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Trusting God… not works-righteousness (3:27-4:8)
Trusting God… not religious practices (4:9-12)
Trusting God… not law-keeping (4:13-17)
Trusting God… like Abraham did (4:17-25)
How God’s Grace Justifies Sinners (Romans 1-4)
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Trusting God… not works-righteousness (3:27-4:8)
Trusting God… not religious practices (4:9-12)
Trusting God… not law-keeping (4:13-17)
Trusting God… like Abraham did (4:17-25)
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Looking back:
We all need righteousness (1:16-17)
We all lack righteousness (1:18-3:19)
We are all unable to attain righteousness by works (3:20)
BUT NOW:
A DIAMOND ON A BLACK CLOTH!
WHAT DOES JUSTIFICATION MEAN?
HOW IS JUSTIFICATION POSSIBLE?
a. By grace alone (v24)
b. Through Christ alone (vv22-25)
Redemption (v24)
Propitiation (v25)
Justice (vv25-26)
c. Through faith alone (vv22 24 26)
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Romans 3:9-201. WE ‘RE ALL TRAPPED UNDER THE POWER OF SIN (VV9-18)
a. The charge (v9)
b. The evidence (vv10-18)
Rotten hearts (vv10-12)
Bitter words (vv13-14)
Hostile deeds (vv15-18)
2. WE ‘RE ALL GUILTY BEFORE GOD (V19)
a. We stand before God speechless (v19a)
b. We stand before God condemned (v19b)
3. WE ‘RE ALL HELPLESS TO SAVE OURSELVES (V20)
a. The powerlessness of the law (v20a)
b. The purpose of the law (v20b)
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Romans 2:17 3:8
1. BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT PRACTICE IS HYPOCRISY (2:17-24)
a. Great heritage (vv17-20)
b. Glaring hypocrisy (vv21-24)
2. OUTWARD RITUAL WITHOUT INWARD REALITY IS EMPTY (2:25-29)
a. The conditional value of outward ritual (vv25-27)
b. The eternal value of inward reality (vv28-29)
3. Q + A (3:1-8)
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Romans 2:1-16THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS JUDGE (VV1-3)
a. Is self-condemned (v1)
b. Will not escape God ‘s judgement (vv2-3)
THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE (VV6-16)
a. Has set a day of judgement (vv5 16)
b. Will judge each person justly (vv2 5 11 16)
c. Will judge each person according to their deeds (vv6-11)
d. Will judge each person by the standard of God ‘s law (vv12-16)
THE NECESSITY OF REPENTANCE (VV4-5)
a. God is kind (v4)
b. But not soft (v5)
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WHAT IS GOD ‘S WRATH?
WHY IS GOD’S WRATH BEING REVEALED?
The pattern in vv18-3
Revelation
Rejection
Reaction
HOW IS GOD ‘S WRATH BEING REVEALED?
The downward spiral
Stage 1 Idolatry leading to sexual impurity (vv21-24)
They knew . . . (v21)
They exchanged . . . (v23)
Therefore God gave them over . . . (v24)
Stage 2 Shameful lusts leading to unnatural relations (vv25-27)
They had the truth of God (v25)
They exchanged . . . (v25)
Because of this God gave them over . . . (vv25-27)
Stage 3 A depraved mind leading to what ought not to be done (vv28-32)
They had the knowledge of God (v28)
They didn’t think it worthwhile to retain . . . (v28)
God gave them over . . . (vv28-32)
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith as it is written The righteous shall live by faith.Romans 1:16-17I am not ashamed of the gospel. (v16) . . . Why?
BECAUSE THE GOSPEL IS ABOUT A UNIQUE PERSON (VV1-4)
a. His coming was promised in the Scriptures
b. He is God-Man
c. He was declared to be the Son of God with power by his resurrection
BECAUSE THE GOSPEL HAS SAVING POWER (VV16-17)
a. It exposes our desperate need for righteousness
b. It reveals the availability of a righteousness from God
c. It calls us to receive the gift of righteousness by faith
BECAUSE CALLING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE AND OBEY THE GOSPEL IS AN OBLIGATON AND A PRIVILEGE (VV5 9 14-17)
a. I am obligated (v14)
b. I am eager (v15)
c. I am not ashamed (v16)