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The Implication of Justification

The Implications of Justification Romans 3:27-31 (3) If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you turn with me to Romans, chapter 3. We come today to our last look at Romans 3:21-31, where Paul is setting forth his teaching of justification by grace through faith alone. Paul has made it very clear in Romans, chapters 1, 2, and 3 that God is a righteous God, and that He expects righteousness from His creatures, and that no one, absolutely no one apart from Christ is righteous. Neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, no one is righteous before God; not the religious, not the pagans, not the Jews, not the Gentiles. No one is righteous before God, apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. And that creates a predicament. In the final judgment of God, how will anyone be found righteous, how will…

The Bible Says Abraham Was Justified by Faith!

The Bible Says Abraham was Justified by Faith Romans 4:1-3. If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 4. We have been looking for a number of weeks in our study of Romans 3 at Paul’s teaching on justification by faith. That is, the teaching whereby Paul sets forth the scriptural truth that the way a person is saved is by being declared righteous, that declared righteousness is received by faith. It is grounded, however, in the grace of God and is purchased through the work of Christ, not through our own works. And so when we speak of being of being justified by faith, we mean being declared righteous, and so accepted as righteous by God through the instrument or the means of faith. And we’ve been looking at that truth in detail. Now in Romans, chapter…

David Understood Justification by Faith

Romans 4:4-8 David Understood Justification by Faith If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 4. We’ve been looking at this great theme of justification for a number of weeks now, especially as we’ve worked through Romans, chapter 3. Paul there has been explaining justification. Justification simply refers to God’s declaring us to be righteous. And he’s been explaining in Romans 3 exactly how it is that God goes about declaring us to be righteous. One thing that he has been stressing is that it is not our own righteousness that leads God to declare us to be righteous. It is Christ’s righteousness that leads God to declare us to be righteous. How is it that we then take benefit, how do we gain benefit from Christ’s righteousness through faith,…

Faith and the Covenant Sign of Circumcision

Faith and the Covenant Sign of Circumcision Romans 4:9-12 If you have your Bibles I would invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 4. We’ve said a number of times as we have continued to work through the book of Romans that there is no more important question that we could ask and answer than how can a man be right with God? What allows a man to stand before God without fear of condemnation? Paul is giving us an answer to that question as he sets the gospel before our eyes in Romans 3 and…

Faith and the Law

Faith and the Law Romans 4:13-15 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 4, as we continue to study together through this glorious book. Our minds are very much on the incarnation just now. We’re singing about it. We’re listening to others sing about it. We’re reflecting on it, perhaps individually. And it’s important to realize that the incarnation itself proves that salvation is by grace, and not by our works. If salvation were by our law keeping,…

Faith, Grace and the Spiritual Seed

Faith, Grace and the Spiritual Seed Romans 4:16-17 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 4. Today, we’re going to try and answer a question, and that question is simple. Why is justification by faith? Why is it that God saves us by trusting in Jesus Christ as He has set forth has set forth in the gospel message, and all its glory, and the Christmas message, and the Easter message and the message of Christ’s birth and death on our behalf that we might be…

I Believe

The Apostles’ CreedI Believe If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Romans 4, as we begin a series of studies in the Apostles’ Creed. As many of you know, the Apostles’ Creed is an elaboration of a very old creed which had been circulating in various areas of early Christianity. In fact, you can find almost all of the component parts in the writings of some of the second century church fathers, Justin, Iraeneus, and Tertullian. But this creed, in the main, came…

Abraham’s Faith and Ours

Abraham’s Faith and Ours Romans 4:18-25 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to take them in hand and turn with me to Romans, chapter 4. In verses 16 and 17 Paul has been answering a hypothetical question that we’ve posed. Somebody says to him, “Well, Paul, we understand that God wants us to be holy, to live in righteousness, to obey His word. Why then would He justify us by faith alone? Why not faith and works? Why not mix some works and obedience in there for our justification,…

Justification By Faith Means Peace with God

Justification by Faith Means Peace with God Romans 5:1-2 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to take them in hand and turn with me to Romans, chapter 5. Throughout Romans 1 through 4 Paul has shown that God’s promises are obtained by faith. Beginning in Romans 5:1 he draws out the consequences of that great truth for the believer. And so today we are coming to a new section in Paul’s argument in the book of Romans. Here in Romans 5, verses 1 and 2. This is God’s word. Let’s hear it…