Message Notes

ANOTHER SET OF FRIENDS

1. Timothy, my fellow worker (Romans 16:21)

2. Lucius, Jason, Sopater (my countrymen) send greetings

PAUL’S AMANUENSIS

1. Paul’s scribe
An amanuensis

2. He was credited with writing (actual) of this long epistle to the Romans

3. He sent greetings too (Romans 16:22)

YET ANOTHER SET OF FRIENDS

1. Gaius, my host (Romans 16:23a)

2. The whole church of Gaius (Romans 16:23b)

3. Erastus, the treasurer of the city (Romans 16:24a)

a) He was mentioned in (Acts 19:22)

b) And also in 2 Timothy4:20

c) He must have held a prominent public ministry as “treasurer”

4. Quartus (Romans 16:24b)

PRAYER

Once again, a prayer for the Lord’s grace to be given.

1. Prayer

a) Consciousness

b) Spontaneous

c) Natural

2. Significance

a) To be understood

b) To be cultivated

c) To be applied

d) Distinctive in Paul’s life and ministry