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ROMANS 3
LESSON #5
THE GUILT OF ALL MANKIND AND JUSTIFICATION
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 3:10 or ROM 3:23,24
HOMEWORK REVIEW:
**WHAT DO YOU ANSWER TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I DON’T NEED A SAVIOR, I’M AGOOD PERSON?” READ THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES:
JOH 3:18 HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY
JOH 3:36 HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT SHALL NOT SEE LIFE
ROM 3:23 ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT
ROM 6:23 WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH
HEB 2:3 HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION
**WHAT DO YOU ANSWER TO THE UNBELIEVER WHO SAYS, “THERE’S TOO MANY HYPOCRITES INTHE CHURCH?”
JOB 8:3 DOTH GOD PERVERT JUSTICE
MAT 7:1 JUDGE NOT
ROM 14:12 EVERYONE SHALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT
1PE 4:8 LOVE SHALL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS
READ ROMANS 3:1-8 THE RELIGIOUS SINNER
REVIEW: PAUL IS PROVING THE GUILT OF MANKIND. HE COVERED THE GUILT OF THE GENTILES ANDTHE GUILT OF THE JEWS. NOW HE WILL LOOK AT THE GUILT OF MANKIND IN GENERAL.
1. THE PAGAN IS GUILTY BECAUSE OF THE WITNESS OF CREATION (1:21-32)
IN OTHER WORDS, THE OBJECTS OF CREATION AROUND US TELL US THERE MUST BE A GOD OUT THERESOMEWHERE.
2. THE MORALIST IS GUILTY BECAUSE OF THE WITNESS OF HIS OWN CONSCIENCE (2:1-16)
3. THE JEW IS GUILTY BECAUSE OF THE WITNESS OF HIS OWN SCRIPTURE (3:2)
(VS.3) THE QUANTITY OR EXTENT OF WRONG DOES NOT CHANGE OR STAIN GOD. JUST BECAUSE EVERYONEIS DOING IT, DOES NOT CHANGE THE STANDARDS OF GOD.
(VS. 7-8) “IF MY SIN DEMONSTRATES GOD’S GOODNESS WHY NOT BE EVIL EVEN MORE TO MORESHOW GOD’S GOODNESS”
THIS, OF COURSE, IS A RIDICULOUS ARGUMENT THAT SOME PEOPLE EVIDENTLY PLACED BEFORE PAUL.(A GROUP CALLED THE GNOSTICS BELIEVED THIS).
READ ROMANS 3
9-20 THE GUILT OF ALL HUMANITY
**WHAT ARE THE 14 CHARGES AGAINST MANKIND?
1. NOT RIGHTEOUS (10) UNRIGHTEOUS
2. DON’T UNDERSTAND (11) UNREASONABLE
3. DON’T SEEK GOD (11) UNRESPONSIVE
4. GONE OUT OF THE WAY (12) UNREPENTANT
5. DON’T BEAR GOOD FRUIT (12) UNPROFITABLE
6. DON’T DO GOOD (12) UNCARING
7. SPEAK DEATH (13)
8. SPEAK DECEITFULLY (13)
9. SPEAK POISON (13)
10.SPEAK CURSES AND BITTERNESS (14)
11.FEET SWIFT TO KILL (15)
12.DESTROY AND CAUSE MISERY (16)
13.DON’T KNOW THE WAY OF PEACE (17)
14.DON’T FEAR GOD (18)
**HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THE FOLLOWING WORDS?
SIN, TRANSGRESSION, INIQUITY, ERROR, MISSING THE MARK, TRESPASS, LAWLESSNESS,UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, UNBELIEF
PSALM 51 PENITENTIAL PSALM:
THE DEFINITION OF SIN IN ALL ITS ASPECTS
SIN = A GENERAL TERM PSA 51:2
IT MEANS FAILURE, ERROR, INIQUITY, TRANSGRESSION, TRESPASS, LAWLESSNESS, UNRIGHTEOUSNESS,UNMITIGATED EVIL
A POSITIVE ACT IN VIOLATION OF A STANDARD OR THE VOLUNTARY NEGLECT OF THAT STANDARD.
IT ENCOMPASSES ACTIONS, THOUGHTS, PURPOSES, WORDS, DESIRES, ETC.
TRANSGRESSION PSA 51:1
THIS IS A SIN WHERE THE PERSON PURPOSEFULLY CROSSES OVER THE LINE
ROM 3:23 1JO 3:4
INIQUITY PSA 51:2
THIS TYPE OF SIN IS BEST DESCRIBED AS PERVERSION OF RIGHT, DEPRAVITY, INJUSTICE;SOMETHING THAT IS INHERENTLY WRONG WHETHER FORBIDDEN OR NOT. ROM 1:21-23 MAT 7:23
ERROR
THIS TYPE OF SIN IS A DEVIATION FROM CORRECTNESS; BELIEF IN SOMETHING UNTRUE; TOWANDER; A MISTAKE COMMITTED WHETHER VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY. PSA 19:12
MISSING THE MARK
THIS TYPE OF SIN IS TO FALL SHORT OF THE STANDARD. AND OF COURSE, GOD SETS THESTANDARD, NOT MEN.
TRESPASS
THIS IS AN ACCIDENTAL CROSSING OVER THE LINE; AN INJURY OR OFFENSE; AN INTRUSION OFSELF-WILL INTO THE SPHERE OF DIVINE AUTHORITY . EVEN THOUGH IT IS ACCIDENTAL, IT IS STILLCONSIDERED SIN. LUK 17:3,4 EPH 2:1
LAWLESSNESS
THE ATTITUDE OF REBELLION CARRIED OUT IN ACTIONS; UNRESTRAINED BY LAW; ANUNCONTROLLABLE DISREGARD FOR GOD’S STANDARD; SPIRITUAL ANARCHY. 1TI 1:9
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
AN INABILITY TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT ACCORDING TO GOD’S STANDARD; ONE WHO IS NOT CONFORMEDIN HEART AND LIFE TO DIVINE LAW. ROM 1:18
UNBELIEF
A FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD; AN INSULT TO DIVINE TRUTH. THIS IS ALSO CONSIDERED SINBY GOD AND IN MANY SCRIPTURES THE ULTIMATE OF SINS. MAR 16:14 JOH 16:9
**HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE SOME BASIC CHRISTIAN TERMS:
SALVATION
HEALTH, HELP, BREADTH, EASE, SAFETY, CURE, RECOVERY, REDEMPTION, REMEDY, RESCUE, WELFARE,PROSPERITY, DELIVERANCE OR PRESERVATION FROM DANGER OR DISEASE; TOTAL WELL-BEING IN BODY,SOUL, AND SPIRIT.
2TI 3:15 ROM 1:16
GRACE
2 WORDS:
“HESED” = MERCY, KINDNESS
LOVINGKINDNESS, GOODNESS
A TWO-WAY COVENANT BETWEEN MAN AND MAN OR MAN TO GOD
LAM 3:22 HOS 6:6
“HEN” = UNDESERVED FAVOR
THE ACTION OF A SUPERIOR TO AN INFERIOR
GEN 33:8,10,15 RUT 2:2,10 ROM 1:5
THIS WORD DESCRIBES GODS ACTIONS TOWARD MAN DESPITE HIS CONDITION OF SINFULNESS.
FAITH
TRUST, BELIEF
AN ATTITUDE WHEREBY MAN ABANDONS ALL RELIANCE IN HIS OWN EFFORTS; BELIEF WITH RESULTANTACTION UPON THAT BELIEF; LAYING HOLD OF
PSA 26:1 PSA 37:3 PRO 3:5
ROM 1:5,8
REPENTANCE
TO TURN YOUR LIFE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR TO RETURN; A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OFTHOUGHT, DIRECTION, ATTITUDE, ACTION. OUTLOOK.
ROM 2:4
THERE IS NO SALVATION APART FROM REPENTANCE 2CO 7:10
READ ROMANS 3:21-31
JUSTIFICATION
I. GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION IS REVEALED
A. HIS PLAN IS SCRIPTURAL 3:21
IN OTHER WORDS THE WHOLE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION IS ABOUTGODS PLAN OF SALVATION WORKED OUT THROUGH HISTORY FOR MAN.
1. THIS PLAN OF SALVATION CONFORMS TO THE STANDARDS OF THE LAW.
SIN DEMANDS A PAYMENT BECAUSE GOD IS A JUST GOD. THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. JESUSCHRIST MADE THE PAYMENT OF HIS BLOOD ON THE CROSS. GODS JUSTICE IS SATISFIED.
2. CONFORMS TO THE STATEMENTS OF THE PROPHETS
THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS PROPHESIED OF THE COMING OF A SAVIOR OF WHICH JESUS CHRISTFULFILLED EVERY PROPHECY.
B. HIS PLAN IS SUITABLE 3:22-23
1. THIS PLAN IS UNIQUE IN ITS APPROACH 3:22
BOTH MERCY AND JUSTICE ARE FULFILLED IN CHRISTS DEATH ON THE CROSS.
2. UNIVERSAL IN ITS APPEAL 3:23
EVERY PERSON EVER BORN CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GODS PLAN OF SALVATION. HE ONLY HASTO INVITE JESUS TO COME INTO HIS HEART.
II. GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION IS RIGHTEOUS
A. THE RUINED CONDITION OF MAN 3:24-26
BECAUSE OF ADAMS SIN, ALL MEN ARE SINNERS IN NEED OF A SAVIOR.
SALVATION IS THEREFORE BASED ON:
1. A REMARKABLE PRINCIPLE 3:24
THE PRINCIPLE IS THAT WE ARE SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.
2. A REDEMPTIVE PRICE 3:24
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS THE PRICE JESUS PAID FOR OUR SALVATION.
3. A ROYAL PROCLAMATION 3:25-26
GOD DECLARES US JUSTIFIED IN CHRIST, PARDONED FOR OUR SIN, SAVED UNTO ETERNAL LIFEBECAUSE OF THE PRICE PAID BY HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS.
B. THE RIGHTEOUS CHARACTER OF GOD 3:26
JESUS WAS WITHOUT SIN WHEN HE WALKED ON THIS EARTH. THEREFORE, HE WAS ABLE TO BECOMETHE PERFECT SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS.
III. GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION IS REASONABLE
A. IT ELIMINATES HUMAN PRIDE 3:27-28
BECAUSE WE DO NOT DESERVE SALVATION, BECAUSE WE DO NOT EARN SALVATION, WE CAN DONOTHING TO WORK FOR OR ADD TO OUR SPIRITUALITY THAT WILL GIVE US ETERNAL LIFE.
B. IT ELIMINATES HUMAN PREJUDICE 3:29-30
THEREFORE, ALL MEN, ANY PERSON, CAN BE SAVED NO MATTER WHAT RACE, WHAT RELIGIOUSBACKGROUND, OR TRADITION.
C. IT ELIMINATES HUMAN PRESUMPTION 3:31
BECAUSE SALVATION IS ONLY BY GODS GRACE AS A FREE GIFT, WE CAN TAKE NO PRIDE INHAVING RECEIVED IT NOR CAN WE TAKE GLORY IN HAVING LIVED A GOOD LIFE UP TO NOW.
**HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE SOME BASIC CHRISTIAN TERMS:
RIGHTEOUSNESS ROM 3:21-22
1. RIGHT ACTION, FAIR DEALING BETWEEN MEN AND BETWEEN MAN AND GOD; MORAL EFFORT WHICH ISINSUFFICIENT FOR MEETING GOD’S STANDARD.
2. A GIFT OF CHRIST’S RIGHTEOUSNESS (RIGHT ACTION) GIVEN BY GOD TO THE BELIEVER THAT ISSUFFICIENT TO MEET GOD’S STANDARD ROM 1:17
JUSTIFICATION ROM 3:24,28
ABSOLUTION; REMISSION; TO RENDER INNOCENT OR FREE
“JUSTIFICATION” AND “RIGHTEOUSNESS” ARE TRANSLATIONS FROM SIMILARGREEK WORDS 2CO 5:21
NOT ‘JUST AS IF I HAD NEVER SINNED’ BUT MADE RIGHTEOUS WHILE I AM STILL A SINNER.
AN ACT OF DIVINE RECKONING THAT DOES NOT MAKE A PERSON RIGHTEOUS, BUT GOD DECLARESAND TREATS THE PERSON AS THOUGH HE WERE RIGHTEOUS; THEN WORKS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ACONTINUOUS PROCESS TO CAUSE A PERSON TO GROW INTO HIS RIGHTEOUS HEAVENLY POSITION.
ROM 3:24 “BEING JUSTIFIED” IS A CONTINUOUS PRESENT TENSE VERB
REDEMPTION ROM 3:24
TO DELIVER BY PAYING A PRICE OR RANSOM. THERE ARE 3 ASPECTS OF THE WORD REDEMPTION THATARE PICTURED BY A SLAVE FOR SALE IN A SLAVE MARKET.
1. “AGORAZO” = TO BUY IN THE MARKET
MAN IS A SLAVE SOLD UNDER SIN. THE NON-BELIEVER CANNOT HELP BUT SIN BECAUSE HE IS A SLAVEIN THE MARKET PLACE OF SIN. JESUS CAME INTO MARKET PLACE TO BUY US.
2. “EXAGORAZO” = TO BUY OUT OF THE MARKET; TO PURCHASE AND REMOVE FROM FURTHERSALE. JESUS CHRIST REMOVED US FROM THE MARKET PLACE WHEN HE SAVED US SO THAT WE DO NOTHAVE TO BE SOLD TO SIN ANY LONGER.
3. “LUTROO” = TO LOOSE OR SET FREE
NOT ONLY DID JESUS BUY US OUT OF THE MARKET PLACE BUT HE SET US FREE FROM EVER BEING ASLAVE TO SIN AGAIN.
PROPITIATION ROM 3:25
TO APPEASE, TO CONCILIATE; THE REMOVAL OF WRATH BY THE OFFERING OF A GIFT; ATONEMENT; THESAME WORD IN THE HEBREW IS THE WORD FOR “MERCY SEAT” (HEB 9:5) IN THETABERNACLE.
REMISSION ROM 3:25
PASSING OVER OF SINS DONE; FORGIVENESS, PARDON; MAKING ATONEMENT ROM 5:11
BECAUSE JESUS PAID THE PRICE FOR REDEMPTION, WE ARE “PASSED OVER” BY GODSWHITE THRONE JUDGMENT. WE HAVE FORGIVENESS, HIS PARDON.
THE GOSPEL ROAD TO SALVATION–DEVELOPING A MESSAGE
BECAUSE WE ARE TO BE WITNESSES OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN OUR LIVES, WE MUST KNOW HOW TOPRESENT THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS SO THEY, TOO, MIGHT BE SAVED. THERE ARE MANY WAYS ANDMETHODS OF WITNESSING TO OTHERS. THIS IS THE METHOD THAT OCCURS HERE IN THE BOOK OFROMANS.
1. ALL HAVE SINNED ROM 3:20
2. SALVATION IS FOR ALL ROM 3:22
3. SALVATION IS GOD’S GIFT ROM 3:23
4. JESUS PAID THE PRICE FOR SIN ROM 3:25
5. SALVATION IS RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH ROM 3:26
SUMMARY:
SAVING FAITH IS:
1. F ACTS — YOUR BELIEF IN THEM
2. A GREEMENT WITH THE FACTS
3. I NTERNALIZATION — RECEIVING
4. T RUST — TOTAL COMMITMENT
5. H OPE
NOTICE THAT THE FIRST LETTERS SPELL “FAITH”.
**DOES THE FOLLOWING TEST PROVE JUSTIFICATION BY SAVING FAITH?
1. A RIGHTEOUS LIFE
2. AN ACTIVE MINISTRY
3. SINCERITY OF BELIEF
4. RELIGIOUS LIFE
5. ASSURANCE OF SALVATION
6. KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD
7. SENSE OF GUILT OVER SIN
NO. THIS IS A NON-VALID TEST OF JUSTIFICATION BECAUSE ALL THESE THINGS CAN BE OUTWARDLYFAKED.
HERE IS A VALID TEST OF JUSTIFICATION:
1. DO YOU LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE?
2. DO YOU HATE SIN AND REPENT OF IT?
3. DO YOU HAVE GENUINE HUMILITY?
4. ARE YOU DEVOTED TO GOD’S GLORY?
5. ARE YOU IN CONTINUAL PRAYER?
6. DO YOU HAVE A SELFLESS LOVE?
7. ARE YOU SEPARATED FROM THE DESIRE OF THE THINGS OF WORLD?
8. ARE YOU INVOLVED IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH?
9. DO YOU HAVE AN OBEDIENT LIFE TO GOD?
HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 4
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.
APPLICATION OF ROMANS 3
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “GOD IS LOVE AND THEREFORE THERE ISNO DANGER OF WRATHFUL JUDGMENT?” FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I WAS RAISED IN CHURCH AND I’M ABAPTIST, METHODIST, CATHOLIC, ETC.”
FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “ALL I HAVE TO DO IS GOOD WORKS, ANDI’LL BE SAVED.” FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 4
READ GENESIS 17 AND GEN 21:1-8
WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT FAITH FROM ABRAHAM’S STORY?
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 4:7,8
