Most of our contemporary evangelism purposely avoids that theme. Frankly that’s diametrically opposed to most of our evangelistic technique. And it all begins in verse 18 with this statement: “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness.” The gospel message begins with a statement about the wrath of God. To help the Christian reader to understand the significance and the meaning of the fullness of the gospel of Christ. And now as he moves to verse 18 he begins to unfold in great detail the substance of that theme. We saw that that was in condensed form the thesis or the theme of the entire epistle to the Romans. And he says he is not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, for in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
He called it the gospel of God in verse 1 because God is its source and the gospel of Christ in verse 16 because Christ is its culmination. He says: “I’m not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.” And that really is his theme. Now the Apostle Paul has announced his theme in verses 16 and 17 as we saw last week. And I believe as we examine this very critical verse we find the key that unlocks the gospel, the starting point of evangelism. Tonight we’re going to examine chapter 1 verse 18. Let’s look together this evening at the first chapter of Romans. The following sermon originally appeared here at Bible Bulletin Board and is used here with permission
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