Sermon Tone Analysis

We’ve been on the book of ROM for a # of weeks now and we’ll probably be on it for several more weeks.

Last time we were on *ROM 3* and we *ended with **/V 22/,* but I want to take a look at */Vs.

21-22/* for just a moment.

*I.

**/ROM 3:21-22/*

              *A.

Our righteousness* does *not come by* the *law* but *it comes by putting* our *faith in *the* *Lord* Jesus *Christ.

*              **B.

*Let’s go on to */V 23/**.

*

                        *1.

If all* have *sinned and come short of* the *glory* of God, that *sounds like* we are *lost and without hope*.

*2.

(**/GAL 3:22 KJV/)* Says, “*/But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe/*.”

*a.

What* is the *promise* that he is* talking about* here?

*b.

*It’s the *promise of Salvation* or *Justification* *and* it all *comes by believing in* the Lord *Jesus* Christ.

*3.

**/HEB 9:19-22/*

*                                  **a.

God had to find someone* that was *righteous to give His life* and *shed His blood* for mankind.

*b.*

*Sin cannot enter* into *heaven*, and it *can not have fellowship with God*.

*i.* *God had to* */1st break Satan’s power/* and */2nd remove Adam’s sin/* *by getting someone*, who was *righteous* to *shed His blood*.

*4.

**/HEB 9:23-26/*

                                  *a.

Jesus appeared* to *put away sin* by the *sacrifice* of *himself*.

*b.

*(*/2 Corinthians 5:21/*) Says, “*/For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him/*.”

(KJV)

                                           *i.

Yes*, *all have sinned* and *come short of* the *glory* of God.

                                           *ii.

But* now *through* the *shed blood of Jesus*, *we have been made* the *righteousness* of God in Him.

              *C.

**/ROM 3:24/ *

                        *1.

*In this */V/* he says, “*/Being justified freely by his grace/*.”

*a.

Salvation* is a *free gift* of God.

As we have been reading it’s *not by works*, it’s *not by keeping the law* it’s *by* God’s *grace* that *we are saved*.

*b.

*(*/EPH 2:8 KJV/*) Says, “*/For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:  {it is} the gift of God/*:”

              *D.

**/ROM 3:25/*

                        *1.

*The *word* “*/propitiation/*” *means* “*/An atoning victim/*.”

It *also means* “*/to appease/*.”

*a.

Jesus was the 1* that had* to pay the price for our sins*, but *Jesus did much more then atone for our sins.*

*i.

*The word* *“*/atone/*” *means* “*/to cover up/*.”

*Jesus* did *not cover up* our *sins *but He* cleansed us from our sins.

*

                                  *b.

This* */V/ *also *bears this out*.

*i.

*In the *middle of* *(**/V 25/)* *Paul uses* the *term* “*/remission of sin/*.”

*ii.

*“*/Remission/*” *means* “*/washed away/*”* or* “*/Forgiveness/*,” but there is *something* that is *very interesting here*.

*iii.

*This word “*/remission/*” is *used* in a very *different* sense *here*.

This word “*/remission/*” *means* “*/a passing over/*.”

*2.

*In the *book of* */EXO/.* the *death angel* was going to *take the life* of the *1st born *in each house *unless the blood of the lamb was applied*.

*a.

If* the *blood *was *applied to* the *door post,* the *death angel pasted over *and* everyone* was *safe.*

*b.

The same* is *true* for us *today,* the *blood of Jesus must be applied to* the *door post of our hearts,* *then the judgment of sin passes over* us *and* we are* saved from death.*

(Spiritual death)

                        *3.

**/ROM 3:26/*

                                  *a.

*This is a little */unclear/* to us in the */KJV/,* the */NIV/* translation *says*, (*/ROM 3:26 NIV/*) “*/He did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus/*.”

*b.

Jesus* went to the cross to *satisfy the judgment of sin.

*

                                           *i.

*Not that *Jesus ever sinned*, but *justice had to be served*, *someone had to pay the price* for it.

*ii.

Not only* did the *cross* of Jesus *satisfy* the *claims of justice*, *but* it also *provided righteousness* *for* all *those* that *put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

*

     *II.

**/ROM 3:27/*

 

              *A.

*Paul says, “*Where {is} boasting then?

It is excluded*.”

*1.

*This is *the way it is with salvation*.

*Salvation does not come by anything* you have *done or *anything that you *can do.*

*a.

*It *comes* only *by what Jesus has done*, *and by receiving it*.

(When was this work done?)

                        *2.

**/ROM 3:28-29/*

                                  *a.

*In (*/V 28/*) Paul said that a *man is justified by faith*.

*i.

The *word “*/justified/*” *means* “*/declared righteous/*.”

*ii.

In other words*, Paul said *God has declared us to be righteous because *our *faith in* the Lord *Jesus* Christ.

*B.

**/ROM 3:30/*

                        *1.

*It *doesn’t matter who you are or what you have done* in the past.

*Everyone *is* justified by faith in* the Lord *Jesus* Christ.

*2.

**/V 31/*

                                  *a.

*This is a very *interesting statement* given by Paul.

*i.

*Paul is saying that our *faith has not made the law void*, but our *faith* had *made the law established even the more*.

*ii.

*Jesus said in (*/MAT 5:17/*), “*/Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill/*.”