _
   v. How a teaching elder sees himself.
   vi. ‘To salvation’. We want sinners to be t_ _ _ _ _ ormed.
   vii. No discrimination!
   viii. We must strive for _ _ _ _ _ in our testimony.

2. Are you Ashamed of the Gospel?
   a. The gospel has everything that we _ _ _ _
   b. Weakened and disempowered.
   c. Naturally poll_ _ _d
   d. Naturally rebellious.
   e. Time to be unashamed of the _ _ _ _ _
   f. How are you dealing with your guilt?

Concluding Question: Are you ashamed of the gospel of Christ?