This devotional study of Romans by Robert Charles “Bob” Jennings was written from his sermons between 1992 and 1994. Rather than being an academic commentary, it’s a Christ-centered guide meant to help believers understand Romans deeply and to point the lost to the Savior.
(0:00) Introduction
(2:10) 1:16-17 – Not Ashamed
(11:08) 1:18 – Wrath of God
(18:30) 1:18-20 – Reasons for Wrath
(26:48) 1:21-22 – A Short History of Man
(34:15) 1:23 – Wrath Revealed
(42:05) 2:1-2 – God Judges the Good Man Too
(45:57) 2:4-5 – What Will God Do With You?
(53:37) 2:6-11 – Deeds and Judgment
(1:01:09) 2:11-16 – No Partiality
(1:07:43) 2:17,29 – False Security of the Jew
(1:16:23) 3:1-8 – No Advantage?
(1:21:08) 3:9-20 – All Under Sin
(1:28:25) 3:19-24 – Getting Right With God
(1:32:19) 3:24-26 – Just God, Justifying the Unjust
(1:40:27) 3:27f – Law of Faith
(1:46:57) 4:1-8 – OT Example of Justification
(1:52:32) 4:9-12 – Rituals Don’t Save
(1:57:55) 4:13 – Blessing by Faith, Not Law
(2:04:45) 5:1 – Results of Faith
(2:12:08) 5:2 – Access by Faith
(2:15:45) 5:2 – Boasting in Hope
(2:20:46) 5:3 – Boasting in Tribulations
(2:27:38) 5:5 – Spirit’s Witness of God’s Love
(2:31:16) 5:6-8 – Love of God Demonstrated
(2:38:37) 5:9 – Much More — Saved From Wrath
(2:46:55) 5:10 – Much More — Saved by His Life
(2:52:31) 5:11 – Exulting in God
(2:59:08) 5:12-14 – Adam’s Sin, Death’s Reign
(3:06:29) 5:15 – Grace Abounding
(3:12:05) 5:16-17 – More Much Mores
(3:16:35) 5:18-19 – Obedience of the One
(3:22:13) 5:20-21 – Reign of Grace
(3:28:57) 6:1-2 – Continue in Sin?
(3:34:43) 6:3-13 – Dead, Yet Alive With Christ
(3:42:15) 6:12-14 – Therefore Do Not
(3:47:48) 6:14 – The Law and the Saint
(4:00:03) 6:15-18 – Two Slaveries
(4:03:44) 6:19-20 – Just As – So Now
(4:08:28) 6:21-23 – Outcomes of Slavery
(4:15:09) 7:1-6 – Dead to the Law
(4:21:00) 7:7-14 – What the Law Does
(4:28:52) 7:14-25 – A Wretch Needs a Savior
(4:33:57) 8:1 – No Condemnation
(4:39:33) 8:2 – New Dispensation
(4:45:11) 8:3-4 – Law’s Failure and Fulfillment
(4:51:11) 8:3 – Christ’s Temptation and Sin
(5:00:31) 8:5-8 – Righteous Requirement Fulfilled
(5:06:04) 8:9-11 – Indwelling Spirit
(5:13:12) 8:12-13 – Obligation to the Spirit
(5:26:18) 8:14 – Led by the Spirit, Proof of Sonship
(5:35:27) 8:16 – Witness of the Spirit
(5:50:42) 8:17 – Heirs Also
(6:00:52) 8:18 – Glory Revealed
(6:09:23) 8:26-27 – Spirit’s Help in Prayer
(6:17:15) 8:28 – All for Good
(6:28:23) 8:29 – Foreknowledge and Plan
(6:34:12) 8:29 – Predestination
(6:42:14) 8:31 – God For Us
(6:51:53) 8:32 – How Much God Is For Us
(7:02:32) 8:33-34 – No Charges
(7:10:52) 8:35 – Perseverance of the Saints
(7:22:26) 9:1-13 – Jewish Unbelief
(7:29:37) 9:14-16 – Election — Is It Fair?
(7:33:25) 9:17-24 – God’s Choices and Reprobation
(7:44:22) 9:24-33 – Gentiles Accepted, Jews Rejected
(7:49:55) 10:1-4 – False Zeal
(7:57:09) 10:5-13 – Justification by Faith
(8:05:46) 10:14 – Still Unbelief
(8:11:28) 11:1 – Jewish Rejection Not Absolute
(8:20:23) 11:7 – The Rest Hardened
(8:28:22) 11:12 – Failure and Fulness
(8:37:41) 11:33-36 – Greatness of God
(8:49:38) 12:1-2 – Living Sacrifice
(9:02:21) 12:3-6 – Self-Image and Gifts
(9:15:55) 12:6 – Gift of Prophecy
(9:42:54) 12:7 – Gift of Serving
(10:02:37) 12:7 – Gifts of Teaching, Exhortation, Leadership
(10:16:52) 12:9 – Primacy of Love
(10:25:14) 12:11 – Diligent, Fervent, Serving
(10:41:28) 12:12 – Rejoicing, Persevering, Praying
(10:57:06) 12:13 – Contributing, Hosting
(11:03:21) 12:14-21 – No Retaliation
(11:21:56) 12:15 – Identification
(11:42:34) 13:1 – Government (Part 1)
(11:55:09) 13:1 – Government (Part 2)
(12:14:17) 13:8 – Love Fulfills the Law
(12:32:43) 13:11 – Alarm to Sleepy Saints
(13:00:28) 13:14 – Put On Christ
(13:07:59) 14:1 – Accepting One Another
(13:32:11) 14:8 – Reasons for Receiving
(13:54:44) 14:17 – Acceptable Service
(14:14:42) 14:23 – Operating by Faith
(14:28:44) 15:1-3 – Self-Denial in Service
(14:43:23) 15:4 – Help from the Word
(14:58:18) 15:5 – Reasons for Unity
(15:11:20) 15:13 – Prayer for Abounding Hope
(15:22:53) 15:14 – Paul’s Boldness (Part 1)
(15:36:23) 15:15 – Paul’s Boldness (Part 2)
(15:45:46) 15:15 – Paul’s Boldness (Part 3)
(16:02:57) 16:1 – Paul’s Friends
(16:23:06) 16:17-18 – Separation
(16:44:07) 16:25-27 – To Establish You