How God Can Save Sinners Justly

How God Can Save Sinners Justly Romans 3:21–26 Context 1. Everyone is a sinner (3:10–18) 2. Nobody can earn righteousness (3:19–20) Preview 1. “Righteousness of God” • • God gives righteousness (21, 22) God is righteous (25–26) 2. Conclusion: God is a just justifier 3. Locations of salvation • • • Courtroom: “justified” (24a) Slave block: “redemption” (24b) Temple: “propitiation” (25) The Courthouse of God • “Justified”: God’s legal announcement of innocence • Grace: kindness to those who deserve the opposite • Freely: without cost to you The Slave Block of Sin • “Redemption”: God purchased you and set you free • At what cost? the life-blood of Jesus The Temple of Heaven • “Propitiation”: Jesus bore God’s wrath for you • The debt is paid in full: Jesus’s divine nature • It is received by faith alone Conclusion: God is a Just Justifier • God shows his own right-ness when looking back (25b) • God shows his own right-ness in the present (26)