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ROMANS 4
LESSON #6
JUSTIFICATION AND SALVATION BY FAITH
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 4:7,8
HOMEWORK REVIEW:
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “GOD IS LOVE
AND THEREFORE THERE IS NO DANGER OF WRATHFUL JUDGMENT?” FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
MAT 22:13 CAST HIM INTO OUTER DARKNESS
LUK 13:3 EXCEPT YOU REPENT, YOU SHALL ALL PERISH
2PE 2:4 IF GOD SPARED NOT THE ANGELS THAT SINNED…
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I WAS RAISED
IN CHURCH AND I’M A BAPTIST, METHODIST, CATHOLIC, ETC.”
MAT 7:21-23 “NOT EVERYONE THAT SAYS LORD, LORD”
JOH 14:6 “NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME”
1JO 5:12 “HE WHO HATH THE SON HATH LIFE”
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “ALL I HAVE TO
DO IS GOOD WORKS, AND I’LL BE SAVED.”
ROM 3:28 “JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART FROM DEEDS”
ISA 64:6 “ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS FILTHY RAGS”
READ ROMANS 4:1-15 THE QUESTION OF TRYING FOR SALVATION
SALVATION BY FAITH — JUSTIFICATION ROM 4:1-25
I. THE QUESTION OF TRYING FOR SALVATION 4:1-15
VS. 4 WHEN A MAN WORKS, HIS WAGES ARE NOT CREDITED TO HIM AS A GIFT BUT AS AN OBLIGATION.BOTH ABRAHAM AND DAVID REFUTE WORKING FOR SALVATION AS BOTH SAW IT AS A GIFT OF GRACE.
1. ABRAHAM REFUTES IT. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE HEBREW RACIAL FAMILY.
2. DAVID REFUTES IT. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE HEBREW ROYAL FAMILY.
IN PSA 51 DAVID REPENTED OF HIS SIN WITH BATHSHEBA AND SAW INTO THE FUTURE WHEN HIS SINWOULD BE WASHED AWAY, NOT JUST COVERED BY ANIMAL BLOOD
a. SALVATION IS FREELY GIVEN 4:6
b. SIN IS FOREVER BANISHED 4:7-8
THEREFORE, ALL OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS WERE SAVED BY FAITH.
B. THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THEIR OWN RELIGIOUSNESS (9-15)
1. THEY TRUST IN THE RITES OF RELIGION 4:9-12 SUCH AS CIRCUMCISION.
**HOW DOES THE STORY OF ABRAHAM REFUTE TRUSTING IN CIRCUMCISION FOR SALVATION?
ABRAHAM WAS SAVED BEFORE HE WAS CIRCUMCISED. HE WAS RIGHTEOUS AT 85 AND CIRCUMCISED AT 99.GEN 15:6 GEN 17:10
ISHMAEL WAS CIRCUMCISED BUT HE WAS NOT PART OF GOD’S COVENANT.
CIRCUMCISION SERVED AS A RACIAL IDENTIFICATION, A SIGN OF GOD’S COVENANT; A SEAL OFFULFILLMENT OF CUTTING AWAY THE FLESH NATURE OF THE HEART — DEU 30:6
VS. 12 ABRAHAM IS THE FATHER OF GENTILES NOT CIRCUMCISED BUT WHO BELIEVE AS WELL AS THEFATHER OF THE JEWS WHO ARE CIRCUMCISED AND WHO BELIEVE.
2. SOME PEOPLE TRUST IN THE RULES OF RELIGION (13-15), SUCH AS THE MOSAIC LAW.
**HOW DOES THE STORY OF ABRAHAM REFUTE TRUSTING IN THE LAW FOR SALVATION? THE LAW CAMEWITH MOSES, AFTER ABRAHAM WAS DEAD.
a. THE PROMISE OF THE LORD SAVES.
**WHAT DOES VERSE 14 MEAN BY “THE PROMISE”?
JESUS IS THE PROMISE FROM GEN 3:15 THROUGH THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT TO
US. READ GAL 3:6-9, 29.
b. THE PRECEPTS OF THE LAW SLAY (15). READ ROMANS 4:16-25 .
II. THE QUESTION OF TRUSTING FOR SALVATION ROM 4:16-25:
A. THE PRINCIPLE OF FAITH IS EXPOUNDED (16-17).
THIS IS A BASIC PRINCIPLE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
1. FAITH BRINGS US INTO GOD’S FAVOR.
2. FAITH BRINGS US INTO GOD’S FAMILY.
B. THE PRINCIPLE OF FAITH IS EXPLAINED 4:17-22.
1. ABRAHAM RECEIVED THE WORD 4:17-18.
2. ABRAHAM BELIEVED THE WORD 4:19-22.
ABRAHAM’S FAITH (18-21).
-1- HE HAD HOPE.
-2- HE WAS NOT WEAK IN FAITH.
-3- HE CONSIDERED HIS OWN BODY DEAD.
-4- HE CONSIDERED SARAH’S BARREN WOMB.
-5- YET, HE STAGGERED NOT (DIDN’T VACILLATE) IN FAITH.
-6- HE CONTINUALLY GREW STRONG IN FAITH
-7- HE GAVE GOD GLORY.
C. THE PRINCIPLE OF FAITH IS EXPERIENCED 4:23-25.
OUR FAITH:
THE PRICE JESUS PAID WAS ENOUGH PRICE SO THAT HE COULD THEN BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD.THEREFORE, HIS RESURRECTION IS PROOF THAT OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN.
1. FOR THE SAME PURPOSE 4:23-24.
2. BY THE SAME PROCESS 4:24.
3. ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE 4:25.
APPLICATION:
**WHAT DO YOU LEARN FROM THIS CHAPTER AND ABRAHAM’S STORY ABOUT YOUR FAITH?
HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 5
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.
APPLICATION OF ROMANS 4
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO BELIEVE INJESUS”? FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “IT’S TOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL. ITRIED READING THE BIBLE, BUT IT’S GREEK TO ME.”? FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A NON-BELIEVER WHO SAYS, “I TRIED BEING A CHRISTIAN ONCE, BUT ITDIDN’T WORK FOR ME”? FIND SOME SCRIPTURES.
PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 5
READ ROMANS 5:1-21
LIST THE BLESSINGS OF JUSTIFICATION
MAKE A CHART SHOWING THE CONTRASTS AND PARALLELS BETWEEN ADAM AND JESUS CHRIST
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 5:1
