Romans 3:1-8
1 Who has the advantage? Jews or Gentiles? Circumcised or uncircumcised?
2 To whom did God entrust His Word?
3 Did some without faith destroy God’s faithfulness?
4 Don’t the Scriptures justify God’s judgment of sinners?
5 God is not unrighteous for His judgment on us.
6 If God is unrighteous, how can He judge the world?
7 If my slander glorifies God, why am I still judged sinful?
8 Shall we do evil that good and God’s glory may come?
Romans 2:17-29
17-20: Who Does the Jew Think He Is?
17 - He thinks his ancestral blood justifies him
18-His Law justifies him
19- His light justifies him
20 - His superiority justifies him
21-24: What Does God Think of the Jew?
21 - God says they teach others but not themselves
21 - They preach against theft but steal
22 - They speak against idolatry and rob temples
22 - They speak against adultery and commit it
23 - They boast of the Law and break it
24 - They despise God by being hypocrites
25-29: Who is Purified by Circumcision
25 - Only those who keep the Law
26 - Obeyers would be considered justified
27 - Obeyers would condemn disobeyers
28 - True Jews are not purified externally
Conclusion:
We can’t be justified by our own blood, rules, light, nor superiority.
We can’t be justified and live hypocritically.
We can’t be justified by external flesh but only by internal heart and Spirit
Romans 2:7-16
7 - Pursuing Righteous Godly Living Yields Blessing
8-9 - Pursuing Unrighteous Ungodly Living Yields Damnation
10 - Pursuing Righteous Godly Living Yields More Blessing
11 - God Sees All Sinners in the Same Boat
12 - All who Sin Shall Perish
13 - Law doers, not law hearers are just and justified
14-15 - We Would Be Just if We Could Live Justly
16 - Jesus Christ Shall Judge Man By the Gospel
Romans 2: 1-6
1 - Man is unjust and unable to judge righteously
2 - God is just and able to judge righteously
3 - Men won’t escape God’s judgment
4 - Man thwarts God’s leading him to repentance
5 - Man deserves God’s wrath for his hardness and unrepentance
6 - God gives each man the judgment he deserves
Romans 1:24-32
24 - Because we have rejected God
25 - Because we worship creation instead of the Creator
26-27 - Because we lust for the unnatural
28 - 31 - Because we desire to forget God
32 - Because we ignore God whom we know
Romans 1:18-23
18- God reveals our unrighteousness
19- How we can know Him
20- We have no room for excuses
21- We chose darkness over light
22- We exchanged wisdom for foolishness
23-We have brought God down to our sinful human level
We are Reaping & Will Reap What We Sow
We Worship & Serve Creation vs. The Creator
Romans 1:16-17
The Good News is:
1. Worthy of our praise
2. God’s Dynamite
3. Results in Salvation
4. Extended to Everyone who Believes
5. Reveals God’s Virtues
6. Why the Just Shall Live by Faith
7. In Accordance with the Word of God
Romans 1:8-15
8-Our living faith
9- Our consistent prayer
10- Our internal compass
11- Our God-given strength
12- Our aim for comfort
13- Our plan and purpose
14- Our moral obligation to Jesus and others
15- Our predisposition to give the Good News
Romans 1:8-10
Romans 1:1-7
1 - Serve Jesus and His Good News
2 - Stand on Jesus’ Promises and the Bible
3 - Preach Jesus’ Virgin Birth and Doctrine
4 - Declare Jesus’ Miracles and Power
5 - Commit to Jesus’ Gifts and Purpose
6-7 - Commit to Take Jesus’ Calling to All
Romans 1: 1-7 Introduction
2 Timothy 3:15-16 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, so that we can learn from it.
2 Peter 1: 20-21 - Holy men wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit
Before you can become practically holy, you need to be positionally holy.
Paul knew the importance of God’s Word
Peter acknowledges Paul’s words and letters as important
Romans can be referred to as the Constitution of Christianity