Romans Chapter One Lesson 15
Review:
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Point is your righteousness, your works your human good can never
become enough capital to purchase your
salvation; you must have Christ's
righteousness that comes by way of the gospel, and that by faith.
Isa 46:12-13; 61:10;
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Note: Same word group gives us the terms righteous and just/justice;
- di,kaioj;
dikaio,w - here we have
dikaiosu,nh character or
quality of being right and just; the standard of course is God.
- righteousness
/ justice speaks of God's holiness; His integrity and is the basic and
foundational attribute of God.
- It describes that quality of God's character that does 2
things;
#1 - loves what is right and good; righteousness.
#2 - a hatred for what is evil, sin; justice
See this in Ps 45:7
Ps 89:14; 97:2
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Holiness then is the attribute that says there is only one thing
that I can love. -- I love perfect righteousness, and nothing but righteousness
and since I have this quality of Holiness then I can not fellowship in any way
with sin/evil.
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What is the righteousness here in vs:17;
- since it is associated with faith
here; I would take it as Imputed righteousness
It is
this righteousness in which you will stand in right relation to Him
forever; the +R is Christ's 2 Cor
God Is God Demands
God Provides
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What about the phrase "from faith to faith?" What does it
mean?
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1st prep. = evk means out of as to source;
- It points to the faith that appropriates salvation;
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The 2nd prep. eivj directional prep. leading
to/resulting in faith;
This
one, this faith I take as the growth in grace that takes place after salvation.
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"as it stands written, "But the righteous man shall live by faith."
Paul's
point here is that one who has the imputed righteousness of God is to live by
faith.
In
Gal 3:11 Paul quotes it again, this time in a context, v.10-12, that focuses on the life, how one lives; the
one who is justified, the righteous one shall live by faith.
In
Heb.
And
so we have the great theme of Romans!
*** Salvation depends upon a righteousness procured by
faith!
"There
is no other way of righteousness, no other way of living but by faith. It is by
faith we are justified, and by faith we live.
By faith we stand and by faith we walk."
C.H. Mackintosh
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Rom 1:18-3:20 Paul
presents God's case against mankind! Why
we need Salvation!
In
What
we do have here is the news that God is offended with all of us!
Observations:
1. Everything in
2. If we're all under
sin, then by what standard are we going to measure men? By what standard is sin to be measured.
- Paul in this section is not going to prove that all are
under sin, that all are sinners because all men violate the principles of the
Word of God;
- All
men do not have Bibles, however all men have light!
- this light is seen in 3 areas;
#1 The light of nature;
#2 The light of conscience;
#3 The light of scripture;
3. The Types of sinners will be dealt with here
- But everyone is under the same sentence, the same guilt
the same condemnation, all men are under guilt and penalty of sin.
There
are no exceptions, no mitigating circumstances to exempt anyone!
4. The purpose of this section 1:18 - 3:20 is threefold:
#1. All mankind are JUSTLY condemned.
#2. Because of that he will prove, that
there is no salvation apart from grace; and the grace that saves men is
proclaimed in the gospel.
#3. The purpose of his argument is to
shut every mouth! [
5. The gospel is the
power of God, but there is one thing it cannot do; and that is save any one who
does not see themselves as hopelessly condemned and helpless to solve the
situation on their own.
- Is
this what is reflected in most Evangelical churches in their evangelism?
Most
are responding to a message that asks them to invite Christ into their life so
that all their problems will be solved;
6. There are 4 distinct parts to Paul's arguments: condemnation - covers all 4 of them!
#1. Condemnation of the
pagan/heathen world 1:1:18-32