THE GOSPEL: Paul's Epistle to the Romans - Part 4
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What's the big idea?
What's the big idea?
Paul juxtaposes the righteousness of God for both the Jew and Gentile against the holiness of God and His necessary condemnation of sin. He emphasizes the reality of the universal knowledge of God but the natural man’s tendency to suppress it (1:20-21).
Paul also sees the supreme importance of justification by faith alone (1:17) and not by the Law (3:21-31). Paul is not saying that the Law is not good because the Law shows mankind what sin is (7:7). The Law Paul is speaking of primarily is not the obligatory rituals, washings, and sacrifices, but more specifically the Ten Commandments. Faith it the thing that ultimately saves but the Law is still holy and just. Paul clearly states that sin is universal and that sin kills (6:23) but Jesus saves (3:24).
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Romans 1:16–17
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Four thoughts from Romans 2:
1) Elevation by Demotion Doesn’t Work With God
2) God’s Judgement is Just and Righteousness
3) Take a Long Look in the Mirror of God’s Word
4) Man Looks Outward, God Looks Inward
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh;
29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.
Romans Chapter 3
Romans Chapter 3
1 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?
2 Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God.
3 For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?
4 Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged.”
5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.)
6 Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world?
7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
8 but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,
1) Unbelief Doesn’t Affect God
1) Unbelief Doesn’t Affect God
11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.
12 If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
What is unbelief?
What is unbelief?
“Unbelief involves any thought or perspective that takes you out of your confident position of who God is and His involvement in your life.” - Mark DeJesus
“Unbelief is believing something other than what God has said about a situation.” - Kenneth Copeland
“When unbelief becomes a driving force, we lose our ability to be convinced of what is possible in God. Most of all, we lose a sense of confidence and energy. When unbelief becomes a driving force, we lose our ability to be convinced of what is possible in God. Most of all, we lose a sense of confidence and energy. Our eyes become fixed on negative circumstances, survival and creating a sense of safety.” Source: https://markdejesus.com/4-reasons-unbelief-keeps-rest/
2) Unbelief Leads to Unrighteousness
2) Unbelief Leads to Unrighteousness
“The root of all sin is unbelief. Unbelief is dissatisfaction with God’s fellowship and fortunes. It is discontent with his presence and provision. Out of this dissatisfaction and discontent come all acts of sin. Therefore the battle against sinning must be a battle against unbelief in our own hearts.” — John Piper
Exchanged the Truth of God for the Lie:
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
3) Man’s Unrighteous Highlights God’s Righteousness
3) Man’s Unrighteous Highlights God’s Righteousness
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.
4) God’s Judgement is Justified Because All Are Guilty of Sin
4) God’s Judgement is Justified Because All Are Guilty of Sin
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”
13 “Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.
1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.
5) The Just Judge Becomes the Justifier
5) The Just Judge Becomes the Justifier
21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.